Review Mode gives feedback for questions answered incorrectly. Includes section tests to monitor progress and on-screen audio help in English, Spanish, French, German or Italian. Students can choose graphics to illustrate their own stories and print them. Starting with 1997 version, it includes direct links from articles to related Internet sites for those with an Internet connection. Teachers type in a word, definition, example sentence, and then record what they want their students to hear.
Students can record and play back their voices and compare it to the teacher's.
Healey, Magoto Guided Reading by David Herren is a HyperCard stack whose purpose is to assist in introducing the intermediate language student to the literature in the target language through media-based annotations of texts. It provides an easy means for the instructor to answer questions one time that she knows the students will ask over and again each semester. I am further hopeful that it will simultaneously engage the student in a way they might not otherwise be engaged. With very little practice, the instructor should be able to create annotated editions of text including digital sound, interactive video, graphics and text, designed to provide collaborative support to the intermediate and beginning language student as they investigate short stories, poetry or excerpts in the target language. This can be used to identify food items and build up vocabulary on food and drinks, identify animals, practice clothing items, and do other beginning-level vocabulary tasks.