The program as it now stands has few texts, but the author would be happy to have the assistance of others in adding texts to the program. Holmes Hot Potatoes is a freeware suite for making interactive WWW pages. These programs are effectively substantially improved versions of JBC, JQuiz and MiniTools. Users of previous versions of these programs are strongly recommended to upgrade, since the new versions are much improved. This program uses animation, sound, and graphics.
Students learn the vocabulary with various exercises, then run the hotel.
The opening screen is a house that learners click on to go to different rooms, such as the kitchen, living room, etc. Learners click on items in each scene to hear the word spoken with digitized sound and see the name of the item. Good for beginning level of proficiency. The Spanish version offers translations into Spanish in the online dictionary. A testing module lets students hear the word, then click on the corresponding item.