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- LANGUAGE TEACHER
-
- French 1/2, Spanish 1/2, German 1/2, Italian 1 -- Version 2.5 -- 4/11/92
-
- by Cindy & Andrew Bartorillo
-
- Distributed by
- Micro Tutor Products
- 1819 Millstream Drive
- Frederick, Md. 21702-3017
-
- Copyright (c) 1982,87,88,89,92 - A Sharware Educational Program Series
-
- You can find the latest copies of The LANGUAGE TEACHER series on our Bulletin
- Board, The BAUDLINE II, at 301-694-7108, 300-9600 N/8/1.
-
- LANGUAGE TEACHER is a series of menu-driven language tutorial programs
- designed to be run on the IBM PC or any compatible clone. Each program in the
- series contains hundreds of word combinations and verb conjugation forms. A
- line printer can be used with LANGUAGE TEACHER to take advantage of its
- versatility.
-
- Also included is the capability to select language-to-English or
- English-to-language combinations, choose multiple choice answers, be retested
- on misses, print a multiple choice test, and to run a full quiz diagnostic
- routine with line printer output. Of particular interest to non-English
- students is the capability to select the direction of the combinations.
-
- All words, phrases, and verb conjugations are selected randomly by the
- program; the user being unable to predict what the next selection will be. The
- program package is not designed to teach conversational skills or
- pronunciation but, instead, to provide practice drills in order to increase
- your working vocabulary and to perfect your use of the conjugation forms.
-
-
- PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS:
-
- Minimum system configuration: LANGUAGE TEACHER is written in BASIC and
- compiled with Borland International's Turbo BASIC compiler. The program
- requires a minimum of 256K bytes of RAM, one disk drive (or a hard disk) and a
- suitable high resolution monitor. Preferred monitors are the IBM Monochrome
- Display attached to the IBM Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter or a green
- screen or "direct drive" RGB/EGA/etc. monitor attached to the appropriate
- monitor adapter. In most cases, only a high quality color monitor or green
- screen will provide the resolution necessary to display the special characters
- used with LANGUAGE TEACHER. All other program functions will be suitable,
- though, if a low quality color composite monitor is used.
-
- Optional equipment includes an 80 column printer.
-
-
- EVALUATION VERSIONS VS. REGISTERED VERSIONS:
-
- Evaluation versions of the Language Teacher Series have the following
- limitations:
-
- 1. There are a limited number of data files supplied with the program.
- See the table below for a listing of the data files that appear.
-
- 2. Options to edit the data files, modify random selection timing
- defaults, and modify the type of printer are not active.
-
- Of course, the registered versions of the Series contain a full set of data
- files and have all applicable options active.
-
-
- PROGRAM FILES:
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- The following files should appear in the applicable archive:
-
- EVALUATION VERSIONS:
-
- SPANISH1: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE6.DAT
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- SPANISH2: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
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- GERMAN1: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT
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- GERMAN2: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
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- FRENCH1: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE4.DAT
-
- FRENCH2: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
-
- ITALIAN1: VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT
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- REGISTERED VERSIONS:
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- SPANISH1 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB15.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB12.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE15.DAT
-
- SPANISH2 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB17.DAT
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- GERMAN1 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB12.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE8.DAT
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- GERMAN2 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB13.DAT
-
- FRENCH1 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB16.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE10.DAT
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- FRENCH2 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB18.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB16.DAT
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- ITALIAN1 VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB17.DAT
- VERB1.DAT thru VERB15.DAT
- PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE5.DAT
-
-
- INSTALLATION/RUNNING INSTRUCTIONS:
-
- Each evaluation and registered Language Teacher program comes with its
- own specific installation and running instructions. Refer to these
- instructions when you receive your disk(s).
-
- NOTE for evaluation programs: If you downloaded this program from a
- Bulletin Board, just unZIP the ZIP archive into a selected subdirectory and
- run the program TEACHER for color systems or TEACHER /M for monochrome
- systems. If you purchased your copy from a sharware distributor, refer to the
- sharware distributor's loading and running instructions.
-
-
- SPECIAL CHARACTER SET:
-
- LANGUAGE TEACHER utilizes the keyboard function keys to represent the
- special characters used in the language. These keys are active only when a
- non-multiple choice drill is selected, in which you must spell out the exact
- answer. The 25th line of the screen will display which function key is
- associated with which foreign character.
-
- HP LaserJet printer owners note that the printer's internal font 0 will
- print all the special characters.
-
- Due to the inability of some line printers to be able to recognize these
- special characters, there is a main menu option that allows you to toggle the
- conversion of these special characters to their "normal" letters before being
- output to the line printer. Once you have obtained your printout, insert the
- special marks by hand. The default condition is to recognize an IBM compatible
- printer.
-
-
- MISCELLANEOUS:
-
- If a multiple choice type quiz has been selected, you will only be given
- 15 seconds (25 seconds for verb conjugation) to input your answer. If the time
- expires before you make your choice, you will be credited with an incorrect
- answer. NOTE that these are the default values for the program. These default
- values can be changed at any time via a main menu option.
-
- If you have not chosen a multiple choice type of quiz, you will have to
- type in the exact answer. In the case of being quizzed with a noun, you must
- also type in the definite article ("the") that proceeds the noun.
-
- If your original option was the verb conjugation drill, no retesting can
- be performed. Also, the diagnostic display will let you know how many of each
- person and tense you missed. If you missed more than 3 of any person/tense, an
- "*" is displayed beside the applicable person/tense, indicating you need more
- practice.
-
-
- REGISTERED VERSIONS:
-
- All users who register their program(s) will receive a copy of a Hard
- Disk menu system that will enable you to run multiple Language Teacher
- programs from a DOS menu written in Turbo Pascal and compiled with Borland
- International's Turbo Pascal Compiler. This program will allow you to switch
- between any of the Language Teacher programs (up to 7) at the touch of a key.
- The menu program will be customized to your specific Language Teacher
- application(s).
-
- NOTE: This program is only available to registered users and is the only
- way to run registered versions of the programs.
-
- NOTE: The hard disk menu system will NOT work with DOS versions below 3.0. If
- you do not have access to DOS 3.0 or above, notify us so that an
- alternative method of running your Language Teacher program can be
- provided.
-
-
- FILE EDITING CAPABILITY:
-
- With version 2.x of the Language Series, you have the capability of
- editing the vocabulary and phrase files. The editing functions are selectable
- from the main menu. With this feature, you can create your own word lists. You
- cannot create any additional lists, but you can modify the existing data to
- add new items. Note that, due to the complexity of the verb conjugation files,
- they cannot be edited.
-
-
- VOCABULARY WORD LOOKUP:
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- With version 2.3, an option has been added to allow you to use your
- Language Teacher program like an English/Language dictionary. When choosing
- this option, you will be prompted for English-to-Language or
- Language-to-English. NOTE that if you enter a foreign language word, the
- definite article must also be supplied. This is in keeping with the importance
- of the definite article in most foreign languages.
-
- If you have a registered version of the program and are using the
- Language Teacher hard disk menu system with both Language 1 and Language 2,
- both Language subdirectory data bases will be searched for a vocabulary match.
-
-
- ADDITIONAL NOTES:
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- The extent of the vocabulary of each program is given below. Since the
- program randomly selects from its contents in each option, you truly have a
- thorough drill in each language!
-
- SPANISH I: 750 Spanish/English word combinations, 1488 verb
- conjugations and 150 Spanish/English phrase combinations.
-
- SPANISH II: 800 Spanish/English word combinations and 2108 verb
- conjugation forms.
-
- FRENCH I: 784 French/English word combinations, 1600 verb
- conjugations and 196 French/English phrase combinations.
-
- FRENCH II: 864 French/English word combinations and 1600 verb
- conjugation forms.
-
- GERMAN I: 800 German/English word combinations, 1860 verb
- conjugations and 160 German/English phrase combinations.
-
- GERMAN II: 800 German/English word combinations and 2015 verb
- conjugation forms.
-
- ITALIAN I: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb
- conjugations and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations.
-
-
- SHARWARE DISTRIBUTORS:
-
- Many shareware distributors are presently selling evaluation copies of
- The Language Teacher series. Buyers should beware of these distributors.
- Disks are often sold with missing files, missing or incorrect instructions,
- bad disks, etc. We continue to receive an endless stream of complaints from
- purchasers of shareware disks. We wish to emphasive that we are NOT affiliated
- in ANY way with ANY shareware distributor and, as such, do not receive any
- proceeds from the sales of these shareware disks.
-
-
- REVISION HISTORY:
-
- 1.x - Original version(s) of the Language Teacher series.
-
- 2.0 - Series made compatible with and compiled with Borland International's
- Basic compiler. Now supplying two versions of the programs: one for use with
- non-color systems, and one for use with color systems. Incorporated fixes to
- all known bugs. Incorporated all sensible suggestions. Also added a Hard Disk
- menu system for registered users. Added the capability of editing the
- vocabulary and phrase files.
-
- 2.1 - Color and monochrome versions combined into one program, with the
- default being the color version. The monochrome version is selected by adding
- the command line parameter /M when loading the program. Fixed a bug in which
- special characters (entered by using the Alt key and the keypad) could not be
- entered. This was actually a bug in the version 1.0 of the Borland Basic
- compiler, and not a program bug. Version 1.1 of the Borland BASIC compiler was
- used to compile version 2.1 of the Series. Fixed a bug in which editing a
- phrase containing a comma (,) would cause the system to crash. Fixed a problem
- in which the System Clock was used to time the Multiple Choice option. This
- caused the System Clock to be incorrect upon exiting from the program.
- Internal program timing now solves this problem. In conjunction with solving
- the previous problem, a new option has been added to the Main Menu to allow
- the user to manually set the amount of time allowed to make a multiple choice
- entry. Added a new main menu option to be able to select between an IBM
- compatible printer that can display the IBM extended character set and one
- that can't.
-
- 2.2 - Version produced for registered owners only. Version incorporates better
- "handshaking" with new version 2.2 of registered owner hard disk menu system.
- No technical or cosmetic changes made to main program coding.
-
- 2.2 - Minor fix to correct problem in which program did not recognize the IBM
- compatible printer condition.
-
- 2.3 - Added new menu option in which you can use the program like a
- dictionary. Vocabulary words can be entered and an equivalent match will be
- searched for.
-
- 2.4 - 09/25/89 - corrected a bug in French 2 in which French to English
- non-multiple choice entries could not be made. Also added a tagline on the
- bottom of the word editing screen, displaying the keys associated with the
- special French letters.
-
- 2.4 - 02/25/92 - corrected a bug in French 1 in which the evaluation copy
- would freeze the computer when choosing the phrase translation drill.
-
- 2.5 - 04/11/92 - Due to reports of screen clearing problems, recompiled the
- entire series, removing special high-speed screen clearing assembly
- programming. It appears that this code was causing some problems with certain
- BIOSs, especially with "true blue" AT models. Initiated plans to distribute
- evaluation versions of the series.
-
-
- We hope that you have many enjoyable and educational hours working with your
- LANGUAGE TEACHER program.
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