Browsing Multimedia

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Multimedia refers to computer-basedmaterials designed to be used on a

computer. It can display printed text and high-quality

graphics, play pre-recorded audio andvideo material, and create new audio andvideo recordings.


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Multimedia is of considerable interest to

the language teacher, because of its

capability of integrating the four basic skills

of listening, speaking, reading and writing.


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Students can prepare homework using

multimedia encyclopedias or the Internet.


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Using a laptop and an Infocus projector a

student can display his homework and

explain it to his classmates and teacher.


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Nowadays multimedia interfaces are user-

friendly and suggest learners to practice.


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Interactive courses let us deal withdialogs, grammar structure, pronunciationor games easily.


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Multimedia courses are full of videos thatdepict cultural settings.


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Teaching grammar is very easy using the

computer.


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You can navigate easily by clicking on themenu options.


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Courses for children are plenty of colorful

and interesting tales and short stories.


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Sesame English is an amusing Course forchildren.


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Here we can see the menu.


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Solving the puzzle is a drag-and-drop

interactive activity. The pieces of the puzzle are buttons

constructed in Macromedia Flash.


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To perform the coloring activity, the student

can use a bucket of paint and a brush.


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To play in the maze, he starts in I like and

goes as long as he reaches a character.


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Next activity we can find is a matching

exercise. Here we drag-and-drop thewords under the pictures.


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Finally, We have a sing along activity.


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Here we have Cinderellas Fairy Tale


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When Students read, they are guided by images. If they click the speaker, they can listen to the

story.


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Students can go forwards or backwards inthe book, by clicking the folded tips of the

pages to the right or to the left.


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It was never easier for children to learn the

parts of the house


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Here we are at the start.


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We can choose what part we want to

study, by clicking the highlighted area.


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We can see and talk about the beautiful

parts of the house.


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Multimedia encyclopedias include the

tools elementary, high-school and

college students need to enhanceproductivity and achieve academic

success.


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Tools for students bring the world intotheir hands and help them learneasily.

Tools for educators help us get ourpoint across more effectively, withengaging content you know you cantrust.


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The articles in the Britannica are commonly consideredaccurate, reliable, and well-written, and it continues to bewidely consulted as a work of general reference.


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Encarta is the most versatile multimediaencyclopedia.


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Appropriate tools bring sight and sound

ready at your fingertips.


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This encyclopedia is full of videos andcharts since an image is worth a thousandwords.


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There is also a world full of knowledge foryoung investigators.


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Here we have the interface of the Road Ahead, abook by Bill Gates. We can perform several

activities: an interview with Bill, read the book, andhave a glimpse of how computers work in dailylife.


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This is the interview section, the Ask Billsection. If we click on an image area, aquestion will be selected.


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As soon as we select a question, a videoappears with Bill Gates answering thequestion.


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Here we have the contents of the book.


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I have selected chapter 9: Education The

Best Investment.


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If I click the highlighted words, it appears a tinywindow with additional information. When I click

again, this small window disappears.


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DVD-ROM discs run on computers

equipped with a DVD-ROM drive.

DVD-ROM discs combine computerprograms and movies and are becoming

increasingly flexible as an instructional

medium, especially for modern foreign

languages.


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English without Frontiers is a 12-DVD

course and books intended for Spanish

speaking people living in the US.


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This is the main menu from which you canselect different options


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From the main menu you can selectlessons.


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Lets choose lesson one to practice.


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Choosing class one, we end up in a fullvideo class with teacher and students.


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By far, the best way to learn a foreign

language is singing.


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Each lesson has a beautiful song andthe lyrics appear as subtitles.


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This traveling section is very amusing


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Here you can visit beautiful cities like New Yorkand Washington DC.


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You can also visit San Francisco and thefamous Golden Gate Bridge, and otherbeautiful cities.


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By using multimedia, students can easilylearn to understand, read and speak English.


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TriplePlay Plus! English teachesnaturally, entirely in the new language,

through multimedia.

Automatic Speech Recognitiontechnology helps you enhance foreign

language skills by actually talking with

the computer.


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This software is designed to listen to your

voice, evaluate and then reply. Instant

analysis and immediate feedback willimprove your pronunciation of new words

and phrases.


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Additionally, this software includes a

recording-and-playback feature that lets

you compare yourself to native speakersand improve your accent.


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You may listen to the dialogue as many

times as you want.


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While the character is talking, you can see

the written dialog at the bottom.


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Then, this interactive comic strip lets youcomplete the dialogue playing the roll of one

character.


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You are able to see, listen to, and repeatnew vocabulary.


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You can continue on your own recordingyour voice and listening to native speakersas many times as you need.


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You may choose the ball game you like

and talk to a partner.


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Its very easy to search your family treewith the help of this program.


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You may have real-life situations to talk

about.


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Of course, you may remember who the

people were and what they were doing.


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This is a multimedia

course which was

available to the public

through a local

newspaper.

Its a 12-Volume course

with books and CDs.


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Heres the computers interface display with

different buttons to perform different tasks.


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Here is an example of the video section.

Click on the ship to watch the video


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Its quite impossible for a foreigner to

perform a complete reading without

looking up for a word in a dictionary.

With the help of electronic dictionaries now

its an amusing task to get inside meaning

and vocabulary.


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This is dictionary intended for children.


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Clicking on letters of the alphabet takes you to

the catalog screen beginning with that letter.


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Click on any of these boxes to go to the article

screen. For example, click on the airplane box.


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Clicking on the airplane box, we enter tothe airplane screen.


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Clicking on the Airplane words link, we get

into the screen of related words.


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Clicking on the link At the airport, weenter to the airport related words.


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You can also look for opposites.


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We can perform guessing, spelling oridentifying games.


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This is a sample of a guessing game. First,

students read the suggested question. Then

click on the possible answer. Finally, the right or

wrong answer will appear in the box.


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To spell the word, first click on the pictureto hear the word pronounced.

Then, click on the letters below to spell theword.


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To discover the image you think makes the noise:

First, click on a question mark to play a sound.

Then, click on the image you think makes that noise. Finally, the screen wraps up and you see the right

response.


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This is a good choice for the serious adultlearner or college student.


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This is the welcome interface.


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First, you write or paste the word inside the box. Then, click on the Dictionary button.


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If you click the thesaurus button, you will have

ready at hand all synonyms you need.


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You can split the window by clicking theSplit button.


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You can have word pronounced clickingthe button Pronounce.


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Clicking the Word hunter button, you canselect words according to conditions.


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Clicking the Anagram button, you canunscramble complicated words.


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If you are solving a puzzle you can usewild cards to discover the word you need.


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You can enlarge the text to avoid sightfatigue.


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Cambridge Learners Dictionary is also a

good help for college or adult students.


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Using this dictionary, you can take advantage of

American and British Pronunciation.


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Music gets subconscious quickly and

subtly, and songs are a powerful medium

for acquiring new knowledge and forreinforcing already-learned structures.


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Here we have the interface of Sing AlongKids.


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When you roll the mouse over the pictures, you

can read the name of the song in the box below.


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Here, we chose the song Bingo.


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As the music goes on the words arehighlighted in yellow.


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For each spelled word, students clap their

hands.


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Students sing the second verse


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If necessary explain the key structures

there is and there are, the third person

singular, present tense of have.

Have your students use commands like

clap your hands.

This is a good exercise for practicing

spelling.


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Other titles.


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The TOEFL (Test of English as a ForeignLanguage) measures the level of Englishlanguage proficiency of non-native speakers ofEnglish.


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The TOEFL is an admissions requirement at

over 2,400 colleges and universities in TheUnited Stales and other parts of the world.


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The test currently contains 140 questions and

has four sections Listening Comprehension,

Structure and Written Expression, ReadingComprehension, and the test of Written English.


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The first three sections contain multiple choicequestions. Each multiple choice question has

four answer choices. The fourth section of thetest, the Test of Written English, contains oneessay question.


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Using this software you can practice the

listening comprehension section.

Review grammar and vocabulary.


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