<\/b><\/p>\n \nWindows 95\/98 or NT 4.0; CPU Pentium 90 MHz or higher; 16 MB RAM, 32 recommended for 98; 3 MB hard disc space to install; 60 MB of HD storage per student; 4X CD-ROM drive; 16 bit sound card; Microphone and speakers or headphones.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n <\/p>\n Language Adventure 1 is a CD-ROM language-learning program intended for children ages 6 through 12, and teaches six languages: With a story-telling format, the characters drive the learners through the six different stories, which are graduated and have common There are three learning-level settings: pre-reader, beginner, and advanced. A fourth option allows custom settings, and another The program can also generate and print reports on each learner’s progress.<\/p>\n The contents of the exercises are put into four categories: Narration<\/b>, Quiz<\/b>, Author<\/b> and Discover<\/b>.<\/p>\n The website also offers downloadable material.<\/p>\n There is a story-telling content with an attractive, high-quality design. Its navigation is difficult and confusing at first; it has One of its main advantages is it supports any number of students on the same computer.<\/p>\n Most of the exercises are “Narration” exercises. They are mainly centered in listening and repeating\/recording; this fact encourages Exercises and lessons build on each other and follow rules regarding length, complexity and content. They are progressively well This program is flexible \u00c6 it can be use in mixed skill-level classrooms so that teachers or users can choose the appropriate A disadvantage is the way the program introduces sentences; pronunciation is too slow and sentences are sometimes divided into two To sum up, this program is a useful complementary material to teach and learn any of the six languages one can choose from. It is \n © Copyright rests with authors. Please cite TESL-EJ appropriately.<\/p>\n \nEditor’s Note:<\/b> Dashed numbers in square brackets indicate the end of each page for purposes of citation.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vol. 4. No. 3 — May 2000 Language Adventure 1 Instinct Corporation with Stanford University, 1998 Language Quest Software 308 State Street Los Altos, California 94022 USA Phone: 800-622-3574\/ 650-941-6383; Fax: 650-941-6119 E-mail: instinct@magictheatre.com Web site: http:\/\/www.magictheatre.com Site Licences: Teacher edition (1 computer) $149 Teacher edition “LabPak 5” (license 5 computers, teaching material) […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":163,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4132","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4133,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4132\/revisions\/4133"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tesl-ej.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nInstinct Corporation with Stanford University, 1998
\nLanguage Quest Software
\n308 State Street
\nLos Altos, California 94022
\nUSA
\nPhone: 800-622-3574\/ 650-941-6383; Fax: 650-941-6119
\nE-mail: instinct@magictheatre.com<\/a>
\nWeb site: http:\/\/www.magictheatre.com<\/a><\/p>\nSite Licences:<\/h4>\n
\n
\n
\n \n <\/td>\n $149<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n <\/td>\n $275<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n <\/td>\n $175<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n <\/td>\n $425<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n <\/td>\n $325<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n <\/td>\n $550<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n \n <\/td>\n $450<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n *All types have the option of multiple students<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/blockquote>\n System Requirements:<\/h3>\n
Introduction<\/h3>\n
\nEnglish, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. <\/p>\nOverview<\/h3>\n
\nwords and phrases in the target language.<\/p>\n
\noption is “observer mode”; this can be very useful to just watch and listen to the stories. Each user can be registered according to
\nhis\/her language level. There is a “Help” mode, which is represented by a professor icon.<\/p>\n\n
\nwhat was just heard, and they can immediately hear their own recordings.<\/p>\n
\nmovie and add to it their own narration in the foreign language.<\/p>\n
\nlanguage.<\/p>\n<\/ul>\nAdvantages and disadvantages<\/h3>\n
Interface<\/h4>\n
\na control interface (such as in a plane cabin), but you must be trained in it. When you get used to the buttons, everything runs
\nproperly but always at a very slow pace. Educators have to use it and get skilled before putting it into practice with learners.<\/p>\nContent<\/h4>\n
\nthe language learning by the communicative approach so students produce language from the very beginning, and also offers immediate
\nfeedback to learners by having them listen to their own recordings and the provided model.<\/p>\n
\npaced.<\/p>\n
\nindividual level so that students work at their own pace. The program records students’ results, which can then be printed.<\/p>\n
\nparts. As a consequence of this, it doesn’t offer a natural model of language.<\/p>\nSummary<\/h3>\n
\nbased on a communicative teaching approach.<\/p>\nLola Grau
\nCEFIRE Godella, Spain
\n<lolag@ctv.es<\/a>><\/h4>\n\n
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