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This software is ideal for the casual learner. Users will learn to speak, read, write, and understand English through 24 real-life lessons, activities,quizzes, and games, delivered with a humorous and engaging style. The ForDummies style provides straight-to-the-point lessons and help from theubiquitous Dummies Man. You can jump into everyday conversations withlive-action video activities, and build your vocabulary with thousands ofvocabulary words. Interactive technology gives you instant pronunciationfeedback. The Status Map tracks the user's progress for quick reference, andthe dictionary and grammar index is always easily accessible.
Review
This ESL or "English as a second language" program is one of three titles in the Dummies language series (French and Spanish are also available). This two-CD set offers a workbook-like intro to the basics of the language. On the positive side, the program is straightforward, offering practice in pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar. Twenty-four interactive lessons teach thousands of words that are useful for everyday life. Lessons are delivered via text, but are frequently accompanied by a quiz, game or recording session. Pronunciation feedback is given, but we had trouble operating this feature on two computers. Disk swapping was also a nuisance. We found the software tricky to navigate and use. Icons are non-intuitive and other features weren't working. For instance, in a question and answer exercise, we couldn't figure out how to get the software to read the questions aloud. This is a frustrating program!
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