RUSSIAN COMMERCIAL PROGRAMSRussian
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| TalkNow! Beginning survival program, tourist-type topics, record, playback & compare pronunciation, on-screen help, picture dictionary, tests & feedback, $49.95. Software World P. O. Box 429 Mount Pleasant, SC 29465-0429 1-888-EDUWORLD sofworld@sofworld.com |
| Russian Tutor-One Eclectic program for beginning Russian consisting of 26 lessons. $149.00.. Review by Chorus ESD USA, Inc. P. O. Box 320151 Cocoa Beach, FL 32932-0151 Phone: +1 407.783.3452 Fax: +1 407.783.8097 Email: esd@iu.net http://www.l-n.com/esd/ |
| The Rosetta
Stone Level I: CD-ROMs with 92 chapters of instructional material. Level II: CD-ROMS with 119 chapters of instructional material. Review by Chorus Fairfield Language Technologies 122 South Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 800-788-0822 |
| The
General's Daughter Intermediate, language maintenance, MPEG CD, combines motion picture & interactive environment: translations for script, on-line dictionary, language & cultural notes, self-check questions, instant replay of any segment. HRB Systems, Inc 800 International Drive Linthicum, MD 21090 800-598-7890 (x4444) |
| Conversations
Around the World: In Russia Athelstan 2476 Bolsover, Suite 464 Houston, TX 77005 713-559-3880 |
| Khorosho! Survival, introductory, all skills. Federal Language Training Laboratory fax: (703) 525-5185 |
| Hello, Russia 2.0 Multimedia English to Russian phrasebook for conversational Russian, interactive map of Moscow metro, cultural information, $20.00. OK! Software, Inc. P.O. Box 3029 West Lafayette, IN 47906-0582 765-743-6363 |
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Chairs Interactive Reviewed by Chorus Lexicon Bridge Publishers 202 Bridge Street Ithaca, NY 14850 fax 607-273-4316 |
| The Russian
Vocabulary Tutor Over 600 terms, illustrations, audio, quizzes, record-keeping. Reviewed by Chorus Russian Listening
Comprehension |
| Kapusta Introduction to Russian via cognates, talking dictionary, games. Fnm$69.95. 1996 To the Point, Ltd. arto.mustajoki@helsinki.fi |
| Kalinka This course has 2 blocks of 33 units each and includes a phonetics course, a thematic picture dictionary, grammar and grammar tests. Colour cartoons, pictures and games support systematic training of reading, writing and speaking. $196.00 Ruslan 1 This is a full course in Russian for beginners using over 50 dialogues with storylines. There are vocabularies, with background information, grammar explanations with recorded examples and about 300exercises, most with sound. There is also a section on numbers and money and hints for travellers. The Russian alphabet is also fully covered. The course is divided into 10 lessons, which are also supported by a dictionary. The lesson titles are: The Airport; The Street; The Family; Where Are You?; The Hotel; The Restaurant; About Oneself; Time; The Theatre; The House. $64.00. Rosetta Stone Russian (I and II) TheRosetta Stone uses thousands of pictures to create its context of meaning. The programs ask for the student's response and give instantaneous feedback, confirming the comprehension that has taken place. While programs are completely flexible and can be entered at any point, they have been developed as a carefully sequenced, step by step process. Level 1 programs have 1 CD-ROM with 8 units divided into 92 chapters. Level 2 programs have 2 CD-ROMs with 11 units divided into 118 chapters. $281.00 each. TalkNow Russian! Basics of the language through topical vocabulary, which includes: first words, phrases, food, shopping, numbers and time. Users can compare their pronunciation with that of native speakers using the record facility. There are a number of challenging quizzes, and also a comprehensive dictionary which can be printed out. $48.00. Talkfast International London House 243 Lower Mortlake Rd Richmond, Surrey, TW9 2LS United Kingdom Tel: (+44) 0181 948 1011 Fax: (+44) 0181 948 3900 info@talkfast.com |
| Russian Word Torture Vocabulary drills via translation from English to Russian or Russian to English, $49.95. Russian Pronunciation Tutor Russian Verbal Aspect |
| Russian Tutor 1: Russian for
Beginners Computer-based textbook of 26 lessons, rather than a fully interactive hypertext program, $145.00. Reviewed by Chorus ESD USA, Inc. P. O. Box 320151 Cocoa Beach, FL 32932-0151 Phone: 407.783.3452; Fax: 40-783.8097 Email: esd@iu.net http://www.l-n.com/esd/ |
Beginning to intermediate, listening comprehension, textbook $22.95, CD-ROM $49.95. Distributed by Fort Dialogue Ontario, Ltd. Developed by Samuel D. Cioran Humanities Computing Centre McMaster University, TSH-312 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M2 905-525-9140 (x27012) cioran@mcmaster.ca |
| The Rosetta Stone The Rosetta Stone uses a prompt (textual, voice, picture, or combination thereof) and asks the user to click on a corresponding text, recording, or picture. The type of prompt and response are chosen by the user through a set of "run modes". There is also a dictation mode and the ability to record one's voice, $300.00. Reviewed by Chorus The Rosetta Stone Language Library Fairfield Language Technologies 122 South Main Street Harrisonburg, VA 22801 USA Phone: (540) 432-6166; Fax: (540) 432-0953 E-mail: info@trstone.com http://www.trstone.com |
| Hello,
Russia Multimedia dictionary. Famous musical pieces. 11 Dialogs with animation. Russian text in Cyrillic & Latinic transcription. 715 English/Russian phrases in 28 categories. Interactive map of the Moscow Metro. Mosaic of Russian History & Culture. $59.00. Russian Gold Tutorial for Windows Dialogue-The lessons cover situations taken from real life. Each lesson contains pronunciation exercises in which you record your voice; reverse translation exercises; computer dictation; grammatical constructions; and new word & phrase exercises. Dictionary-Six learning stages for learning, writing and pronouncing words. Includes computer evaluation of your pronunciation. Contains 15,000+words. Grammar-The grammar guide is presented in hypertext format. Exercises to help master pronunciation through numerous examples. Phonetics-The phonetic guide is presented in hypertext format. Exercises to help master pronunciation through numerous exercises. Movie-Sound tracks and slides, spoken by native speakers. $79.00. TalkNow Russian Topics include: first words, phrases, food, shopping, numbers and time. Immediate response to every choice you make. Compare your pronunciation to that of native speakers, using the record facility. Test your knowledge with easy and hard quizzes, plus a challenging memory game. Monitor your progress, keep a check on your total score, and print your own awards. Print your own picture dictionary for reference. $69.00. World Language Resources 2130 Sawtelle Blvd. Suite 304 Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA |
| EZ Language
(25-language edition) Vocabulary/pronunciation tutor for beginners with over 800 words and phrases in 16 different thematic lists, record/playback/compare, $69.95 Reviewed in The Northeast Conference Newsletter, 39, Winter 1996, p. 40. EZ Language (17-language edition) Vocabulary/pronunciation tutor. 25,000 Words & 2,250 phrases; record/playback/compare; on-line multimedia dictionary. IMSI 1939 Fourth Street San Rafael, CA 94901-5506 Telephone: (415) 454-7101Fax: (415) 257-3565 Sales: 1-800-833-8082 |
| Multimedia
Flashcards - Russian Ages 2 - 10. Introductory program to introduce Russian to young children. Learn several hundred words divided into the topics of: Colors, Plurals, Places, Actions, Positions, Professions, and 3 miscellaneous groups. After the vocabulary is learned, there are 3 games: "Find the Card", "Match the Pairs", and "Beat the Clock" - each with 3 levels of difficulty - to test your knowledge. Earn enough points and print out a bronze, silver or gold medal certificate. Finally record your voice in your own mini-movie to practice pronunciation. For teachers, print out a list of all the students' names and scores. The progress of each student can be saved separately. World of Reading, Ltd. P.O. Box 13092 Atlanta, GA 3024-0092 800-729-3703 polyglot@wor.com |
| Katzner's Russian-English/English-Russian Dictionary Based on American English. Contains everything in the 1994 hard-copy edition plus additional material. All multisyllable words are accented. Wordfind PO Box 5707 Washington, DC 20016 http://www.wordfind.com |
| English-Russian Dictionary MultiLex
2.0 Over 2,000,000 English and 2,500,000 Russian words, including the complete three-volume New English-Russian Dictionary and a bonus of 370,000 words in 5 special dictionaries - economy, finance, law, construction and architecture, graphic arts and publishing, and engineering, and of course, a user's dictionary where you can add your own words. MultiLex bi-directional dictionary recognizes all forms of words and expressions in all grammatical forms. It has a rich collection of idioms, expressions, usage examples, and also includes and alphabetic search with help. And it talks!/ MultiLex pronounces all English words in the New Large English-Russian Dictionary through voice synthesis. Exact and complete dictionary information: all elements of initial entries, phonetics, branch and stylistic forms, accent, interpretation and examples. $149.00. Lingvo 5.0 On-line dictionary. Select a word from the dictionary, and hear the English pronunciation. LINGVO allows lookup of words and phrases at any time without interrupting the work in progress. You can paste translated words into text being edited, and use Lingvo to cross-check the word through all of its dictionaries to improve the translation. It can access several dictionaries simultaneously, and can do comprehensive searches or prioritize access to dictionaries.Lingvo 5.0 Dictionary now comes with eleven of the most popular dictionaries. $129.00 Polyglossum Dictionary for Macintosh Quick access to general or technical terms with all their lexical derivations. Select a word in your favorite application, copy it to the clipboard, press a hot-key, and Polyglossum provides the translated equivalent. General dictionary 70,000 words, Polytechnical 600,000 words, Economics 200,000 words, Computer Terms 50,000 words, Business 200,000 words, Mathematics 200,000 words Banking and Finance 50,000 words, Medical 50,000 words, Business Correspondence 45,000 words, Ecological 100,000 words. $299.00. Russian Gold for Beginners Interactive Russian language course for English speakers. A slide show with sound track guides progress and allows you to hear speech from various native speakers to hear dialectical differences and develop a "feel" for the language. $99.00 International Business Translation, Inc. 760-942-5743 ibtusa@home.com |
| Start Russian alphabet, sound and writing systems, principles of phonetics (hard/soft pronunciation of consonants, voicing/devoicing of consonants, reduction of unstressed vowels), and the writing of the letters of the cursive alphabet. The program uses digitized sound to teach pronunciation and animation to demonstrate the writing of the letters. The program can be used with any first-year textbook at the high school or college level and is set up in 11 separate lessons, each of which can be completed in one hour or less on the computer. The START program is available on CD-ROM only on the Macintosh platform. Focus Publishing (800/848-7236 pullins@seacoast.com www.pullins.com* |
| RUSSIAN WEB-BASED PROGRAMS Russian Web Tutor |
| The Russian Vocabulary Editor Modify words or phrases in existing lessons. Modify existing graphics Add audio recordings. Add or delete words or phrases in existing lessons. Re-use existing vocabulary in custom lessons.Add lessons to existing textbooks. Create new textbooks. |
| The Russian Vocabulary Tutor Over 600 terms. Each term illustrated with audio, graphic, definition, example sentence. User-selected quiz formats Cumulative quizzes Record keeping Intuitive point-and-click interface Lessons can be modified using the Vocabulary Editor program |
| Russian Listening Comprehension Demo Interactive exercises using high-quality QuickTime video. Intuitive point-and-click interface.Vocabulary Study section features: Difficult terms and phrases included in glossary.Each term illustrated with audio, video clip, definition. User self-record feature. User-selected quiz formats. Quiz results may be printed. Interactive exercises to develop listening comprehension skills. Exercise results may be printed. |
| Lenin: What is Soviet Power? Intermediate-advanced listening comprehension with pre- and post-listening activities. |
| Limpopo Intermediate, Chukovsky's poem with illustrations, online dictionary help, pre- and post-text questions. |
| Teachionary 0.20 (Basic Russian vocabulary) |
| An Interactive On-Line Russian Reference Grammar |
| Russian-English/English-Russian dictionary of Computer terms |
| Grammar Tutorials |
| Business Russian modules from the American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR) |
| Otlichno (case drills) Tovarishch X (listening exercises) |
| Dictionaries Web version of the electronic dictionary Multilex 1.0 Computer Dictionary and Thesaurus: Russian-English, English-Russian Elvis English-Russian-English A Collocational Russian-English Dictionary of the Human Body Mueller English-Russian Dictionary Ozhegov Dictionary of Period Russian Names Dictionary of Sounds and Images Freeware Russian-English/English-Russian Dictionary for Win95/98 Word Form Analyzer |
| Tests Russian On-line Placement Test from U. of St. Petersburg |