La Ciudad y los Perros
Intermediate, language maintenance, combines motion picture & an 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)

Breakthrough Spanish
This CD-ROM is based on the highly Breakthrough materials. It features conversations and video clips using authentic language. Contents include: Talking about yourself; Directions; Eating out; Making plans; Making travel arrangements. The course follows a structured progression with a range of exercises and activities. $97.00.

Business Talk: English-Spanish
An interactive phrasebook concentrating on expressions needed for business or travel. Select any sentence under 12 topic headings and see it translated into Spanish; then listen to it spoken and record it yourself. A vocabulary selection contains over 500 useful words and expressions listed under 36 headings. A dialogue section contains key language relating to 11 topic areas - Introductions, People, Processes, Selling, Deliveries, Correspondence, Finance, Statistics, Meetings, Strategy and Industrial Relations. $64.00.

Casa Nueva
The characters in this program are moving house and the student has to help them by selecting the right items of furniture and other household goods and putting them in the right place. There is a lot of vocabulary work, and the exercises cover noun/verb agreement, listening comprehension, and the distinction between 'tu' and 'Usted'. $99.00.

CD Langues Spanish Intermediate
The course covers all language areas with a strong pedagogic structure. Contents: Holidays; Daily Life; Business Telephoning; Family Life; Job Offers & Unemployment; Health; Colonisation; Letters; News; Literature. $858.00.

Colloquial Spanish
The course is dialogue-based and there are listening, speaking, vocabulary and grammar exercises. There is a  fully searchable grammar points and vocabulary lists. The themes which the program covers include: Meeting people and asking where thet are from, asking for  directions, taking a taxi, eating out, visiting the doctor, on the telephone, at the office, family, writing home, hopes for the future, an invitation. $66.00.

En Clave de Sol
This  program enables learners to develop reading skills by following a story set in the city of Barcelona. Reading skills are developed through reading comprehension exercises, listening practice, and a full glossary with explanations of idioms. A number of language games are
also included in the program. $74.00.

Español en Marcha
This follows the same approach as the beginners course Español Interactivo. It
covers language at the lower intermediate level with over 200 interactive exercises with audio, video and 4 hours of native speakers using language in different situations. The recording studio allows you to practice your speaking skills and pronunciation. There are also three bilingual sound-enhanced dictionaries (Spanish to English, French and German and vice versa). $66.00.

Español de Negocios (with Video and Workbook)
This is a course in business Spanish for advanced learners.It covers: product information, marketing, personnel, presentations, stock exchange, business entertainment and human resources. The material is supported by a wide range of exercises, tests, and cultural details
and functions as a self contained course. The video, with longer and different situations, allows for greater flexibility and is backed up by the workbook. $132.00.

Español Dinámico
This program focuses on listening. Speech and reading practice provide a secondary support and serve to engage the learner in a variety of activities. Dictation and fill-in exercises also reinforce grammatical and lexical points. $206.00.

Español Escrito
The disc covers written Spanish in the following professional areas: banking, administration, tourism, transport and advertising. For each of the above there are 8 units which show model texts, specialist vocabulary and a variety of exercises.$74.00.

Español Interactivo
This is a full course for complete beginners consisting of over 30 minutes of video and over 200 interactive exercises in 14 units. It contains a balance of grammar, vocabulary and communicative skills. It also features a 'recording studio' to help with speaking skills. There are also three electronic 'books' translated into English and French: a book on communicative functions, a grammar book, and a book on Spanish culture. $66.00.

Euroglot
This translation aid includes functions not found in a standard dictionary. If you
want to translate a word or expression, you get all the synonyms with multiple
meanings and information about conjugation and tenses. $281.00.

Hugo en el Pueblo
Set in typical small town in Spain the program Hugo a visitor, guides the learner through the town, asking his way to the football stadium and other destinations and trying not to get lost.
The graphics and illustrations are attractive and realistic in this 'virtual town' setting. All the vocabulary and expressions connected to asking the way and giving directions are covered in an  variety of accompanying exercises. $99.00/

Interlingual Trainer
This program provides a rapid way of creating customised course material for companies, using the organisation's own documentation as source material. The company's commercial or technical documents and their translations are presented on the program as parallel texts. $413.00.

International Connections: Spanish
A business French course which uses video to enhance learning. Each unit provides pronunciation, listening and role play practice. There is a tutor mode, in which students can listen to alternative voices.  Study is backed up by a self-test section and there is an emphasis on grasping functional language through three modes of study. There are also ample grammar explanations in each unit. A personal learning plan (in book form) ensures that students set themselves realistic study targets. $817.00

Learn Spanish Now!
A comprehensive language learning package covering common words and survival phrases for elementary learners through to longer conversations for those at intermediate level. The authentic reading materials are longer texts which provide intensive listening and reading practice. There is a split screen with the story on the top half and individual words and phrases translated beneath . A voice-record facility is provided together with a grammar tutorial. Learners can participate in role plays. $71.00.

Learn Spanish with Asterix & Son
This program uses stories from the well-known comic book series to provide a
general intermediate level course in all language skills. $58.00.

Learn To Speak Spanish
A program that builds speaking, comprehension, reading and writing skills through
30 chapters using everyday language. Speech recognition helps improve pronunciation, and there is a significant grammar input. There are also cultural notes at all stages of the program. $71.00.
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Lenguage Commercial Español
The program focuses on the skills needed for presenting and negotiating through authentic listening and video clips drawn from a variety of businesses. It is well structured and geared to teaching and providing practice of appropriate language, both structures and expressions.
Students are encouraged to analyse the stages of company and product presentations, then put their knowledge into practice. $116.00.

Let's Talk Spanish
The program focuses on vocabulary development and teaches 2200 words. There
is also speech recognition to help with pronunciation. Learners see still illustrations of words and phrases and practice through interactive games and use of the multimedia glossary. $50.00.

LinguaWrite
The program provides a database of nearly 2000 words, phrases and business terms and translations between two or more of the following languages: English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. It will help users to write memos, faxes, letters, e-mails, invoices and orders in the chosen language and works with any Windows word processor.   LW Builder allows individuals to add up to 5000 of their own expressions (each up to 5 lines long) to the program. $328.00.

Los Acentos
The program presents the rules of Spanish accentuation with explanations. There is a 'language laboratory' which will allow learners to put their recently learnt knowledge to the test. There are graphics and illustrations. $99.00.

Nego Mundo
Through presentations of companies and their products, learners are able to view
how salesmen negotiate with clients.There is ample listening material and a focus
on the appropriate language needed for successful negotiation. There are role play
features and also a self-record option. $215.00.

Pretérito e Imperfecto
The program shows how the past tenses are used in Spanish with appropriate situations
The graphics and illustrations are clear and attractive, helping comprehension, and
activities include putting the episodes of a story in order and fitting speech bubbles to comic strips. $149.00.

RealTime Spanish
This program takes the student on a journey around the country featuring language and culture through interactive dialogues and photo stories. Grammar explanations, a dictionary and a variety of exercises are included. $33.00.

Smart Start Spanish
This program contains games, conversations and speech recognition activities allowing us
each.rn up to 1000 words. Themes include; food, numbers, people & clothing, places & transport and daily activities. Students can choose a game from three levels of language to learn vocabulary, phrases and complete conversations. $38.00.

Spanish Encounters
The program consists of over 20 dialogues covering different aspects of everyday Spanish. Each dialogue is divided into two sections, a listening section and one for participation in which the learnerbecomes familiar with the material. There is a role play mode in which the learner can record her/his voice. A revision section at the end of each dialogue allows the text and sound to be explored in greater detail. A vocabulary list and translations can be consulted. There is also a more demanding 'scenario' in which students must listen to
information and solve a mystery. The program comes with a complete manual/text
book which includes grammatical explanations, tapescripts of the exercises and extra written exercises for all of the dialogues on the CD-ROM. $83.00.

Spanish Essentials
Teaching basic skills in listening Spanish, the program covers the alphabet, numbers, currency, weather, times, money, the calendar, making and receiving phone calls and 300 basic phrases. $31.00.

Spanish Expressions
The program covers a variety of situations useful to the traveller: eating out, in the bar, shopping, travelling by train, at the airport, getting around, asking for information, and meeting arrangements. It is well structured with emphasis on learning to understand and speak every phrase. There are challenging speaking and listening tests as well as text exercises. $114.00.

Spanish Language Library
This is a complete language learning resource consisting of a multimedia library of
over 500 exercises organized at 9 levels of competence from complete beginners
to advanced learners. It covers the four skills of speaking, listening, reading and
writing. Its tutor management system enables the teacher to add custom exercises and create work plans for individual students. There is also a learners work record. Features include an on-line dictionary, voice recording, teacher security and links to external courses. $3,292.00.

Spanish Your Way
This is a full course taking students through the basics of everyday Spanish through conversations.It covers a vocabulary of 2500 words and contains a grammar section, glossary, speech recognition facility and games to enhance learning. $114.00.

Tele con Textos
This is self-contained resource which features 16 news extracts selected from Spanish TV news. There is instant access to video clips, with notes, transcripts and a students' notepad. It contains a full range of language comprehension exercises. There is voice record facility which enables students to play back their own commentary over the video sequences. $124.00.

Tell Me More Spanish: Beginning
Students listen to dialogues and can practise their pronunciation through speech recognition technology from individual words to full sentences. There are also grammar lessons with  explanations, video with listening comprehension activities, a glossary and a  variety of exercises which include dictation, vocabulary exercises and word games, gapfill exercises, etc. Contents include:  Describing Oneself, How To Count, Nouns & Adjectives, Introductions, Losing One's Way, Swinging with 'ings'. $63.00.

Tell Me More Spanish: Intermediate
Students listen to dialogues and can practise their pronunciation through speech recognition technology from individual words to full sentences. There are also grammar lessons with  explanations, video with listening comprehension activities, a glossary and a  variety of exercises which include dictation, vocabulary exercises and word games, gapfill exercises, etc. Contents include: Ordering Breakfast, Ordering a Meal, Renting a Villa, The Weather, Inviting Friends, Entertainment. $63.00.

Tell Me More Spanish: Advanced
Students listen to dialogues and can practise their pronunciation through speech recognition technology from individual words to full sentences. There are also grammar lessons with  explanations, video with listening comprehension activities, a glossary and a  variety of exercises which include dictation, vocabulary exercises and word games, gapfill exercises, etc. Contents include: Transport 1 (By Car), Transport 2 (By Plane), Transport 3 (By
Train), At Customs, At the Hotel, Sightseeing, $63.00.

Tell Me More Pro Spanish  (Packs 1-3)
Students listen to dialogues and can practice their pronunciation through speech recognition technology from individual words to full sentences. There are also grammar lessons with  explanations, video with listening comprehension activities, a glossary and a  variety of exercises which include dictation, vocabulary exercises and word games, gapfill exercises, etc.
Tell Me More PRO contains 8 discs in three packs which cover the following
themes:
PACK 1
Disc 1: Describing Oneself, How To Count, Nouns & Adjectives, Introductions,
Losing One's Way, Swinging with 'ings'
Disc 2:Ordering Breakfast, Ordering a Meal, Renting a Villa, The Weather, Inviting
Friends, Entertainment
Disc 3:Shopping, Buying Food, On the Phone, Medical Assistance, Sending
Letters, Dealing with Money
PACK 2
Disc 1:1 Transport 1 (By Car), Transport 2 (By Plane), Transport 3 (By Train), At
Customs, At the Hotel, Sightseeing
Disc 2:By the Seaside, Sports, A Dive in the Sea, Skiing, Sailing, Mountaineering
PACK 3 (Business)
Disc 1: First Contacts, At the Trade Fair, Taking a First Order, Handling
Complaints, Overdue Invoices, Arranging a Visit
Disc 2:The Receptionist, The Waiter, The Department Store, The Bank, Travel
Agency, Announcements
Disc 3: A New Product, On the Road, Dispatch, A Cyber-Café, A Contract,
Finance & Economy
Apart from its content, which is significantly greater than the standard TeLL Me
More range, TeLL Me More PRO has a number of features which are particularly
appealing to formal teaching situations. The PRO version can be installed on a server, and the teachers can adapt the program to their needs by determining the activities to which the student has access, and the order in which they should be performed. Parts of the program
itself can be modified to suit the student's learning needs. $246.00.

TransIt - TIGER
These hypertext program is designed to help students and other professionals with instant help and guidance in translating from one language into another. Specialist glossaries and hints assist students with the translation and two alternative translations are available for comparison with the student's first attempt. $124.00.

Travel Talk: English-Spanish
An interactive phrasebook which includes listening and speaking practice, concentrating on expressions needed for business or travel. Select any sentence under 12 topic headings and see it translated into Spanish: then listen to it spoken and record it yourself. A vocabulary section contains over 500 useful words and expressions listed under 36 headings. A dialogue section contains key languages related to 12 topic areas - General Expressions; Finding your Way; Public Transport; In the Hotel; Times & Dates; Food & Drink; Shopping; Entertainment; Post Office & Phone; Money; Conversation; Emergencies. $31.00.

Web Spanish
This complete interactive multimedia program is designed for delivery on a WEB based intranet network. Anyone with authorised access to the server can follow their own personal training program from their own computer wherever they are. It uses more than 2000 images and 5,000 sentences with sound. The course teaches over 3,000 everyday words and expressions and all the rules of grammar through listening, reading, and writing activities.

World Talk Spanish
Assuming a basic knowledge of Spanish, the program offers a range of activities and games which cover practical and everyday situations, expressions and vocabulary. There is a 'recording studio' with a graded range of tasks. There are stories with listening comprehension exercises and the 10 games cover such useful language as: giving directions, dates and times, making arrangements as well as various vocabulary themes. $58.00.

Talkfast International
London House
243 Lower Mortlake Road
Richmond, Surrey
Tw9 2LS
England
info@talkfast.com

Learn to Speak Spanish 7.0
Acomplete CD-ROM-based software course that emphasizes speaking and listening skills, but builds reading and writing skills as well. With an easy-to-use format, and guided by QuickTime® video and audio recordings of native French speakers, you'll develop conversational French skills in the context of real-life situations. Extensive video and audio features 11 French speakers and 60 QuickTime movies within the 30 chapters, each one based on a real-life situation. Multimedia activities and a flexible program structure allow a customized study plan. $109.00.
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Vocabulary Builder 1.0
For the beginner/intermediate level  to improve  vocabulary and conversation skills. More than 2000 words and photos in 150 subjects rainging from food to family to finance. A record/playback feature, extensive audio of native speakers, and five interactive activities improve your language skills, while an online bilingual dictionary helps you in translations and word searches. Onscreen foreign or English text can be turned off to build listening and comprehension skills. In the Windows version,sophisticated speech-recognition technology will tell you how close you sound to a native speaker. $45.00.

Athelstan     
2476 Bolsover, Suite 464     
Houston, TX  77005     
713-559-3880  

Transcend
Translator of documents, e-mail, web pages, bidirectional English to Spanish $795, unidirectional English to Spanish/Spanish to English $495.00.

Kid Speak
Pronunciation, alphabet & word recognition, understanding simple sentences, using plural & singular forms, telling time, matching numbers to written words, simple addition and subtraction. over 700 Words and Expressions in common categories; 12 printable activities and projects.

Transparent Language   
22 Proctor Hill Road   
P.O. Box 575   
Hollis, New Hampshire  03049  

The Lost Maya
This interactive exploration of the ancient Maya culture is the second in a series of CD-ROM reference works on the world's ancient civilizations from Sumeria, the San Francisco-based multimedia publisher. This volume covers the ancient Maya civilization of Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, and Belize, spanning the period from 2000 B.C. to A.D. 1500. Exploring the LOST MAYA is the most complete history of the ancient Maya available on CD-ROM. Based on original photography and video taken at 40 different archaeological sites, the title covers the history, cultural achievements, and ultimate demise of the ancient Maya people. This CD contains a historical reference; interactive maps of major Maya sites; 19th century lithographs and historical photos; an interactive multimedia timeline of Maya history; movies on several facets of Maya culture; travel information for those planning to visit the sites; $49.95.

QUEUE, Inc.
338 Commerce Drive
Fairfield, CT 06432.
1-800-232-2224, 203-335-0906

Legends of the Americas
Ages 7-14, 4 legends of the Maya, Aztec & Inca cultures, backgrounds, readings, comprehension questions in English  or Spanish, $45.00.

Mayaquest
Ages 10-18, detective game in E or S, $55.00.

En Marcha
Ages 12-adult, extensive resource with thousands of pictures and graphics, an interactive dictionary and over 2 hours of spoken everyday Spanish, multiskill, games, $42.00.

Multimedia Spanish
Ages 12-adult, beginning, basic vocabulary, $15.00.

Domine Diccionario Enciclopedico Interactivo
Search alphabetically, by theme, atlas, multimedia, over 100,000 definitions, $125.00.

Infopedia
Thematic encyclopedia, world atlas and dictionary, over 50 videos, 200 maps, 6,000 pictures and 79,000 dictionary entries, $7500.

Who is Oscar Lake?
Ages 8 - Adult. An interactive multimedia mystery; over 500 conversational exchanges with live-action characters - choose different responses to play different scenarios in   3-D environment;  additional practice with the exercises in each location. Check  score and track progress, $50.00.

Reviewed in Northeast Conference Newsletter 43 (Winter 1998), p. 67.

Think and Talk Spanish
Ages 10 to adult. Practical conversation skills based on the immersion method of learning from Berlitz. Learn from 50 different scenes with 150 real-life situations, graphics and sound effects, 10,000 word dictionary, audio by native speakers, record/playback & compare (Windows version only). Participate in guided conversations as you read along line by line with the highlighted text, $30.00.

Success in Spanish
Ages 10 to adult. Introductory course in 12 lessons covers speaking, listening, reading, vocabulary and grammar. It offers vocabulary from Let's Talk and grammar from French  Your Way. Glossary includes pronunciation of 2,600 words. Record/playback & compare pronunciation. Vocabulary games focus on everyday topics, $30.00.

Exploradores del Nuevo Mundo
Ages 8 - adult. This is the Spanish version of the popular "Explorers of the New World" - all in Spanish. Take a journey back through time with Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Hernando Cortés and 60 additional explorers of the "New World." Through quick-time videos, characters are brought to life to take you on their historic journeys. Help Columbus pilot his ship using the tools of his time, solve puzzles to assist Cortés escape Montezuma's castle. Uncover the tragic fate awaiting Magellan in the Philippines. Learn how much of the present culture came from the old world to the new world and what was taken back from the new world to the old world - all through detailed maps, photo-realistic backgrounds and 3-D environments. $75.00.

Practice Makes Perfect
Ages 8 to adult. Combination of Vocabulary Builder and Pronunciation Tutor, more than 2,000 words and photos in a variety of subjects. Listen, record & compare pronunciation. Five interactive exercises, and an on-line bilingual dictionary, $30.00.

Pro One Spanish
Ages 12 to adult. 4 CD-ROMs. Each CD-ROM also includes grammar drills, vocabulary lessons and practice, pronunciation guide, reading and listening comprehension
exercises, $45.00 for set of 4 CD-ROMs.

Spanish To Go
Ages 12 - Adult. 6 lessons with over 60 minutes of video tutorials, dialog skits and games to teach vocabulary, grammar, counting, verbs, cultural body language and more. Record and playback & compare pronunciation, $45.00.

World of Reading, Ltd.
P.O. Box 13092
Atlanta, GA 3024-0092
800-729-3703
polyglot@wor.com

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McGraw-Hill College and WGBH/Boston
The Annenberg/CPB Multimedia Collection
P.O. Box 2345
S. Burlington, VT 05407-2345
Sales: 1-800-LEARNER (532-7637)
Fax: (802) 864-9846
http://www.learner.org

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Fairfield Language Technologies  
122 South Main Street  
Harrisonburg, VA  22801    
800-788-0822   

SPANISH WEB-BASED PROGRAMS

Spanish clips
Over 240 exercise sets divided into seven units; Nouns, Pronouns, Modifiers, Basic Verb Tenses, Subjunctive, Special Verb Uses, Miscellaneous.  Each segment contains specific grammar rules, helps and record-keeping.  Lesson tests check mastery of segment concepts.