Have you ever seen Dyned software(www.dyned.com)?  That is also very
good software.  It focuses on Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.
The author Lance Knowles was the first to come out with CALL.  I am
currently using it in my ESL classes and have found it very useful.  He
uses an ICONIC approach, showing simple pictures and little text in the
beginning.  He did a paper on how we retain short-term and long-term
memory.  It allows the students to speak into the microphone and hear
themselves and also hear the computer.  It also repeats the sentence
after each answer.  

Virginia Duran

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Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 18:03:53 EST
From: LaFerlazzo at aol.com
Subject: [Technology 887] Re: Software Question
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Hi,
 
I've posted earlier about my school's family literacy program of
providing 
computers and DSL service to immigrant families.  If you didn't  catch
my 
earlier posts, and want to learn more about the project, you can read
about it at 
_http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html_ 
(http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html) 
 
My question for the list relates to a new family that is getting  one of
our 
computers being in an area where DSL is not available, and we can't
provide 
dial-up service because of School District issues that are not worth
going 
into here.
 
Instead, we're going to spend the money (about $600) that we would have
paid 
for Internet Service on software the family can use to learn English.
 
I'd like to get recommendations about what you would recommend we
purchase.  
In addition to specific ESL software, we also want to buy CD  Roms or 
programs that just have a lot of lower-English level audio and animated
stories with 
the text.
 
Thanks!
 
Larry Ferlazzo
 
 
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Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 22:44:42 -0500
From: "Joyce Paisley" <paisley.joyce at gmail.com>
Subject: [Technology 888] Re: Software Question
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The best software for language is Rosetta stone.  Cornerstone is a
very good program for basic language rules.  Our ESL students use both
of these programs.  Please share with me any recommendations you
receive for for the additional programs.  I'm very interested in your
project.  Please keep me posted as it progresses.
Joyce Paisley
TRC Broadview Middle School
Burlington NC 27217
336-570-6195
paisley.joyce.gmail.com
http://brm.abss.k12.nc.us


On 3/3/07, LaFerlazzo at aol.com <LaFerlazzo at aol.com> wrote:

>

>

> Hi,

>

> I've posted earlier about my school's family literacy program of

providing

> computers and DSL service to immigrant families.  If you didn't catch

my

> earlier posts, and want to learn more about the project, you can read

about

> it at http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html

>

> My question for the list relates to a new family that is getting one

of our

> computers being in an area where DSL is not available, and we can't

provide

> dial-up service because of School District issues that are not worth

going

> into here.

>

> Instead, we're going to spend the money (about $600) that we would

have paid

> for Internet Service on software the family can use to learn English.

>

> I'd like to get recommendations about what you would recommend we

purchase.

> In addition to specific ESL software, we also want to buy CD Roms or

> programs that just have a lot of lower-English level audio and

animated

> stories with the text.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Larry Ferlazzo

>

>

>

>

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Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 21:45:04 -0600
From: "Barbara Sabaj" <bjteach at ameritech.net>
Subject: [Technology 889] Re: Software Question
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There is the ELLIS software for learning English, and Rosetta Stone is
another good one.  There is grammar software called Focus on Grammar
which
corresponds to the books by the same name.  Good luck.

 

 

 

Barbara Sabaj
bjteach at ameritech.net
barb.sabaj at d214.org
bsabaj at thecenterweb.org
847-392-9894 

 

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Behalf Of LaFerlazzo at aol.com
Sent: Saturday, March 03, 2007 5:04 PM
To: technology at nifl.gov
Subject: [Technology 887] Re: Software Question

 

Hi,

 

I've posted earlier about my school's family literacy program of
providing
computers and DSL service to immigrant families.  If you didn't catch my
earlier posts, and want to learn more about the project, you can read
about
it at http://www.bayworld.net/ferlazzo/familyliteracy.html

 

My question for the list relates to a new family that is getting one of
our
computers being in an area where DSL is not available, and we can't
provide
dial-up service because of School District issues that are not worth
going
into here.

 

Instead, we're going to spend the money (about $600) that we would have
paid
for Internet Service on software the family can use to learn English.

 

I'd like to get recommendations about what you would recommend we
purchase.
In addition to specific ESL software, we also want to buy CD Roms or
programs that just have a lot of lower-English level audio and animated
stories with the text.

 

Thanks!

 

Larry Ferlazzo

 

 





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