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Overview The product is designed for ages 6 to 12 and teaches English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish. Children learn to speak by receiving feedback on their effort in using a language. Language Adventure succeeds in activating this learning process in children at an age when they are most receptive. But what makes it exceptional is that the attention riveting drama of this CD ROM means children actually use it! The first CD-ROM in the series "Language
Adventure 1" can be purchased
from this web site with a special introductory offer and a
free downloadable demo is also available.
Theory Unfortunately, as any tongue tied student will corroborate, it is not an effective way of achieving communicative competency, not to mention the sheer tedium of it all. There are so many rules, so many exceptions and the leap from theory to actual practice is often blocked at the very moment you need it most – just when you are about to speak! As a response to this, a movement developed to try to replicate how one learns one’s first language in teaching a second one. While immersing the student in the foreign language maximizes exposure to it in a more natural way, it ignores the fact that the student already speaks a language and so has a linguistic reference point. The brain still thinks in the native language making second language acquisition fundamentally different. Language Adventure harnesses the power of the mimicking process in natural language learning and eschews the tedium of learning just grammatical rules. It provides repetition and correction in a structured and organized way thereby avoiding the confusion often associated by pure immersion. The lesson designs ensure that the sequence of learning is optimal, always building on themselves and providing the most useful words and phrases as rapidly as possible.
Language Adventure
1 CD-ROM for Win
'95/98 and for ME,
2000, XP and VISTA A narration exercise teaches pronunciation
and vocabulary. When students reach a narration exercise, the
animation will stop, requiring them to repeat and record what
was just heard. After recording, students will immediately hear
their own voice and the model narration thereby allowing instant
comparison. The students can then re-record or if satisfied,
go on to the next exercise which has now unlocked. A quiz exercise
teaches comprehension. Here, the student is asked by one of
the characters to click on something. When the correct object
is clicked the animation will continue. Quiz exercises are rich
environments for learning and entertainment and consolidate
learning by reinforcing what has just been taught A composition
exercise is where students can try out the new language for
themselves. Here, students are asked to create an animated movie
and add to it their own narration in the foreign language. This
scene will then play as an integral part of the adventure.
The composition exercise is where students "put
it all together" and enjoy the freedom of their own creative
expression. Discover exercises consist of hundreds of
clickables interspersed throughout the lessons. Their purpose
is to reinforce and expand the student’s command of the foreign
language. On clicking them, a relevant word or phrase will be
introduced accompanied by a short animation which may take the
movie into hilarious directions. Language Adventure can be considered the tracing paper for speech. In the same way as tracing pictures vastly accelerates a child's ability to draw, this software enables a child to accurately mimic a foreign tongue in a most delightful and rewarding way. But the true high point of Language Adventure is when a lesson is completed and watched in its entirety with only the student’s narration. The thrill is indescribable as children hear themselves speaking a foreign language in an action packed adventure of their own making. The curriculum is based on the work of Professor Amado Padilla of Stanford University in teaching young people a second language. It introduces the most commonly used vocabulary and grammar structures from all the different language groups. All language content has been developed by qualified native speakers. After finishing Language Adventure 1 the student will have completed over 1000 interactive exercises learning many of the most frequently used words and phrases. Key Features
Language
Adventure 1 Teacher
Materials
Read what teachers have said about using Language Adventure at Maloney School and Ormondale School. System
Minimum Requirements Demo System Minimum Requirements Language Adventure runs on Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/Vista or NT 4 PC with:
Demo Seeing Is Believing The best way to see if Language Adventure is right for you is to try it out! We are therefore making a special version of Lesson 1 available to you for free. To keep the size of the demo file down, the sound quality has been reduced and audio help eliminated. For the same reason languages, other than English and Spanish, need to be downloaded and installed separately. 30 DAY DEMO To download the demo do the following:
Remember Language Adventure is omni-directional. This means you can select any of the languages you have downloaded as your native language, and any other as the foreign language you wish to learn. To download click below.
DEMO
HELP HERE DEMO TIPS REGISTER ACCESS LESSON The lesson movie will start and then stop at the first exercise. Record what you just heard by clicking on the microphone. Click it again to stop recording. If you are satisfied with your recording click the flashing advance button to go on. TO ONLY OBSERVE THE LESSON HELP |
Download Language Adventure Demo English/Spanish (5.3 MB)
