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Software Reviews
National Foreign Language Resource Center
University Of Hawaii - National Foreign Language Resource Center NLFRC, Foreign Language Multimedia Software. Spanish.
The CALICO Review - Latest Reviews and Archives
Part of CALICO, hosted by Monash University. Excellent, thorough reviews. Start here. Spanish, French.
CTI Modern Languages Software Database
"The CTI Centre for Modern Languages (CTICML), based in The Language Institute at the University of Hull since its inception in 1989, is one of 24 discipline-based centres, and aims to promote and encourage the use of computers in language learning and teaching." Reviews: Alphabetical listing. Listing of review sites.
Foreign Language Multimedia Software
Lists, descriptions, reviewing criteris, review references
The CALLer
Contains some software reviews from the Center for the Advancement of Language Learning.
YAHOO! Instructional Technology
UVA Foreign Language Instrutional Technology Interest Group Software Reviews
IALL Foreign Language Software Database
The UCLA Language Materials Project
Language Acquisition Resource Center - SDSU: Multimedia Database
CLA Language Center - University of Minnesota: Finding Software
NCBE Education and Technology Links
The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
Language Acquisition Research Center (LARC) at San Diego State University
CALL Software Reviews
very informative reviews of several commercial packages for several languages.
Collection of Language Software Reviews: CALL Software Reviews
Computer Assisted Language Learning at CHORUS. Very informative reviews of several commercial packages for several languages.
Links to Software Reviews
A nice collection of links to review of ESL and foreign language software reviews.
Adult Education Software Reviews On The Web
The Adult Literacy Resource Institute
989 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
Up to the topLanguage software companies and stores
World of Reading (Language Software)
Here is an online store for language sofware. They carry a lot of stuff. See the descriptions of the programs. What's best is that you schools can try out the software for 30 days. Great descriptions of the programs and screen views. Spanish catalog. Word Processors, Translation Programs, Encyclopedias and Dictionaries.
Online software stores
Multilingual Books and Tapes: Multilingual Software Page, CD-ROM Language Courses
The Rosetta Stone Language Library
Spanish, French, German, Russian Dutch, English, Portuguese, Italian Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai Arabic, Korean, and Latin. With Hebrew, Indonesian, Polish, English (U.K.), Swahili, Hindi, Welsh, and Esperanto are under development." Reviews: German, Russian, Rosetta Stone Language Library
Syracuse Language Systems
Reviews: Spanish Your Way
Transparent Language
"a comprehensive grammar tutorial, allowing you to learn concepts step by step. Start with simple grammar rules, and move along at your own pace as you gradually develop an understanding of more complex subjects. Great for beginners as well as a review and reference for advanced learners."
Exceller Software
Instructional Software to teach ESL as well as Foreign Language dictionaries for Windows and Macintosh (Spanish, French, German, Italian and Portuguese bilingual electronic dictionaries for Windows and Macintosh).
EduOle: Software to Learn Spanish
A "selection of multimedia titles to support learning Spanish as a Foreign Language. They are ideal to complement instruction in the language laboratory, in the classroom, or to provide supplementary instruction for students on their personal computers.
Available for Windows and Macintosh." Some free software. Por y Para, Preposiciones: A, DE, Pretérito/Imperfecto, Casa Nueva, Los Acentos, Hugo en el Pueblo.
LanguageConnect
Language Connect Self-Study Spanish
TalkFast Language Software
"Our mission is to supply language learning professionals the world over with top quality software for serious language learning."
Multilingual Books and Tapes: Multilingual Software Page, CD-ROM Language Courses
Language software programs
Spanish for Health Professionals
680 dialog situations, 1200 Vocabulary terms 200 Common terms and expressions Over 5500 audio files Workbook and Multimedia CD-ROM
Home:Business and Economy:Companies:Education:Languages
Yahoo: Computers: Software: Educational: Languages: Spanish
Way Cool Software Review: Language Explorer (see other Way Cool Published Reviews)
Multilingual Speaking Clock
Free talking clock for your PC from Sweden.
Creative Education Resources
: Languages Index
Historia y cultura de España
CD-ROM in Spanish on the history and culture of Spain.
Routledge Colloquial
"Routledge Publishers has just recently released 4 language learning CD-ROMs for use at home or in a language lab. These "Colloquial" products are ideal for beginners in the language or for those with a basic knowledge, providing everything needed to learn the language quickly and effectively. Colloquial Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and French are now available on CD-ROM."
Learn to Speak Spanish 7.0
Now from The Learning Company. "Ages 12 - Adult. This 3 CD-ROM program is an advanced beginner to intermediate course with digitized video of native Mexican speakers. Teaches basic pronunciation and includes vocabulary exercises and drills. Easy to use recording technology records and plays back the user's voice. Has translations of settings and dialogues and an extensive 150 page text and workbook with the grammar and the drills, exercises and translations. There are 2 creative interactive games at the end of each of the 30 chapters which are arranged situationally - at the exchange office, at the hotel, etc. and 10 cultural videos on different cities in Mexico $80.00 - (With a $50.00 mail-in rebate for a limited time). Also available in French, German or English."
At World of Reading.
Transparent Language - Spanish Now!
Deluxe Edition Version 7.0 and Plus Edition - Version 6.0
"Speech analysis will evaluate your pronunciation in comparison with native speakers - watch and then participate in real conversations. Immerse yourself in Spanish by reading interesting articles and participating in real conversations. Interactive games include Vocabulous, Unscramble, Plug-n-Play and Cross Words reinforce vocabulary learned. The Deluxe Edition includes the Spanish Master program, the following articles: The Most Common Words in Spanish, Survival Phrases in Spanish, A Spanish Adventure with Andrés, Spain - A Personal Tour and Conversations in Spanish - the first 4 include dialogues. It also includes Spanish GrammarPro, a Spanish Alphabet Reference, Practice Makes Perfect Workbook and even Accent Special Edition word processor. (Also available in French, German, Italian, Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Swedish, Latin, and English for Spanish speakers. $70.00 each language.
Get the Plus edition which includes everything in the Deluxe Edition and "La Sombra de un fotografo", Spanish/English Word Ace dictionary, Educator Tool Kit and Educator's Classroom Guide. Educators can assign vocabulary, grammar review topics and more. There are multi-user log-ins, so students can access just the files the need to complete their assignments. Teacher-controlled help windows allow educators to select the amount of help the students can have. The Plus Edition is $120.00 in each language." 5 users - $ 500.00, ...
At World of Reading.
Oxford University Press bilingual dictionaries
The Oxford Spanish Dictionary on CD-ROM
1997 $49.95t CD-ROM (Windows) 0-19-268308-X.
A "new dictionary, containing more than 275,000 words and phrases. It has unrivalled coverage of Latin-American Spanish, as well as complete coverage of the rest of the Spanish language, and great emphasis on modern idioms and colloquial usage. There is also an unprecedented amount of help with grammar." Oxford University Press USA.
"The Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary on CD-ROM is the most comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date French-English / English French dictionary ever published, and the first to ever be compiled from two ten-million word databases - one for French and one for English - forming a constantly expanding record of the French and English that is spoken and written TODAY. With 350,000 words and phrases and 530,000 translations, the new CD-ROM offers unmatched coverage of modern French, the most accurate guidance on selecting the right translation, and a wealth of helpful hints on usage. Windows CD-ROM. $49.95. 1996."
Oxford Three-in-One Bilingual Dictionary on CD-ROM.
Global Spanish
Review at WorldVillage.
JumpStart Spanish
Review at WorldVillage.
Spanish to Go
Review at WorldVillage.
Computerized Language Instruction and Practice Software (CLIPS)
"Computerized Language Instruction and Practice Software, CLIPS, is a program created by BYU to deliver the courseware created for the Time-shared, Interactive, Computer-Controlled, Information Television (TICCIT) System during the 1970's and 1980's. Currently we offer English as a Second Language, Spanish, German and French Grammar packages for sale." At the Humanities Research Center, Brigham Young University.
Language Adventure
"This multimedia software employs a natural language learning process that gets children telling a story and answering questions in a foreign language within minutes. The product is designed for ages 6 to 12 and teaches English, French, German, Italian, Japanese and Spanish."
Web Authoring Software
Go to the Language & Technology page, Web Authoring Software section.
Bibliography
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development. 1998. Only the best: The annual guide to the highest-rated educational software and multimedia. Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Blease, Derek. 1986. Evaluating educational software. London: Croom Helm.
Blin, Francoise & Diana Wilson. 1994. The use of pre-test and post-test in CALL: A case study. Computers and education 23.1-2, (August-September) 143-50.
Bowers, C. A. 1988. The cultural dimensions of educational computing: Understanding the non-neutrality of technology. New York: Teachers College Press.
Bruce, Bertram C. & Joy Kreeft Peyton. 1993. A situated evaluation of ENFI. In Bertram C. Bruce, Joy Kreeft Peyton & Trent Batson, eds. Network-based classrooms: Promises and realities. New York: Cambridge University Press, 33-49.
Bruce, Bertram C. & Andee Rubin. 1993. Electronic quills: A situated evaluation of using computers for writing in classrooms. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Cunningham, Paul. 1995. Evaluating CALLware for your classroom. CAELL journal 6.3, (Fall) 13-19.
Decoo, Wilfried. 1994. In defense of drill and practice in CALL: A reevaluation of fundamental strategies. Computers and education 23.1-2, (August-September) 151-58.
Garrett, Nina. 1991. Technology in the service of language learning: Trends and issues. The modern language journal 75.1, (Spring) 74-101.
Garrido, Priscilla & Colin Geissler. 1997. A methodology for software evaluation (http://132.205.43.t430{I97/Methodwebpage/tableofcontents.html).
Gildenston, Stacy B. 1994. Software evaluation and implementation: A guide to the great unknown. CAELL journal 5.1, (Spring) 16-19.
Hashimoto, Eiji. 1995. Evaluation criteria for ESL/EFL software. JALT journal 17.1, (May) 75-83.
Healey, Deborah. 1994. What makes software worth buying? CAELL journal 5.1, (Spring) 12-15.
Healey, Deborah & Norm Johnson. 1997a. A place to start in selecting software. CAELL journal 8.1, (Fall) 3-9.
Healey, Deborah & Norman Johnson, eds. 1997b. TESOL CALL Intrest Section software list 1997. Alexandria, VA: Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Higgins, John. 1995. Computers and English language learning. Oxford, England: Intellect.
Hubbard, Philip L. 1987. Language teaching approaches, the evaluation of CALL software, and design implications. In William Flint Smith, ed. Modern media in foreign language education: Theory and implementation. Lincolnwood, IL: National Textbook Company, 227-254.
Hubbard, Philip L. 1988. An integrated framework for CALL courseware evaluation. CALICO journal 6.2, (December) 51-72.
Hubbard, Philip L. 1992. A methodological framework for CALL courseware development. In Martha Pennington & Vance Stevens, eds. Computers in applied linguistics: An international perspective. Clevedon, England: Multilingual Matters, 39-65.
Hubbard, Philip L. 1996. Elements of CALL methodology: Development, evaluation, and implementation. In Martha C. Pennington, ed. The power of CALL. Houston, TX: Athelstan, 15-32.
Johnston, V. M. 1987. The evaluation of microcomputer programs: An area of debate. Journal of computer assisted learning 3.1, 40-50.
Levy, Michael. 1997. Computer-assisted language learning: Context and conceptualization. New York: Oxford University Press.
Laurillard, Diana. 1993. Rethinking university teaching: A framework for the effective use of educational technology. London: Routledge.
McDougall, Anne & David Squires. 1995. An empirical study of a new paradigm for choosing educational software. Computers and education 25.3, 93-103.
Moore, Alec. 1993. Siuli's maths lesson: Autonomy or control? In John Beynon & Hughie Mackay, eds. Computers into classrooms: More questions than answers. London: Falmer Press, 26-38.
Preece, Jenny & Ann Jones. 1985. Training teachers to select educational software: Results of a formative evaluation of an Open University pack. British journal of educational technology 16.1, (January) 9-20.
Shuell, Thomas J. & Linda M. Schueckler. 1989. Toward evaluating software according to principles of teaching and learning. Journal of educational computing research 5.2, 135-49.
Sloane, Howard N. et al. 1989. Evaluating educational software: A guide for teachers. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.
Squires, David & Anne McDougall. 1994. Choosing and using educational software: A teachers' guide. London: Falmer Press.
Squires, David & Anne McDougall. 1996. Software evaluation: A situated approach. Journal of computer assisted learning 12.3, 146-61.
Squires, David & Jenny Preece. 1996. Usability and learning: Evaluating the potential of educational software. Computers and education 27.1, (August) 15-22.
"Flashlight Project" /AnnenbergCPB Projects. http://www.learner.org/edtech/rscheval/.
"TESS (The Educational Software Selector)" by EPIE (The Educational Products Information Exchange. http://www.epie.org
"Educational Software Preview Guide" by ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). http://www.iste.org
Language Learning Software
CAMLI: Canada's premier educational software supplier
Spanish Software
Software Reviews from ReCALL
The CTI Centre for Modern Languages software database. The database contains details of over 1100 language-related software applications, and is focussed primarily on our constituency of teachers and students in UKHE institutions. The search form allows you to query the database on up to eight search terms to find the appropriate software package for your needs.
Foreign Language Multimedia Evaluation Project
at the University Of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center (NFLRC)
Spanish
French.
YAHOO! Instructional Technology
Foreign Language Learning Homepage
"This page provides helpful software for an easy language learnig. Everything is freeware or shareware; feel free to download."
UVA Foreign Languages and Cultures: Teaching Technologies
IALL Foreign Language Software Database
The Computer Assisted Language Instruction Consortium
IALL Foreign Language Software Database
The Rosetta Stone Language Library Software
Computer Assisted Language Learning at Chorus
sponsored by the College Writing Programs, University of california, Berkeley. Reviews of software. ** Check out the CALL Links Page, including mailing lists and news groups. ** Check out the CALL Software Reviews Page for various languages.
McGraw-Hill: Spanish publications
includes Spanish Partner
Spanish Tutor is a clearly designed, menu-driven and user friendly drill-and-practice program that covers the top 30 problems and vocabulary in introductory Spanish. Spanish Tutor not only fully explains correct and incorrect answers, but also provides feedback for anticipated mistakes. It is a generic IBM and MacIntosh program that can accompany any introductory Spanish text. A Windows 95 version is being considered, according to Karl W. Fisher
co-author and the programmer of the software (Director, Language Laboratory at The University of the SouthSewanee, TN).
Spanish For Business Professionals (SBP for short)
"an interactive, intelligent, multimedia tutorial in Spanish for international business professionals, funded under the U.S. Department of Education's International Research and Studies Program (Title IV, award number PO17A60002). In its completed form, SBP will be a three volume, twelve-unit Spanish-language course residing on three CD-ROM's."
The CALL software Database
brought to you by The Australian Technology Enhanced Language Learning consortium and The Centre for Language Teaching and Research (CLTR). 16 different languages (e.g. Spanish).
InterLex Associates
"Quality Software for Language Education" : The InterLex Lab for Spanish
Globalink, the translation company
Power Translator, Comprende, Intranet Translator, Web Translator, Talk to Me™ (the interactive, self-paced way to learn a foreign language), The Language Assistant Series (an affordable line of products designed for personal use: extensive grammar help, including complete conjugations for verbs and bilingual dictionaries), Subject Dictionaries.
RAM: Reading Acceleration Machine
Freeware for Windows 95 and NT 4.0, by Claude Pavur of Saint Louis University
"RAM 2.0 is a small but powerful freeware device for presenting word-groups sequentially at a pace chosen by the user. It is a tachistoscope ("rapid-viewer") that supports efficient and rhythmic reading, rehearsal of text-comprehension, and acceleration in reading speed. It facilitates the repetition that has long been known to be essential for language-learning.
Though it can be used for different purposes (e.g., vocabulary-learning, text-file viewing, speed-reading in one's native language, rehearsal of texts for memorization), RAM 2.0 is a device primarily designed to help foreign-language learners practice texts through the sequential delivery of word-groups to a monitor screen. The device will be especially useful in conjunction with an approach to language-learning that stresses the importance of mastering lexical phrases rather than individual vocabulary words."
Digi-English
Software reviews
"This page presents software reviews by ESOL students in the Seattle area. The reviews have been published in edited form in American Language Review, and the dates next to the reviews refer to the issues in which they have appeared. Student opinions are not only keen and perceptive, but also an important tool in selecting appropriate software."
TELOS: Telematics Enhanced Language Learning & Tutoring Systems
Half-Baked Software
"The Half-Baked Software team creates authoring programs that enable you to make Web-based interactive teaching materials. Our currently available software includes: Hot Potatoes for Windows95 and Hot Potatoes for Macintosh. The Hot Potatoes suite includes five applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web.
Other
In March 1999 I made a request for favorite language software titles from members of the LLTI list and the TeachTech list. Here is a collection of replies that I received off list (some on-list replies are also included).
The CAN-8 VirtuaLab Multimedia Instructional System by Sounds Virtual, Inc.
Discovery School's Puzzlemaker
Salem State College | Department of Foreign Languages