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EuroTalk Interactive - Talk Now! Learn Punjabi by Topics Entertainment
Software SummaryManufacturer: Topics Entertainment Brand: TOPICS Entertainment Format: CD-ROM Release Date: 2007-12-01 Platform: Mac OS X, Windows XP Model: 51568 Product features: - The "intelligent" software feature remembers words you get wrong and targets your weak points
- Extensive basic vocabulary, from first words, food, colors, phrases, parts of the body and numbers, to telling time, shopping and countries
- Each of the target languages for Talk Now! has help available in an additional 102 languages ? simply choose the flag of your native country in the beginning of the program & EuroTalk?s Talk Now! Program will provide instruction in your native language
- Each topic contains listening practice, an easy game, a hard game, a printable dictionary as well as the opportunity to record your voice and hear how you sound in comparison to the two native speakers who tutor the user throughout the Talk Now! course
- Each question that is answered correctly increases the user's score - get an answer wrong and points will be lost. There are 1800 points in total to gain from the disc. A full score earns the user a 'Gold Award'
Software Reviews of EuroTalk Interactive - Talk Now! Learn PunjabiCustomer Review: frustrating but i'm still learning Summary: 3 Stars
Despite the fact that I am learning some good punjabi words and phrases that I can already pick out in listening to my friend's conversations, there are several annoying aspects of this software. While it is cool to learn that common English phrases and words are used by speakers of Punjabi, I didn't purchase software that would then test me and waste my time with so many English words. There are way too many of them. Some of the quizzes include half of the phrases that are the same in English. I also would find many more phrases useful and applicable in conversations than "I don't smoke" and "do you have a cigarette?". Also the speakers on the screen for viewing look to be AMerican and are not the same as the voices you hear. They are lipsynching and it doesn't look like they are lipsynching the Punjabi words or the English equivalent so they are useless. Also, they have annoying gestures. I don't know why they are there. Wish I had read the reviews, because I would have liked to have found something better.
Description of EuroTalk Interactive - Talk Now! Learn PunjabiTalk Now! is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than three million people to date. Designed for newcomers to the language, Talk Now! is the perfect method to access a wealth of comprehensive fundamental vocabulary and accurate pronunciation in one user-friendly plan packed with useful words, a picture dictionary, and quizzes. Anyone over 10 years of age will find the program indispensable for improving listening, understanding and spoken language skills.
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