TeLL me More Italian Premium - Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced
TeLL me More is the world's leading software for language learning, valued by users and teachers alike. For its speech recognition technology and personalized language courses, TeLL me More now has more than 5 million satisfied users worldwide. It covers all the skills to learn reading & writing, listening & speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and culture. This package includes 4 levels, Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced. An Audio CD, as well as a free headset and microphone, is also included. It is the most complete Spanish software available with up to 950 hours of learning. Exclusive Technological Developments 4 levels in one package - Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced, to reach fluency Over 5 million satisfied users worldwide Used everyday in more than 10,000 Academic Institutions Global leaders and government agencies have placed their trust in TeLL me More - U.S. State Department, U.S. Government, FBI, Canadian Federal Government, EDS, BMW, ExxonMobil Top Ten Reviews Gold Award for best language learning software System Requirements - PC or Compatible Pentium III 650 MHz, Celeron 333 MHz or equivalent, Windows 95, 98, NT4, Millennium, 2000, XP or Vista 32/64 bits, 64 MB RAM, 70 MB free space, 8x CD-ROM drive or better, 16-bit Windows-compatible sound card, 16-bit graphics card (800 x 600 with 65,536 colors or higher), headset or speakers and microphone, Windows 95 and NT require Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 or more
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 Italian Verb Drills
Essential Italian Grammar
Rick Steves' Italian Phrase Book and Dictionary
Webster's New World Italian Dictionary: Italian/English, English/Italian
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TeLL me More Italian Premium - Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced Reviews
Maybe it works better for other people. It just seemed to be all over the place, with no real focus on the language and it's working parts - just a bunch of games and exercises. I have had some training in Italian and while Tell Me More served well as a kind of refresher, causing me to think about what I had already learned in the past, I didn't find it at all helpful in moving forward - I had to pick up the text books again for that to happen. Expensive experiment for me. I have to admit I was disappointed in this product.
Since it runs off the CD, there can be a 5 second delay between pages while the CD spins up. I've been experimenting with trying to learn Italian for several years. What a great investment. All the books and CD's in the world can never provide this. The interactivity is amazing. It just doesn't look like MS Windows, so you have to get used to where the buttons are (home, back, forward, help, etc). You don't need to type anything, the speech synthesis and recognition walk you through a semi scripted conversation.
I sped things up by putting the contents of the CD on a virtual drive. It may be hard to imagine how useful this mode is until you try it, but a conversation is the true test of learning a language. Every thing I tried got me frustrated, so I tried the online demo, then decided to buy the 4 level version. A few trips to Italy had prompted me to try various quick book and audio solutions. There is a mode where you can have a conversation with the computer. I didn't check with their support, but they may have other options. The UI takes a bit to get used to, it's written in Flash, and very polished.
I hope there is lots more of this through the course. Although I've only spend about 4 hours, I can tell that I am learning the real language, not just how to order food. It's almost like having 100% attention of an Italian teacher.
My familiy is eager to set up their own accounts. Thumbs up - I tried different programs in the past and this really works.
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