31 Languages Of The World (PC and Mac, CD-ROM) Transparent Language - 1998 USA, Canada Release

31 Languages Of The World
Product ID	44573-35807
Product UPC	744573358075
Platform(s)	PC and Mac
Media	CD-ROM
Copyright date	1998
Publisher(s)	Transparent Language
Category(s)	Education, Language
Country of Origin	United States of America

Description from the packaging.

Learn to Listen and Speak. Guaranteed!

• Spanish
• French
• German
• Italian
• Japanese
• Chinese
• Arabic
• Bengali
• Brazilian
• Canadian French
• Dutch
• English
• Finnish
• Greek
• Haitian Creole
• Hebrew
• Hindi
• Irish
• Korean
• Latin
• Norwegian
• Polish
• Russian
• Swahili
• Swedish
• Tagalog
• Thai
• Ukrainian
• Vietnamese
• Yiddish
• Zulu

Includes:

• Hundreds of interactive dialogs
• Record, playback and compare your voice to native speakers
• Over 75,000 words and 15,000 phrases
• Comprehensive grammar support
• On-line testing and feedback

Learning a new language is as easy as 1, 2, 3!

Learning to speak another language has never been easier!

31 Language of the World is the quickest, most effective and most fun way to learn any of the 31 world languages in this box. Anyone- even complete beginners- can start using a foreign language almost immediately with this unique learning system. 31 Language of the World includes the widest variety of interactive skill-building activities available from any multi-language learning product. Other products make you memorize vocabulary with boring drills. Why learn just words, when you can learn to speak from native speakers! 31 Language of the World contains everything you need to start speaking another language today!

As Easy as One, Two, Three

Whether you want to learn a foreign language for travel, school, business or for your own personal enjoyment, now you can explode through the language barrier to immediately speak, read and understand any of these 31 Language of the World.

Listen, Understand, and Respond Quickly

In order to speak, first you have to understand. Use 31 Language of the World's many listening activities to tune your ear and build your comprehension.

Use Pronunciation Analysis Features to Perfect Your Speaking Skills

When you speak, you want to be understood! 31 Language of the World puts revolutionary technology at your fingertips for the most advanced pronunciation analysis available.

Participate in Real, Dialogs to Learn to Speak Like a Native

With 31 Language of the World's interactive Conversation Practice, you can participate in real, everyday dialogs. As you interact with the native speakers, you'll be building valuable listening and speaking skills.

Plus, more ways to practice your new language skills than any other program!

• 1,000's of games, activities and exercises for quick, fun language-skill building.

• Testing and progress tracking provide feedback for faster learning.

• Built-in customization feature let you select the most appropriate material for you.

31 Language of the World Includes:

• Up to 5,000 words per language and 100's of sentences in context!

• Interactive dialogs and conversation practice to master thinking and speaking in your new language.

• Fully integrated native speaker sound for every word and sentence.

• Advanced speech analysis to speak like a native.

• Record, playback, and compare.

• Interactive games to let you build vocabulary and grammar skills while challenging yourself.

• Listen and speak activities to help you improve pronunciation and listening skills.

• Comprehensive grammar references, complete with alphabet overview, for each language.

• SlowSound to develop listening skills.

• And much more!

31 Language of the World is Ideal for:

Building all your language skills... Including listening, speaking, reading and writing...

For any reason... Travel, Business, Education, and Pleasure...

For learners of all levels... From absolute beginners to advanced speakers!

31 Language of the World Takes Advantage of Proven Language Learning Technology to Make your Experience with a New Language as Effective as Possible.

The Transparent Method

31 Language of the World puts you in the action- as soon as you start. You could spend endless hours reviewing word lists and repeating tedious drills with other multi-language learning programs and still not be able to speak or even understand a new language. 31 Language of the World gives you all the tools you need to experience real language the way it is used by native speakers in a fun, interesting environment to quickly master your new language.

"This is the most effective and easiest way to learn to speak and understand a foreign language."

31 Language of the World is based on a revolutionary approach to language learning that we call the Transparent Method. This method provides you with a rich language experience far superior to that of other software products. You are immersed in a complete language environment where you see, hear and speak the language- just like a real-life foreign-language situation. best of all, the Transparent Method makes learning a foreign language fun. No wonder it's proven effective for so many people!

"Learning a new language with Languages of the World is like having a 24-hour-a-day personal tutor."

A Note on Transliteration Some languages normally use character sets very different from English. In order to simplify the new learner's task, 31 Language of the World presents these languages in a transliterated format, using the Roman alphabet, as in English. Transliterated texts represent the sounds of the foreign language in a way that is more easily recognizable to English speakers.

1. Listen

Begin your adventure of language discovery with interactive dialogs and everyday conversations.

You can comfortably progress towards fluency knowing that all the help you need is right there on the screen.

When you come across a word or sentence you don't understand, simply glance at a help window to get the meaning... then continue without losing your train of thought.

2. Learn

31 Language of the World's interactive games and listening comprehension activities let you develop your ear for native speech.

Hundreds of exercises that help you improve vocabulary also tune your ear to native speech. After a few sessions, you'll actually find yourself thinking in a foreign language.

Anytime you like, click to hear an instant, clear pronunciation of any word or sentence by a native speaker.

Repeat the pronunciation as often as you like to firmly implant each new word into your memory.

"A fully integrated language learning system." - Electronic Learning

3. Speak

If you want to communicate with native speakers of another language, it's important to understand what you're hearing and to respond quickly.

With Conversation Practice you can have actual foreign language conversations with your computer. By interactively rehearsing situations you're likely to run into, you'll gain real-world experience using the language.

In no time, you'll be conditioned to respond correctly without thinking about it (just like you do in English). From meeting and greeting people, to shopping, to engaging in friendly conversations, you'll almost never get stuck for words.

"Transparent Language has revolutionized computer based language learning." - MAC User

• The easy-to-use interface puts all the tools you want on one screen.
• Develop listening skills with native speakers as your guide.
• Fun games and activities build vocabulary and comprehension.
• With interactive conversations, you're speaking a new language!
• Perfect your pronunciation with detailed feedback.

More Language Tools to Enhance your Learning!

Grammar Support Support your new language skills with an understanding of how the pieces fit together. 31 Language of the World includes complete grammar comments linked directly to on-line electronic references for every language.

Interactive Games Dynamically generated games are different every time you play. These customizable learning activities let you focus on the material you want to work on most. Timed options challenge you to think fast in your new language. Continuously test and improve your new skills.

Vocabulous! Build your vocabulary with Vocabulous!, the fun way to practice, review and test you spelling and word recognition skills.

Unscramble Hundreds of scrambled sentence activities help you to understand and master important grammar structures.

Graffiti Spell your way to better language skills with Graffiti. Rebuild hundreds of sentences in your new language.

CrossWords Hundreds of interactive foreign language crossword puzzles for fun and vocabulary practice!

Custom Word Lists Build you very own personalized vocabulary lists with the handy built-in CheckWords feature. Focus on the vocabulary in your language that you need most.

SlowSound SlowSound lets you work your way comfortably towards understanding native speech. All native speaker sound can be dynamically slowed to anywhere from 10 - 50% less than that of native speech.

This Complete Learning Program Includes Everything You Need to Speak a New Language. Start Today!

System Requirements

PC Windows 95
Required CPU	Pentium 100
Required RAM	32MB
Req. Hard Drive	35MB Free
Required CD Speed	2X
Recommend RAM	64MB
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Required Audio	Yes
Supported Video	SVGA Hi-Color SVGA True-Color
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

PC Windows 98
Required CPU	Pentium 100
Required RAM	32MB
Req. Hard Drive	35MB Free
Required CD Speed	2X
Recommend RAM	64MB
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Required Audio	Yes
Supported Video	SVGA Hi-Color SVGA True-Color
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

PC Windows ME
Required CPU	Pentium 233
Required RAM	32MB
Req. Hard Drive	35MB Free
Required CD Speed	2X
Recommend RAM	64MB
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Required Audio	Yes
Supported Video	SVGA Hi-Color SVGA True-Color
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

PC Windows NT 4.0
Required CPU	Pentium 233
Required RAM	32MB
Req. Hard Drive	35MB Free
Required CD Speed	2X
Recommend RAM	64MB
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Required Audio	Yes
Supported Video	SVGA Hi-Color SVGA True-Color
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

PC Windows 2000
Required CPU	Pentium II 400
Required RAM	64MB
Req. Hard Drive	35MB Free
Required CD Speed	2X
Recommend RAM	128MB
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Required Audio	Yes
Supported Video	SVGA Hi-Color SVGA True-Color
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

PC Windows XP
Required CPU	Pentium III 450
Required RAM	128MB
Req. Hard Drive	35MB Free
Required CD Speed	2X
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Required Audio	Yes
Supported Video	SVGA Hi-Color SVGA True-Color
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

Mac System 8.6
Required CPU	PowerPC
Required RAM	32MB
Req. Hard Drive	30MB Free
Rec. Hard Drive	500
Supported Video	13" Thousands Of Colors
Misc Support	Microphone
Supported Network	Internet

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