Grammar

Focus on Grammar Interactive
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Five Levels: Introductory–Advanced

The all-new Focus on Grammar Interactive CD-ROMs mirror the syllabus of the best-selling textbook series, Focus on Grammar, now available in a newly revised third edition.

Clear, contextualized, and interactive, this five-level CD-ROM program provides a communicative review of English grammar that covers all language skills through a comprehensive, motivating, and fun practice of the grammar points and skills introduced in the Focus on Grammar Student Books.

Features

• Abundant contextualized exercises—including grammar, reading, listening, dictation, and speaking activities—provide students with extensive and meaningful lab practice.
• Target structures are presented in full reading and listening passages to help students discover the grammar.
• Dictation exercises provide students with controlled listening and writing practice.
• Speaking exercises give students the opportunity for further oral practice of the vocabulary, grammatical structures, and themes introduced in the unit.
• Review quizzes and reports help students monitor their own progress and work.
• The Network version has a "completion" report that shows how many activities each student has completed, plus the combined scores of all activities completed by each student.
• Additional exercises for remedial practice are provided for each grammar point so that students can work on improving weaker areas.
• A new From Grammar to Writing section provides students with additional writing practice based on unit topics through a series of controlled exercises leading to authentic pieces of writing that can be submitted for grading.
• Automated feedback, such as hints and explanations, provides learner support and motivates students.
• Engaging games provide fun opportunities to review key structures.
• Additional support is provided by a wide range of easy-to-access resources, including grammar charts, grammar notes, glossaries, and appendices.

System Requirements

• Windows XP, Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4
• Non-English Windows 2000 systems require the Professional edition
• Pentium II processor 400+ MHz
• 128+ MB RAM (256 MB recommended)
• 16-bit graphics card
• Monitor resolution of 800 x 600 or higher
• Sound card, microphone, and speakers
• 10X CD-ROM drive
• Internet Explorer 6.0 (Note: Netscape and AOL browser software software not supported.)
• Macromedia’s Flash 8 plug-in (Note: If your computer does not have this plug-in, an Internet connection is required for installation.)
• Sun’s Java 1.5.0_06 plug-in (Note: If your computer does not have this plug-in, they will be installed automatically when you install the course.)
• Lab Workstation Version only: Disk space for saving student data (floppy, flash memory, hard drive)
• Network version only: 10 Mbps (or faster) local area network (LAN)

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