LANGUAGE TEACHER Version 2.3 -- 3/1/89 by Cindy & Andrew Bartorillo Distributed by Micro Tutor Products 1819 Millstream Drive Frederick, Md. 21701 Copyright 1982,87,88,89 - A Sharware Educational Program Series You can find the latest copies of The LANGUAGE TEACHER series on our Bulletin Board, The BAUDLINE II, at 301-694-7108, 300/1200/2400 N/8/1. LANGUAGE TEACHER is a series of menu-driven language tutorial programs designed to be run on the IBM PC/XT/AT/jr or any compatible clone. Each program in the series contains hundreds of word combinations and verb conjugation forms. A line printer can be used with LANGUAGE TEACHER to take advantage of its versatility. Also included is the capability to select language-to-English or English-to-language combinations, choose multiple choice answers, be retested on misses, print a multiple choice test, and to run a full quiz diagnostic routine with line printer output. Of particular interest to non- English students is the capability to select the direction of the combinations. All words, phrases, and verb conjugations are selected randomly by the program; the user being unable to predict what the next selection will be. The program package is not designed to teach conversational skills or pronunciation but, instead, to provide practice drills in order to increase your working vocabulary and to perfect your use of the conjugation forms. The LANGUAGE TEACHER series was originally published by Acorn Software Products, Inc. of Washington, DC. Since then, the company has gone out of business and the authors are releasing the series to the Sharware market. In order to receive any support for the series, or notices of future updates, you must register the package(s) you are using (see the registration form at the end of these instructions). PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS: Minimum system configuration: LANGUAGE TEACHER is written in BASIC and compiled with Borland International's Turbo BASIC compiler. The program requires a minimum of 256K bytes of RAM, one disk drive (or a hard disk) and a suitable high resolution monitor. Preferred monitors are the IBM Monochrome Display attached to the IBM Monochrome Display and Printer Adapter or a green screen or "direct drive" RGB/EGA/etc. monitor attached to the appropriate monitor adapter. In most cases, only a high quality color monitor or green screen will provide the resolution necessary to display the special characters used with LANGUAGE TEACHER. All other program functions will be suitable, though, if a low quality color composite monitor is used. Optional equipment includes an 80 column line printer. BULLETIN BOARD VERSIONS VS. REGISTERED VERSIONS: Copies of the Language Teacher Series that appear on Bulletin Boards have the following limitations: 1. There are a limited number of data files supplied with the program. See the table below for a listing of the data files that appear in each ZIP archive. 2. The editing of the data files, the modify random selection timing defaults, and the modify type of printer options are not active. The registered versions of the Series contain a full set of data files and have all applicable options active. PROGRAM FILES: The following files should appear in the applicable ARChive: EVALUATION VERSIONS: SPAN1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE6.DAT SPAN2-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT GERM1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT GERM2-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT FREN1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT FREN2-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT ITAL1-23.ZIP: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB6.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB6.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE2.DAT REGISTERED VERSIONS: SPANISH1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB15.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB12.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE15.DAT SPANISH2.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB17.DAT GERMAN1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB12.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE8.DAT GERMAN2.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB13.DAT FRENCH1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB16.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB16.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE10.DAT FRENCH2.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB18.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB16.DAT ITALIAN1.EXE: TEACHER.EXE VOCAB1.DAT thru VOCAB17.DAT TEACHER.TXT VERB1.DAT thru VERB15.DAT PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE5.DAT LOADING INSTRUCTIONS: Power up your system the way you normally would, with either your Language Teacher diskette in disk drive "A", or the Language Teacher package loaded on your hard disk. At your normal DOS prompt, enter either TEACHER /M, if you are using a non-color monitor, or TEACHER, if you are using a color monitor (note that the default selection is color, if no modifier is added). Language Teacher users running the program from the menu given to registered users should follow the instructions supplied with the special menu. NOTE: The previous instructions assume your have unZIPed the applicable file using one of the popular unZIPing programs. SPECIAL CHARACTER SET: LANGUAGE TEACHER utilizes the keyboard function keys to represent the special characters used in the language. These keys are active only when a non-multiple choice drill is selected, in which you must spell out the exact answer. The 25th line of the screen will display which function key is associated with which foreign character. NOTE: Due to the inability of some line printers to be able to recognize these special characters, there is a main menu option that allows you to toggle the conversion of these special characters to their "normal" letters before being output to the line printer. Once you have obtained your printout, insert the special marks by hand. The default condition is to recognize an IBM compatible printer. MISCELLANEOUS: If a multiple choice type quiz has been selected, you will only be given 15 seconds (25 seconds for verb conjugation) to input your answer. If the time expires before you make your choice, you will be credited with an incorrect answer. NOTE that these are the default values for the program. These default values can be changed at any time via a main menu option. If you have not chosen a multiple choice type of quiz, you will have to type in the exact answer. In the case of being quizzed with a noun, you must also type in the definite article ("the") that proceeds the noun. If your original option was the verb conjugation drill, no retesting can be performed. Also, the diagnostic display will let you know how many of each person and tense you missed. If you missed more than 3 of any person/tense, an "*" is displayed beside the applicable person/tense, indicating you need more practice. EXTRA GOODIES: All users who register their program(s) will receive a free copy of a Hard Disk menu system that will enable you to run multiple Language Teacher programs from a DOS menu written in Turbo Pascal and compiled with Borland International's Turbo Pascal Compiler. This program will allow you to switch between any of the Language Teacher programs (up to 7) at the touch of a key. The menu program will be customized to your specific Language Teacher application(s). Remember, this program is only available to registered users. NOTE: The hard disk menu system will NOT work with DOS versions below 3.0. If you do not have access to DOS 3.0 or above, notify us so that an alternative method of running your Language Teacher program can be provided. FILE EDITING CAPABILITY: Now, with version 2.x of the Language Series, you have the capability to edit any of the vocabulary or phrase files. The editing functions are selectable from the main menu. With this feature, you can create your own word lists. You cannot create any additional lists, but you can modify the existing data to add new items. Note that, due to the complexity of the verb conjugation files, the capability to edit them has not been included. VOCABULARY WORD LOOKUP: With version 2.3, an option has been added to allow you to use your Language Teacher program like an English/Language dictionary. When choosing this option, you will be prompted for English-to-Language or Language-to- English. NOTE that if you enter a foreign language word, the definite article must also be supplied. This is in keeping with the importance of the definite article in most foreign languages. If you have a registered version of the program and are using the Language Teacher hard disk menu system with both Language 1 and Language 2, both Language subdirectory data bases will be searched for a vocabulary match. ADDITIONAL NOTES: The extent of the vocabulary of each program is given below. Since the program randomly selects from its contents in each option, you truly have a thorough drill in each language! SPANISH I: 750 Spanish/English word combinations, 1488 verb conjugations and 150 Spanish/English phrase combinations. SPANISH II: 800 Spanish/English word combinations and 2108 verb conjugation forms. FRENCH I: 784 French/English word combinations, 1600 verb conjugations and 196 French/English phrase combinations. FRENCH II: 864 French/English word combinations and 1600 verb conjugation forms. GERMAN I: 800 German/English word combinations, 1860 verb conjugations and 160 German/English phrase combinations. GERMAN II: 800 German/English word combinations and 2015 verb conjugation forms. ITALIAN I: 816 Italian/English word combinations, 1500 verb conjugations and 114 Italian/English phrase combinations. REVISION HISTORY: 1.x - Original version(s) of the Language Teacher series. 2.0 - Series made compatible with and compiled with Borland International's Basic compiler. Now supplying two versions of the programs: one for use with non-color systems, and one for use with color systems. Incorporated fixes to all known bugs. Incorporated all sensible suggestions. Also added a Hard Disk menu system for registered users. Added the capability to edit vocabulary and phrase files. 2.1 - * Color and monochrome versions combined into one program, with the default being the color version. The monochrome version is selected by adding the command line parameter /M when loading the program. * Fixed a bug in which special characters (entered by using the Alt key and the keypad) could not be entered. This was actually a bug in the version 1.0 of the Borland Basic compiler, and not a program bug. Version 1.1 of the Borland Basic compiler was used to compile version 2.1 of the Series. * Fixed a bug in which editing a phrase containing a comma (,) would cause the system to crash. * Fixed a problem in which the System Clock was used to time the Multiple Choice option. This caused the System Clock to be incorrect upon exiting from the program. Internal program timing now solves this problem. * In conjunction with solving the previous problem, a new option has been added to the Main Menu to allow the user to manually set the amount of time allowed to make a multiple choice entry. * Made the program compatible with the IBM PCjr. Previous versions did not work due to the setting of the border colors via "normal" IBM ports. If the use of a PCjr is detected, the border colors remain unaltered. * Added a new main menu option to be able to select between an IBM compatible printer that can display the IBM extended character set and one that can't. 2.2 - Version produced for registered owners only. Version incorporates better "handshaking" with new version 2.2 of registered owner hard disk menu system. No technical or cosmetic changes made to main program coding. 2.21 - Minor fix to correct problem in which program did not recognize the IBM compatible printer condition. 2.3 - Added new menu option in which you can use the program like a dictionary. Vocabulary words can be entered and an equivalent match will be searched for. We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working with your LANGUAGE TEACHER program. Andrew P. 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