Description

Learn Spanish Now! is an immersion program that enables learners take basic vocabulary and quickly progress to more advanced comprehension and use. Grammar, vocabulary, reading, listening, pronunciation skills, and more are emphasized through the use of native language texts, videos, and stories that immerse the user in the Spanish language and provide opportunities for language investigation, skill-building and role play.Engaged in this rich multimedia experience, you may never feel like you’re studying, and the fact that you are actually using another language becomes transparent.Features:Learn From Exciting Content and Interactive ActivitiesLearn Spanish Now! is a revolutionary language-learning tool based on the proven Transparent Method of learning how to use a language in context through rich multimedia activities. Learn Spanish Now! unites industry-leading tools with authentic, native multimedia content to make learning fast, fun, and effective.Big Video ScreenJust select one of the interesting articles or stories and click to explore the Spanish language. View Spanish language videos complete with the sites and sounds of real people speaking and interacting in Spanish. Or jump directly into exciting interactive games, pronunciation-improving practice or invigorating conversations. Determine your own learning pace by deciding when you need translation-and when you don’t. All the tools you need to quickly master a language are instantly available in Learn Spanish Now!Interactive Conversational PracticePractice your lines using the prompts and the integrated speech features, then record your voice and replay the whole conversation with the lines you’ve recorded. It’s a terrific way to get valuable real-world experience using your new language. In no time, you’ll be conditioned to respond correctly without thinking about it, just like you do in English.Before You Know ItThe revolutionary software that teaches you words and phrases so you know them cold – with Perfect Recall – is now integrated right into Learn Spanish Now! You get:# Quick launch of BYKI from within Learn Spanish Now!# Companion BYKI lists to use with immersion content# Dozens of bonus lists from BYKI Deluxe# The ability to create custom BYKI lists (complete with native speaker sound) from any of the 15,000 words in Learn Language Now!MP3 Learning on Your iPod or Other PlayerLearn language Now! comes with dozens of BYKI Pod Audio MP3 files. Now you can practice your language wherever you take your MP3 player.SYSTEM REQUIREMENTSMacintosh:# OS X 10.3.9 or higher with Safari# G3 or higher or Intel based Macintosh# 128 MB available RAM# 165 MB disk space to run with CD-ROM in drive (up to 600 MB disk space to run without CD-ROM)# Support for Thousands of Colors setting and at least 800 X 600 resolution;# CD-ROM driveWindows:# Windows 2000 Service Pack 3 or higher, or XP# 300MHz Pentium or better# 128MB RAM# 165 MB disk space to run with CD-ROM in drive (up to 600 MB disk space to run without CD-ROM)# Sound card & speakers# Support for High Color or True Color settings and at least 800 X 600 resolution# CD-ROM driveOptional Devices:# Microphone for recording# iPod (Video or Nano) to display pictures & sound or other MP3 player for sound (all MP3 players may not support the picture display)# Pocket PC (BYKI only): Pocket PC 2002 or better# 4700KB available device memory for 320×240# 6000KB available device memory for 640×480# ActiveSync 3.5 or higher# Palm (BYKI only)# Palm OS 5 or better# Support for 8-bit color# 1900 KB available device memory; HotSync 4.0 or higher# Older Palm OS 5 devices like the Tungsten T and Zire 71, and Palm devices manufactured by other companies like the Sony Clie are not supported.