Side by Side Interactive 1, with Civics/Lifeskills (2 CD-ROMs)

Description

Features and Benefits

• F: Simple menus and navigation tools
• B: Allows the student to quickly and easily select lessons and activities for classroom and independent study.

• F: Inventive video-based activities
• B: Makes language practice come alive as students interact with video clips in a variety of exercises.

• F: Writing activities
• B: Encourage students to share their own ideas and backgrounds.

Unit Theme

1 Personal Information

2 Rooms in the Home

3 Places Around Town

4 Daily Activities

5 Daily Activities

6 Describing People, Places, & Things

7 Weather

8 Family Members

9 Describing Location; Places Around Town

10 Looking for an Apartment

11 Clothing; Colors

12 Clothing

13 Daily Activities; Language and Nationalities

14 Daily Activities

15 Favorite Types of Entertainment

16 Daily Activities

17 Describing People

18 Feelings and Emotions

19 Describing Activities

20 Expressing Ability; Occupations

21 Obligations; Invitations

22 Plans and Intentions

23 Weather Forecasts; Telling Time

24 “Aches and Pains”

25 Past Activities

26 Past Activities

Side by Side Interactive is a two-level multimedia software program designed to put students in control of their language learning through CD-ROM technology. The program combines interactive video, audio, graphics, and text to provide students with powerful learning tools and abundant exercises and activities for effective language instruction that is individualized, self-paced, easy-to-use, and fun!

• An innovative video player enables students to control and interact with entertaining video material, including comedy sketches, interviews, rap numbers, and music videos.
• A record and compare function allows students to record their own voices and then compare with the video.
• Video-based activities make language practice come alive as students interact with video clips in a variety of exercises.
• Comprehensive text-based activities offer extensive vocabulary, grammar, and reading practice.
• Writing activities include instant-feedback keyboarding practice, video dictations, short-answer exercises, and open-ended questions that prompt students to share their own backgrounds and ideas.
• Games provide motivating self-paced practice to develop students¿ vocabulary.
• GrammarToon computer animations focus on key language structures through entertaining cartoons.
• Lifeskills and civics lessons integrate language competencies required by adult education curriculum standards.
• Check-Up tests offer students instant feedback and valuable test-prep practice.

System Requirements

FOR WINDOWS

• Intel Pentium processor-minimum 200 MHz
• Windows 95/98/Me/NT 4.0/2000/XP
• 64 MB RAM minimum
• CD-ROM drive (12x or faster)
• SVGA monitor capable of supporting 800 x 600 resolution at 16-bit
• Sound card/speakers/microphone
• QuickTime 5.0 or higher

FOR MACINTOSH

• PowerPC processor-minimum 200 MHz
• Mac OS 8.1, 8.5, 9.0, 9.2
• 64 MB free RAM minimum
• CD-ROM drive (12x or faster)
• SVGA monitor capable of supporting 800 x 600 resolution at 16-bit
• Virtual memory should be turned on
• Microphone
• QuickTime 5.0 or higher

Side by Side Interactive is a two-level multimedia software program designed to put students in control of their language learning through CD-ROM technology. The program combines interactive video, audio, graphics, and text to provide students with powerful learning tools and abundant exercises and activities for effective language instruction that is individualized, self-paced, easy-to-use, and fun!