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This breakthrough language course provides listening and speaking tasks that motivate students to learn English in new ways. Originally filmed and published by BBC English, The Lost Secret video is an engaging mystery story that has become a favorite of students and teachers around the world. Now, with the interactive features provided in this QuickTime™ video version, the course is a major step forward in English language teaching.
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The story begins with a man who has lost his memory. Unable to answer such questions as “Who are you?” and “What is your name?” he is taken into the care of a doctor and a police inspector who try to help him recover his identity. The action ranges from Europe to South America, and revolves around the secrets of a mysterious lost culture.
• Instant replay and on-screen text available with the click of a mouse
Within this exciting drama, the English language is presented and sequenced through a complete structural and functional syllabus, beginning at an elementary level and progressing to an intermediate level. The language used throughout is a balance of British and American English, spoken naturally and in context by a cast of highly acclaimed actors.
• Speech Recognition lessons and activities
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In addition to the linear video presentations, each scene is approached in several ways. First, students work on general comprehension, sentence by sentence, supported by a glossary and comprehension questions. Students may also record their voices and compare themselves to the original. Then, in the Dialog Focus lessons, students focus on how to anticipate what comes next in a conversation, either by using a mouse or by speaking to indicate their choice of how to continue the dialog. The use of Speech Recognition in these lessons is both an effective and highly motivating way to develop oral fluency. Additional exercises focus on the wording of important phrases, on key vocabulary, and on which grammatical structure is appropriate in a particular context.
• QuickTime™ video lessons • Carefully sequenced syllabus
• Online Glossary
• Speech record and playback • Expanded student record-keeping • Network version available
Benefits • High student interest • Long-term learning
Dialog Focus lessons ask students to anticipate what comes next. This form of listening and speaking practice is engaging and effective in developing oral fluency.
• Improved listening comprehension • Oral fluency and confidence
QUICKTIME™ VIDEO WITH SPEECH RECOGNITION
Comprehension checks challenge students as they go through the story. Questions vary according to student level.
Mac OS® Windows® Network Version Available
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Ten units in 4 modules provide about 60-80 hours of intensive study and practice. T
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Episodes 1&2: Who is He?
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Episode 3: Who is Sabina?
Episode 4: Footprints in the Sand
Interactive Listening Students work through the video sentence by sentence, replaying individual sentences, or viewing the text. Glossary screens offer additional help with vocabulary and grammatical items. As students go through the lesson, frequent comprehension questions test their understanding. Questions change in response to student level, helping to maintain student interest and motivation.
Module 2 Episode 5: One O'clock at Alfredo's Episode 6: The Laboratory
Module 3 Episode 7: Good News and Bad News
Dialog Focus These role-playing lessons using Speech Recognition help students learn to anticipate what comes next in conversations, master useful phrases, and develop oral fluency.
Episode 8: Male and Female Episode 9: We Have to Stop Him
Module 4
Dictation These exercises focus on important phrases, key vocabulary, and listening for details. In each lesson there are a number of dictations to choose from. Fill-Ins These lessons focus on detailed comprehension, basic grammar and meaning distinctions, and inferring from context.
Episode 10: The Drug Episode 11: The End
Minimum System Requirements Windows® Windows 98, 2000, NT, or ME: Pentium 200 Mhz with 64 MB of RAM Windows XP: Pentium 300 Mhz /128 MB RAM 16 Bit Sound and microphone Quad-speed or faster CD-ROM drive 16-bit sound card and microphone Speakers or headphones
In dictation exercises, students listen to each phrase, and then click on the correct words to fill each space.
Macintosh® Mac OS 8.6 or later: 200 Mhz Power PC with 64 MB of RAM Mac OS X 10.1.5: 300 Mhz /128 MB RAM Built in sound and microphone Quad-speed or faster CD-ROM drive Built-in sound and microphone Speakers or headphones
Gap-filling exercises provide intensive practice at the sentence level.
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Presentation Video This is a linear playthrough of the video which is useful for previewing and reviewing each scene without interruption.
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Each episode offers five ways to learn:
