                               LANGUAGE TEACHER
                            Version 2.0 -- 10/24/87
                         by Cindy & Andrew Bartorillo

                                Distributed by
                             Micro Tutor Products
                             1819 Millstream Drive         
                             Frederick, Md. 21701

              Copyright 1982,87 - A Sharware Educational Program

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 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.

PROGRAM FILES:

     The following files should appear in the applicable ARChive: 

SPAN1-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB15.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB12.DAT
                     TEACHER.TXT         PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE15.DAT

SPAN2-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB16.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB17.DAT

GERM1-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB16.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB12.DAT
                     TEACHER.TXT         PHRASE1.DAT thru  PHRASE8.DAT

GERM2-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB16.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB13.DAT

FREN1-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB16.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB16.DAT
                     TEACHER.TXT         PHRASE1.DAT thru PHRASE10.DAT

FREN2-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB18.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB16.DAT

ITAL1-20.ARC:        TEACHER.EXE          VOCAB1.DAT thru  VOCAB17.DAT
                    TEACHERC.EXE           VERB1.DAT thru   VERB15.DAT
                     TEACHER.TXT         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, if 
you are using a non-color monitor, or TEACHERC, if you are using a color 
monitor. 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 unARChived the 
applicable file using one of the popular unARChiving programs like ARC, ARCE 
or PKXARC.  

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 the average line printer to be able to 
recognize these special characters, programming is implemented to convert 
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.  

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.

     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 mutiple 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. 

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 add your own word 
lists. Note that, due to the complexity of the verb conjugation files, the 
capability to edit them has not been included.

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: 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.

We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working with your 
LANGUAGE TEACHER program.

                          Andrew P. Bartorillo
                          c/o Micro Tutor Products
                          1819 Millstream Drive
                          Frederick, MD 21701


                                                                          
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