                                LANGUAGE TEACHER

                              by Andrew Bartorillo
                      Distributed by Micro Tutor Products
                         103 Baughmans Lane, Suite 303
                              Frederick, Md. 21701
                  Copyright 1982-Released to the Public Domain

     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 word, phrase, and verb conjugation selections are done randomly by the 
program the the user being unable to predict what the next selection will be. 
The program package is not designed to teach conversational language or 
pronunciation but, instead, to provide practice drills in order to increase 
your working vocabulary and to enhance 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 author is releasing the series to the Public Domain. If you 
find any of the programs in the series to be usefull, a suitable payment ($5 to 
$10) would be appreciated so more programs of this quality can be developed.  

PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS:

     Minimum system configuration: LANGUAGE TEACHER is written in Microsoft 
Basic and requires a minimum of 64K bytes of RAM and Advanced Basic, 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 monitor attached to the Color/Graphics 
Monitor Adapter. In most cases, only a high quality color monitor or green 
screen will provide the resolution necessary to display the special chaaracters 
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.

LOADING INSTRUCTIONS:

     Power up your system with a DOS diskette containing BASICA in disk drive 
"A". Load BASICA into memory and remove your DOS diskette from the disk drive. 
Insert your copy of LANGUAGE TEACHER into disk drive "A", type RUN'TEACHER" and 
press the Enter key.
     NOTE: Due to the large amount of string space used, your computer will 
occasionally seem to "hang up" or "go to sleep". This is due to Microsoft's 
Basic string manipulation (better known as "garbage collection") and is not a 
machine or program malfunction. The time rarely exceeds 8-10 seconds. The 
occurrence of this phenomenon decreases in systems having more than 64K RAM.

SPECIAL CHARACTER SET:

     LANGUAGE TEACHER utilizes the special function keys to input the special 
characters used in the language. These keys are active only when a non-multiple 
choice drill is selected in which you must enter the direct equivalent of the 
required 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. NOTE: If the computer performs its "garbage collection" routine while 
timing is in progress, program coding is implemented to prevent your time 
remaining from falling to zero.
     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.

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.


We hope that you have many enjoyable and informative hours working with your 
LANGUAGE TEACHER program. If you have any suggestions or problems with using 
LANGUAGE TEACHER, feel free to correspond with the author using the address 
listed below. Please make your comments as specific as possible and enclose a 
self-addressed stamped envelope:

                          Andrew P. Bartorillo
                          c/o Micro Tutor Products
                          103 Baughmans Lane, Suite 303
                          Frederick, MD 21701

