Product Description
From the Manufacturer
From the publisher of one of the nation's number one selling
Instant Immersion Language applications comes Instant Immersion Language Deluxe,
a comprehensive approach to language study focusing on listening, reading, and
writing. Emphasizing the Euro Method¡ªa time-tested process for learning to speak
a foreign language quickly--this eight-disc suite combines an immersion
environment with a brand-new curriculum focusing on composition, phonetics,
grammar, dictation, and comprehension.
Bonus! Three audio compact discs--continue your study away from the computer
with the three Instant Immersion Audio CDs. Developed by university professors
and linguistic experts, each lesson fully prepares you for interaction among
native speakers.
Three levels
- Beginner--review the basics and make yourself understood in simple
situations
- Intermediate--get a solid grounding and communicate easily in a foreign
language
- Advanced--perfect your command of the language and communicate easily in
any everyday situation
Features
- 3D phonetic animations
- Spoken Error Tracking System (S.E.T.S.)
- Interactive dialogue
- Dictation
- Comprehension
- Listening
- Writing
- Pronunciation
- Speaking
- Conversation
- Vocabulary
- Grammar
- Cultural traditions
Interactive lessons
- Introducing oneself
- Physical characteristics
- Dates and times
- Asking questions and finding directions
Activities
- Dialog
- Picture/word association
- Fill in the blanks
- Crossword puzzles
- Sentence pronunciation
- Word pronunciation
- Word order
- Grammar
- Advanced speech recognition
- Phoneme pronunciation
- Dictation
- Comprehension
- Glossary
All Customer Reviews
Average Customer Review:
6 of 7 people found the
following review helpful:
Not for Beginners, November 10, 2004
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JKS (Wichita, KS) |
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I bought this product thinking I could, as a beginner, learn to speak German.
Ha, was I wrong. Maybe if I had had a year of German in school I would have
found this useful. If you are a true beginner with no knowledge of the German
language then this product is not for you; it is missing the basic fundamentals
needed for a beginner. If you have a year or so of traditional German you might
find it helpful, at least you have the absolute basics to work with. Beginners
beware.
4 of 4 people found the
following review helpful:
Very good for building basic communication skills., October 9, 2004
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Yves (London, Canada) |
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I am very impressed with this software program. There's a feature where you
speak into a microphone some text on screen and it'll tell you if it didn't
understand you, and which words specifically you had trouble with. The 3 audio
CDs are also helpful for listening in your car to become as immersed as possible
in German. Mind you- I don't see someone becoming fully fluent in German with
this product, but it's definitely a good tool to give yourself some ground
knowledge to build from if you were to eventually take a more advanced course or
just to travel lightly in Europe. I'd definitely recommend this and the other
language versions.
1 of 4 people found the
following review helpful:
Painfull to use, September 5, 2004
This is one of the worst language programs I have used. The user interface is
terrible and there is almost no help available. The help icon is there but is
disabled most of the time. The exercises are hard to decode--you can never tell
what you need to accomplish. And the help (the few times the icon is enabled) is
very generic and almost never applies to what you are doing. Don't let the
number of discs fool you--everything could have fit on a single disc.
Save your money and keep looking.
8 of 9 people found the
following review helpful:
Very well designed!, January 13, 2004
This software is very complete, with all the skills to learn German involved:
speaking, writing, grammar, listening, comprehension...
The speaking capabilities is outstanding, as the software recognizes your
voice and can correct your pronunciation mistakes.
Activities are very interactive and diverse, making it very engaging and fun.
I used it a lot, and still the length of the software is amazing.
Very well designed!
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