Last update: 29/08/01 ® USER’S MANUAL Copyright 2000 Auralog S.A.
Last update: 29/08/01 Contents INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................................................................5 INTRODUCTION ...........................................................................................................................................................5 PRACTICAL INFORMATION ..........................................................................................................................
Last update: 29/08/01 Choice of Question...............................................................................................................................................24 Helping you understand .......................................................................................................................................25 OPTIONS ............................................................................................................................................................
Last update: 29/08/01 DICTIONARY .............................................................................................................................................................41 ONLINE SERVICES .................................................................................................................................................41 START-UP .................................................................................................................................................
Last update: 29/08/01 Introduction Introduction Welcome to the world of The TeLL me More® Collection! The TeLL me More® Collection, which has already attracted millions of users all over the world, owes its success to constantly striving for innovation in language learning. Thanks to its combination of technical and educational expertise, you will learn to write and speak your chosen language efficiently. This manual will accompany you throughout your voyage of discovery of TeLL me More®.
Last update: 29/08/01 Display setting Checking the display setting compatible with your computer • Check your computer display setting before beginning installation.
Last update: 29/08/01 Testing your sound card Use the WindowsTM Sound recorder: • Go to the Start \ Programs \ Accessories \ Multimedia (or Entertainment) \ Sound Recorder menu. • Start recording by clicking on the red button. • Stop recording by clicking on the black rectangle. • Listen to your recording by clicking on the arrow. If your sound card is correctly installed, your recording will be clear. If not, contact your supplier for more information.
Last update: 29/08/01 • The program will then ask you to choose the type of installation required. Your choice will determine the graphics mode used by TeLL me More®. Þ If you select Minimum installation, TeLL me More® will choose the resolution best adapted to your current display. This installation takes up the least space on your hard drive. Example: if your current resolution is 1,024 x 768 with 65,536 colours, TeLL me More® will install a resolution of 1,024 x 768 with 65,536 colours.
Last update: 29/08/01 • The program will give details, according to the type of installation chosen, of the space required on your hard disk for the installation of TeLL me More®, as well as the space actually available on your hard disk. • The installation program will ask you to choose the disk onto which you wish to copy the files necessary for running TeLL me More®. These files must be copied into a directory: C:\TELL ME MORE NV is suggested by default.
Last update: 29/08/01 Discovering TeLL me More® Accessing the Presentation • To discover TeLL me More®, we advise you to watch the Presentation. If you have not already copied this onto your hard disk during installation, insert the installation CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive, go to the Start menu, select Programs, The TeLL me More® Collection, and the Presentation icon. • You can also access the Presentation from the Film Set (the main menu in free-to-roam mode), by clicking on the TeLL me More® logo.
Last update: 29/08/01 For further information on this, refer to the section entitled Registration procedure . Within TeLL me More® PRO, TeLL me More® e-learning or TeLL me More® e-system • If you are working on a network, TeLL me More® will ask you to log in using this box. • Enter your name (or a pseudonym) and the password that was given to you by the administrator. Double-check the screen. You must then select a function mode.
Last update: 29/08/01 Ø Scheduled learning path If you use the Diary to schedule your study, TeLL me More® will develop a learning path adapted to your needs and timetable. For further information, refer to the Diary section. Ø Personalised learning path If you are working on the Internet, you can benefit from TeLL me More®’s Online services.
Last update: 29/08/01 Listening ü Dialogue: Explore Picture/Word Association Word Association The Right Word Word Order Fill-in-the-Blanks Glossary Mystery Phrase Crossword Puzzle: Translate Reading Writing ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü ü Speaking ü ü ü ü ü ü ü The Right Word with speech recognition ü ü ü Grammar ü ü ü Sentence Pronunciation Dialogue: Expression ü ü Word Pronunciation Picture/Word Association with speech recognition Phonetics Exercise Sentence Practice Word Order with speech recogn
Last update: 29/08/01 ü ü Conjugation Grammar Practice ü Dictation Written Expression Dialogue: Comprehension ü ü Video ü ü ü ü ü ü When you have completed or chosen an activity, the corresponding square is highlighted by a yellow square: this permits you to track your navigation through TeLL me More®. For further information about tracking your progress, refer to the Lesson Report section.
Last update: 29/08/01 Click on the Next activity icon to proceed to the next activity. This starts flashing once you have passed the Percentage of activities. For further information about the Percentage of activities, refer to the Options: Guided Mode, Online Services and Help section. Click on the Translation icon to display the translation of the text. Click on the Options icon to modify the Progress Chart.
Last update: 29/08/01 Ø Modifying the Diary The first box concerns the time you have available each day, the second the study period, and the third the skills you wish to work on. The last box summarises the information given by showing you the total amount of hours in your study period. Move the cursors between 0 and 5 to show the number of hours you have available per day to work on TeLL me More®. This can be anything between half an hour and five hours per day.
Last update: 29/08/01 Click on the Cancel icon to cancel your modifications; the Diary’s original settings will be retained and you will go back to the Progress Chart. Click on the Help icon for help with the Diary Validating your settings sends you back to the Progress Chart and lets you see the entire learning path tailored for you by TeLL me More®.
Last update: 29/08/01 The spotlights give you access to the guided mode, the TeLL me More® logo to the Presentation, the costumes to the Choice of Lesson, the books to the Reference Works, the notebook to the Exercises, the globe to the Online Services, the trophies to the Lesson Report, the clapboard to the Dialogue, the microphone to the Pronunciation, the camera to the Video, the Autocue to Help, and finally the mixing desk to the Options. The door allows you to exit TeLL me More®.
Last update: 29/08/01 to the question required. For further information about this activity, refer to the Dialogue section. Click on the Exercises icon to access the different types of exercises. For further information about these activities, refer to the Exercises section. Click on the Reference Works icon to access the Grammar, the Conjugation, the Glossary and the Dictionary. Click on the Grammar tab to choose a particular grammar point to work on.
Last update: 29/08/01 Hints The Hints appear at regular intervals in TeLL me More®, in particular when you access an activity. Designed to help you get to know the software better, they contain all sorts of useful information and tips for finding your way round TeLL me More®. Once you've read them, click on the Validate button to make them disappear. For further details about one of the hints, click on the Help button. The Hints are invaluable, especially in free-to-roam mode.
Last update: 29/08/01 Free-to-Roam Mode To choose a lesson, go to the Film Set and click on the costumes. You will access the Choice of Lesson screen. The direction of the arrow and the numbers show the order of difficulty of the different lessons (from the easiest to the most difficult). To load the selected lesson, click on the corresponding picture. Click on the Previous lessons or Next lessons arrows to access the other lessons.
Last update: 29/08/01 From any other screen, click on the Dialogue icon in the toolbar. Dialogue: Explore - How it works The Dialogue: Explore activity does not use speech recognition. TeLL me More® speaks to you; the sentence which you hear is displayed at the top of the screen. Choose one of the responses shown by clicking on it. Your response is highlighted in green. TeLL me More® may provide a response.
Last update: 29/08/01 • Choose only from the responses on the screen. Should you say something different, TeLL me More® will not understand your response. Dialogue: Comprehension - How it works You can also run the dialogue in comprehension mode. In Dialogue: Comprehension, you answer in the same way as in Dialogue: Expression, but only one of the displayed responses is correct. TeLL me More® will only accept this correct response.
Last update: 29/08/01 Ø Right mouse button You can use the right mouse button to access certain functions. Click on the right button to see the context-sensitive menu. Choose from the options shown and click on the left button to access them. Note. The functions available vary according to where you click on the screen.
Last update: 29/08/01 Helping you understand Glossary To see the translation of a word or its pronunciation, you can click on the word and then on the Reference Works icon in the toolbar. This allows you to access the translation and, should you wish, the pronunciation of the chosen word. Grammar To see the grammar explanations linked to the Dialogue, click on the Links button at the bottom of the screen and choose the grammar point you would like to develop.
Last update: 29/08/01 Sentence Pronunciation, Word Pronunciation or Phonetics Exercise. Ø Free-to-Roam Mode: From the Film Set, click on the microphone. From any other screen, click on the Pronunciation icon in the toolbar. The Pronunciation Index then allows you to perfect your pronunciation of the phonemes, words or sentences that appear in the dialogue. Note.
Last update: 29/08/01 If you are in free-to-roam mode, first choose the linguistic element you would like to work on - phoneme, word or sentence - and click on the corresponding icon. Then click on the arrow to the right of the list. If you are in guided mode, you have already made this choice by clicking on the square of one of the three activities: Sentence Pronunciation, Word Pronunciation or Phonetics Exercise in the Progress Chart.
Last update: 29/08/01 Warning! For TeLL me More®, a silence of longer than half a second is a pause. • Your response time is also limited: you have a maximum of three seconds’ speaking time. In the case of long sentences, you must speak quickly to avoid being interrupted by the computer. Waveforms and pitch curves Each sentence and word is displayed by a waveform and/or pitch curve.
Last update: 29/08/01 The score box shows your results for all your recordings. You may repeat the exercise as often as you like. To improve your score, repeat the exercise several times, imitating the intonation and the rhythm of the model as closely as you can. You can listen to the model and your own recordings as often as you like by clicking on the loudspeaker to the left of the graph. Comparative listening You can compare your recordings to improve your pronunciation.
Last update: 29/08/01 1 – Upper incisors 2 – Lower incisors 3 - Lower alveolar ridge 4 – Tip of the tongue 5 – Blade of the tongue 6 – Front of the tongue 7 - Centre of the tongue 8 – Back of the tongue 9 – Vocal chords 10 - Glottis 11 - Uvula 12 – Velum (soft palate) 13 – Palate (hard palate) 14 - Upper alveolar ridge Vocal chord vibration (can be felt by placing the hand on the throat) Uvular tap Perception of air between the teeth and the lips, the teeth and the tongue, or the tongue and the palate
Last update: 29/08/01 Air passing through the mouth and nose (characteristic of nasals) Airstream (perceptible by placing the hand in front of the mouth) Sharp expulsion of air Terminology Alveolar ridge: situated behind the incisors. Tip of the tongue: the extremity of the tongue. Blade of the tongue: situated behind the tip of the tongue. Front of the tongue: situated between the blade and the centre of the tongue. Centre of the tongue: the middle of the tongue.
Last update: 29/08/01 To access the next item (word or sentence), click on the Next button. To work on a selected word in a sentence, or to go back to the sentence containing the word, click on the double arrow. To change from the Pronunciation screen to the Pronunciation Index screen, click on the arrow. Options Click on the Options icon in the toolbar. Click on the Audio, Video and Speech Recognition tab to adapt the pronunciation exercise to your level and needs. Note.
Last update: 29/08/01 Ø Free-to-Roam Mode: From the Film Set, click on the camera. From any other screen, click on the Video icon in the toolbar. How the videos work Each video lasts about three minutes. To display a simultaneous translation of the script, click on the Translation icon in the toolbar. To move about within the video, place the mouse arrow at the top of the Video scrolling button, click on it, hold down the left button of the mouse and move the button.
Last update: 29/08/01 For the answer to a specific question, click on the Solution icon. Warning! Once you have asked for the solution, you can no longer change your answer. To return to the video from the multiple-choice questions, click on the To the video icon on the left. Question summary Click on the Question summary icon to see the list of all the questions and check whether your answers were right or wrong.
Last update: 29/08/01 Ø Guided Mode: From the Progress Chart, click on the square corresponding to the type of exercise you wish to complete. Ø Free-to-Roam Mode: From the Film set, click on the notebook. From any other screen, click on the Exercises icon in the toolbar. To choose a type of exercise click on the corresponding tab. To begin another exercise of the same kind, turn the page by clicking on the bottom right corner of the page.
Last update: 29/08/01 The Right Word The Right Word exercises allow you to work on the vocabulary and grammar you met in the dialogue. They work on your written comprehension skills (Reading), as well as your spoken expression skills (Speaking) when using speech recognition. You have to complete the sentence by choosing one of the answers shown. When using speech recognition for this exercise, you must say the entire sentence. When not using speech recognition, click on the answer with the mouse.
Last update: 29/08/01 Grammar Practice allows you to test your knowledge of grammar and conjugation and to enrich your vocabulary. These exercises allow you to work on your written expression skills (Writing) and your written comprehension skills (Reading). The aim of these exercises is to modify the groups of words shown according to the instructions given and the examples shown. Type your answer.
Last update: 29/08/01 The exercise is based on the same principle as the Grammar Practice, the difference being that the former uses sentences instead of words or groups of words. You have to change these sentences following the instructions and the examples shown. Type your answer. If you type it correctly, it will appear in green and the solution will appear automatically in the opposite square.
Last update: 29/08/01 To pause or play the video, click on the Play / Pause icon. To go back to the beginning of the video, click on the Start of video icon. Warning! The Written Expression exercise is not available for all languages being studied. General functions To check your answers, click on the Correction icon. Your correct answers appear in green and those which are incorrect in red. To see the solution, click on the Solution icon.
Last update: 29/08/01 Crossword Puzzle Click on the Dialogue and Exercises tab. You can choose the type of clue that you want to help you fill in the crossword puzzle: an oral clue (the recording of the word) or a written clue (the translation of the word). You can also decide on the size of the puzzle. This can range from five by five squares to eleven by eleven squares. Audio Click on the Audio, Video and Speech Recognition tab.
Last update: 29/08/01 In the summary, choose the grammar point that you wish to work on. To see the other pages of the summary, click on the corners of the pages on the bottom right or left. Within a grammar explanation, to move backwards or forwards from one page to another, click on the right or left corner of the page. If you wish to immerse yourself totally in the language you are studying, click on the Translation icon in the toolbar to see the grammar explanations in the foreign language.
Last update: 29/08/01 Ø Guided Mode: Click on the Online Services icon in the toolbar. Ø Free-to-Roam Mode: From the Film Set, click on the globe. Ø In either mode: Click on the right mouse button and select Ask your Personal Tutor or Online Services, according to your needs. Registration procedure Note. This section is intended for users of Tell me More® PRO, Tell me More® e-learning or e-system.
Last update: 29/08/01 You can also click on the Online Services icon (the globe) in the toolbar in guided mode or Online Services from the Film Set. You can also access the Online Services menu by clicking on the right mouse button on any screen. Reading messages If you are using TeLL me More® on a network, you can view all your messages, sent or received, by clicking on the different tabs. Select a message to view its content.
Last update: 29/08/01 Writing and replying to your Tutor To write to your Tutor, click on the New message icon appears, and then click on Confirm. , then type your message in the dialogue box that To reply, click on the icon Reply to a message which activates when a message is selected. In both cases, click on the Send and receive icon to send it to your tutor. Note. The message will remain on your screen in red until it is sent.
Last update: 29/08/01 The numerous language resources are organized in the form of categories and sub-categories.
Last update: 29/08/01 Options Activate the Attach your PC configuration button to attach information which is useful to the TeLL me More® technical support team to the messages to your Personal Tutor. Your PC configuration file will allow the technical support team to offer you help adapted to your specific needs and configuration, should you need it. Activate the Attach the student tracking file button to send your Tutor the results of your work in TeLL me More®.
Last update: 29/08/01 If you have planned your learning path with the Diary, the Lesson Report will indicate not only the percentages, but also the date by which you should have completed this activity. The Progress Indicator at the bottom of the screen keeps you informed as to the rhythm of your progress in your learning path. For further information about these functions, refer to the Diary section and start the activities from the beginning.
Last update: 29/08/01 From any other screen, click on the Options icon in the toolbar. Selecting an option Click on the tab corresponding to the activity whose settings you wish to modify: Dialogue and Exercises; Audio, Video and Speech Recognition; or Guided Mode, Online Services and Help. To activate or deactivate an option, click on its corresponding button. To adjust a level (difficulty level, volume, etc.
Last update: 29/08/01 You can also decide on the size of the puzzle. This can range from five squares by five to eleven squares by eleven. Move the blue cursor around according to the number of squares desired. Warning! In guided mode, you cannot modify any of these options. Options: Audio, Video and Speech Recognition Audio You can change the volume and speech delivery. Video You can watch the video with or without the text displayed.
Last update: 29/08/01 me More® will suggest that you move on to the activity which follows as soon as you have completed 60 % of the items of the current activity. The Next activity icon will start flashing in the toolbar. You can also choose your learning priorities by modifying the Learning priorities indicator. Click on any of the priorities shown: Listening, Reading, Writing, or Speaking, to activate or deactivate it.
Last update: 29/08/01 Note. Sound may be played through either the loudspeakers or the headphones. You must therefore connect to the sound card either the ² plug of the headset or the loudspeaker plug. Difficulty level The difficulty level you choose is an essential element in all the activities that function with speech recognition. The level ranges from 1 to 7 (7 being the highest level). The higher the level, the more demanding the computer will be about your pronunciation.
Last update: 29/08/01 Note. Even if you have several CD-ROMs with the lessons in The TeLL me More® Collection the software installation only has to be done once. Thereafter you can simply use the CD-ROMs containing the lessons. • If installation does not begin automatically, it will be necessary to run the setup.exe program which can be found at the root of the installation CD-ROM. To do this, click on Start in the WindowsTM toolbar.
Last update: 29/08/01 • • • Perhaps your sound card is not working properly. Test it on other software. If the sound quality is bad only when you play back your recordings during the pronunciation exercises, the problem is due to the microphone. For more information, refer to the Checking the sound section. The computer can't hear me at all! • Check that the microphone is plugged in correctly. • Try to speak more loudly to see if the computer can't hear you at all, or if reception is simply bad.
Last update: 29/08/01 • If you are accessing by modem, you will find these settings among the information given to you by your Internet service provider. You should contact your Internet service provider if you have any problems. • If you access the Internet through your company's network, ask your system administrator for your SMTP address.
