Abstract. This course is based on the original methods of foreign language learning that have been tested in the best Moscow higher education institutions. The course is oriented to those who having once started to learn English have partly or completely forgotten it. The course teaches to memorize over 5000 words and expressions of everyday use. It contains dialogs and game exercises, a grammar reference guide equipped with an efficient retrieval system, an English–Russian dictionary with over 35000 words, and a musical and literature section. The course consists of 15 lessons that cover over 55 topics and lifelike situations. Every lesson consists of two drilling programs with lexical and grammar comments; a dialog that simulates a lifelike communication; six types of exercises with game elements; a dictionary for “polite people” that includes the most commonly used phrases and expressions; a kaleidoscope-poems, songs, jokes, proverbs, and stories. Each lesson is based on drilling programs, i.e., over 50 sounded English phrases and their Russian equivalents. Each student may select exercises most suitable by the complexity and type with respect to the individual level of knowledge. The course contains over six hours of materials sounded by native speakers.

The disk was the winner in the nomination “Products: The Best Special-Purpose Educational Product” at the competition "Multimedia Edutainmen 1997”, which was organized by the ComputerPress journal and RUSS company. It won “The Best Design” award at the festival "Multimedia CD-ROM. Spring-97", which was held within the "Anigraph 1997” exhibition.

Source: The Cyril and Methodius

Language: Russian

Year: 1996