Advanced French: Interactive Video Language Learning with "Au Coeur De la Loi"
2002; University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa; Volume: 6; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
ISSN
1094-3501
Autores Tópico(s)Multimedia Communication and Technology
ResumoREVIEW OF ADVANCED FRENCH: INTERACTIVE VIDEO LANGUAGE LEARNING WITH AU COEUR DE LA LOI Title Advanced French: Interactive Video Language Learning with coeur de la Platform Mac OS 8.6+; Windows 98/2000 System requirements PC: Pentium, 200 Mh; 64MB RAM; DVD ROM drive; 800x600, 16 bit color display; 50MB free disk space; Soundcard Mac: G3 or G4 processor (e.g. DVD iMac); 128MB RAM; DVD ROM drive Microphone is needed to record one's voice Publisher / contact EuroTalk Ltd. information 315-317 New Kings Road London SW6 4RF Tel: 44 (0) 207 371 7711 Fax: 44 (0) 207 371 7781 http://www.eurotalk.co.uk Support offered http://www.eurotalk.co.uk/ETWebPages/Products/DVDF.html Help screens are provided within the program Printed instructions are inside cover of product Target language French (English, German, Italian, and Spanish programs also available) Target audience Intermediate or Advanced French (suitable for university and high school levels) Price 34.99 GBP, according to ordering information on Web site (http://www.eurotalk.co.uk/ETWebPages/Orders/ orderF.html) ISBN 1-862-21403-4 OVERVIEW Advanced French is a new DVD-ROM in a series of advanced language lessons produced by EuroTalk Interactive. Each DVD in the series, which includes Advanced English, Spanish, German, and Italian as well as French, is based on an episode from a television program in the target language. Advanced French is based on an episode of Au coeur de la loi (At the Heart of the Law), a French television series which features a female detective and her male colleagues in Paris. DESCRIPTION The main menu of Advanced French presents users with six choices: Video and text, dictionary, word search, activities, record your own voice, and quiz. There are no directions explaining where or how to begin the program, although the and text button does receive prominence at the top and center of the screen (see Figure 1). This button takes the user to the heart of the DVD: the 50-minute video episode of Au coeur de la loi. While it is possible to begin with the activities, these are all based on the video, and thus users who are unfamiliar with the episode will likely become confused. After viewing the video, users can consult the reference tools and complete the activities largely in the order they see fit. However, the quiz should probably be done last, as it includes information from the other activities. Video and Text (Video et texte) Clicking on Video et texte takes the user to the video and transcript. Au coeur de la loi plays within a television-like frame, with the French transcript appearing as subtitles below the television frame (see Figure 2). It is also possible to view the video at full screen size (without subtitles, icons, or menu items) or to scroll through the episode's transcript in its entirety. In this mode, clicking on any line of dialogue will cause the video to jump to the corresponding section of the episode. There is also a scene menu from which the learner can easily jump to any part of the video without scrolling through the dialogue or using the somewhat difficult to control fast-forward and reverse buttons. Dictionary (Dictionnaire) The dictionary consists of an alphabetical list of objects and characters seen in the video. Rather than providing a definition, clicking on a given word displays a frame from the video with the corresponding object circled while a voice-over provides a pronunciation model. …
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