Italian Computer Programs

• Tense Tutor (MAC) A companion program to Verb Tutor With Sound. Drills on 200 additional sentences, all read in high quality digitized sound by a native speaker. Whereas the Verb Tutor tests on all tenses of a single verb, tense tutor allows user to select the tense he wants to be drilled on and then drills him on many verbs in that same tense. It is totally user modifiable. You can change the sentences it comes with, delete them, add new verbs and sentences; modify, delete and add translations and explanations as well. Add conjugations for the new words.

• Word Torture (MAC) Automated vocabulary drills. Comes with from 1400 to 1600 verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, comparatives, etc. Use as drill and type in the translations, or use as flash cards. Program can keep score and redrill on missed words. You can create drill sets of different sizes. Drill from target language to English or English to target language. Random generation assures that words will never appear in the same order (unless you want them to be). Set the time interval between seeing the word and its translation. Can be user modified; add more words to those that come with the stack.

• Italian-English*English-Italian Translation (IBM) Italian-English Translation is an advanced program containing more than 1500 questions and is designed for students who have had at least four semesters of college-level Italian. It allows students to practice various aspects of translation between Italian and English: cognates, idioms, business terms, proverbs and sayings, prepositions, common mistakes, famous quotations. It also keeps score and allows students to review, retry or print the questions they miss.

• Italian Idioms (IBM) Extensive practice of Italian idioms, with fill-in-the-blanks and multiple choice questions. Designed for advanced students. 800 questions.

• Italian Prepositions (IBM) Extensive practice on the use of Italian prepositions, with fill-in-the-blanks and multiple choice questions. Designed for advanced students. 800 questions.

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