Russian Computer Programs
- Introduction to Russian (MAC)
Teaches the sounds of Russian (with extensive digitized
sound recorded by native speakers of Russian), how to read
Russian words, and gives an introduction to Russian grammar
with brief exercises. Suitable for anyone who wants to
learn the Russian Alphabet and to read Russian words, who
wants to review the sounds of Russian and wants to
practice reading Russian words and sentences.
- Noun Tutor (MAC)
The Noun Tutor with Sound features over 15 megabytes of
/digitized sound compressed to 5 megabytes on 9 diskettes.
Noun Tutor drills on over 370 noun forms with 186 sentences
all recorded by native speakers of Russian. The program is
user modifiable and includes sections on Gender, Number,
Irregularities, and case usage with an extensive reference
section for all noun declensions. Translations of all exercise
sentences is provided along with automatic error checking and
the possibility of seeing the correct answers when needed. The
program will also re-test on missed answers and contains
Hypertext capability for checking any of the numerous
references.
- Survival Manual and Language Laboratory (MAC)
Over 8 megabytes of high-quality, native speaker voice
reproduction compressed into four diskettes using Farallon
Computer's new Sound-Edit digitized sound compression an real-
time decompression technology. More than 600 recorded everyday
Russian words and phrases covering such topics as Food,
Hotels, Transportation, Communications, Doctors, Numbers,
Clothing, and more, as well as notes about everyday life in
Russia. Includes more than 500 additional non-recorded words
and phrases.
- Word Torture (MAC)
Automated vocabulary drill. 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.
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