EuroTalk Explained
EuroTalk CD ROMs and DVDs are effective, entertaining and easy to use resources that are valuable commodities to the busy teacher. The primary function of the product is to build confidence and provide opportunities to develop speaking, listening and comprehensive skills.
Euro Talk is the world market leader in language learning systems available on CD-ROM and DVD. The series has won GOLD PIN Awards for education.
Key Benefits of the System are:
- There are 108 different languages in the range
- The language system is simple to use.
- It offers four different levels
The system can be networked so that only one CD-ROM master copy is required
The records of each individual student progress can be monitored.
Individual scores for each user are maintained
- The system is complimentary to existing academic teaching methods.
- The system allows the ‘master language’ to be learned from seventy other languages all on the one disc. (This is achieved by simply changing the help language)
- The language learning system is simple to use, visually interactive and can be used by absolute beginners including children age 4 and upwards.
- All products have intelligent software, which automatically helps students focus on weak areas, and are ideal for self-study
Talk Now - Beginners
 A core of approximately 500 words is available mainly covering a wide range of useful topics including food, colours, numbers, telling the time, shopping, phrases etc. The visual display incorporates a listening and recording studio, has 2 levels of quiz and has a printable dictionary. Progress is measured in a fun way. As many as 50 words can be learnt in 2 hours giving a quick basic understanding of the language and its pronunciation. The interactive recording feature allows students to practice pronunciation and intonation compared to the native speaker. The printable dictionary is ideal for use in schools.
Talk More - Beginners+
 Talk More! is the latest series in the EuroTalk range for beginners to intermediates.
It is the next step up from our best-selling Talk Now! range.Increase your basic knowledge and prepare yourself for World Talk, our intermediate level. With Talk More! you can learn a new language the EuroTalk way using broadcast quality video and the latest interactive techniques.
Ideal for travellers, holiday makers, business people, students and families.
Includes Talk More! Extras disc with additional help languages and bonus material.
Current help languages avaliable:
American, Arabic, English, Cantonese, Czech, Danish, Dutch,
Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian,
Japanese, Mandarin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian,
Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Tagalog, Thai
World Talk – Intermediate
 Unlike traditional teaching methods, focus is on ‘intensive listening’ to full sentences for gist and detail. Topics include eating out, finding your way and describing yourself. Courses include recording studio with role-play, virtual TV Quiz, and dictation with printable worksheet. Intermediate covers approx. 2000 words. This is an excellent resource for intermediate learners and could be used for pair work, supported learning or self-study. The recording feature allows students to role-play in a variety of different conversations.
- Travel Direction: (Number 8 on wheel) This is a useful, task based exercise in practical listening comprehension skills.
- Dictation Exercise: (access via pen and paper in icon at top right of screen) A printable worksheet is available with comprehension questions therefore this activity can be also used for reading skills.
- Word order exercise: (number 7 on wheel): Good for word order practice, e.g. German and Japanese (although all would benefit)
Movie Talk – Advanced
 Using a ‘movie method’, you literally work your way through a movie. The course includes a full-length feature film, glossary, script, word quiz, sentence building activity, role-play and a virtual TV quiz. The film shows sub-titles but in the language you are learning! This is an excellent resource for upper-intermediate and advanced students. They can experience the language at the speed and level of a native speaker.
- The film can be watched full screen or with sub-titles in target language. This can be changed at any time during the viewing, and can be paused and reviewed as necessary.
- The recording feature allows students to practice speaking with native speaker’s speed, pronunciation and intonation.
- A virtual reality game show format test comprehension skills
- The picture dictionary has all nouns in the film. ‘Word search ‘ allows you to scroll through every word used in the film and see or hear the chosen word being used in context, as many times as it appears. Excellent for seeing different possible uses of vocabulary in context.
- The Missing Word activity teats listening/comprehension skills. The student must watch a scene, then read what was said and fill in the missing word.
- The Next Line activity challenges the student to predict what is said next during the scene.
- The student’s grasp of spelling is challenged at speed.
Interactive Picture Dictionary – All Levels
A picture dictionary with over 2000 words, the single disc incorporates English to and from French, German, Spanish and Italian. There are 3 levels of quiz that concentrate on listening and speaking. The hundred of printable worksheets cover topics such as clothes, home, medical, nature, work and leisure. The printable worksheets can be used in the classroom or for self-study.
 Vocabulary Builder - All ages including children aged 4 and upward
The course use flashcards with listening and recording studio, and memory games. It aims to teach over 250 words and is ideal for primary age learners and upwards. Students can record cartoons and play the back in their own personalised cinema.
 Asterix – Intermediate and Advanced
Telling a full length Asterix Story, the course uses a mini movie and role-play to explain language and grammar. The course includes an interactive quiz.
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