An English Story / An Afrikaans Story

Place order   Frequently Asked Questions   Receive our News Flash with specials etc.

Price:   R2 700,00
Language:  One language: either English OR Afrikaans
Age:  Gr 3 - 9
Similar products to consider: My Digital School, Eduss English Language, Eduss English Phonics, Academix

A syllabus-based, interactive educational programme designed to help students studying first and second language English with 9 levels of difficulty.

It contains five types of exercises:

  • Reading speed
  • Understand and write English
  • Grammar
  • Spelling and
  • Vocabulary

Reading   Unique to this program
Four reading modes are designed to assist you in improving your reading speed. During the four reading modes contextual questions are asked and multimedia support is given (listen to story been read):

I. Reading at own speed and learning meaning of words
II. Line reading highlights one line at a time at different sets of reading speeds, thus teaching control of reading speed.
III. Line scanning is used to improve reading speed as it teaches how to read whiles scanning down the centre of a column.
IV. Mark reading assists with left and right eye movement.
 

Comprehension
• Free format answers – you can thus write your own answer
• Interactive responses
• 45 000 word dictionary

Grammar, Spelling and Vocabulary
There is a wide range of grammar and vocabulary building exercises in the program from simple questions and answers to word builder programs. Here are just a few examples:

• Punctuation exercise – fill in stop and commas
• Use mouse to drag rhyming words next to each other
• Point to all the adverbs
• Arrange words in the correct order
• Are words spelled with  -ise or -ize?

• The help facility can show you how to find exercises on a specific topic

• You can also see a detailed report on your progress which can be printed.

System Requirements:

200 MHz processor,
64 Meg RAM
200 Meg Hard drive space
Windows 98/2000/ME/XP
Screen resolution 800x600
16 bit True colours