English Mastery

A “How To” guide…

“A comprehensive learning tool for students of English as a second language. Allows students to record and work with living sound on a computer.”

To Access English Mastery

1. Double click on the ESL Folder on the Desktop.

2. Double click on the English

Mastery icon.

3. Select “FC,Test” and click on Start.

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English Mastery Main ScreenSelect a series to begin.

Alania Series

A

Alania Series

B

Alania Series

C

Americana

Alania Series A,B&C cover subjects ranging from simple verbs to infinitives & gerunds.

Americana lessons make grammar fun and interesting by

focusing their stories on American culture.

Select a Unit

Select a unit within your desired series.

Alania Series A, B, C

Americana

Begin A Lesson

Note: A dialog box will open at the beginning of each exercise explaining how to complete that lesson.

Click on a lesson to get started.

Select an activity.

Audio LabImprove your listening skills, speaking, pronunciation and intonation.

Listen to real human speech and practice the

text in sentences or phrases.

Then repeat what you hear and read the text on the screen or listen without

seeing the text.

Next, record your voice and then compare your

recording to the original. Finally, you can re-record and practice until you are

satisfied.

Audio LabListening, speaking & pronunciation.

1. Focus on listening comprehension: listen to the story while seeing a

picture.

2. Focus on listening and speaking skills:

listen to and read the text and also by recording your voice.

In the AudioLab exercise you are given two viewing options.

Word LabLearn new vocabulary by reading, hearing and repeating words or phrases in context.

WordLab will help you develop new vocabulary by reading,

hearing, and repeating words or phrases in a lesson.

Each passage has highlighted vocabulary words. Click on the

highlighted word to hear the word and learn the definition. Record

your voice to practice these words.

CrosswordListening, vocabulary and spelling.

The CrossWord exercise helps improve your

listening, word recognition, and spelling.

You will receive a hint at the top of the screen for each

vocabulary word. Type the correct word in the highlighted space. All words and phrases

in the puzzle are from the current lesson.

Audio WriteListening, spelling & dictation.

The AudioWrite exercise helps improve listening

comprehension and writing.

Listen to the story without seeing the text on the screen. Press the button to hear

the story sentence by sentence. When you are ready,

begin typing the story.

SoundSortAudio puzzle for improving listening, comprehension, recognition and recall.

You will see 2 columns of bars. Each bar represents a portion of audio. Put the story

in order by listening to each excerpt of audio in the “Mixed Order” column and then

transferring it over to the “Correct Order column.” Click on any bar and press

to hear that phrase.

The SoundSort exercise will improve your listening and recognition skills, by putting sentences and phrases in

the correct order.

TextLab

Click on the TextLab button to receive a dialog box giving you a

choice of fill-in-the-blank activities (Vocabulary Practice,

Grammar Practice, etc.).

You will hear a story and be

asked to fill in the blanks.

Helping with difficult points of grammar, vocabulary development, and reading skills.

TestLab & Grammar

TestLab questions let you discover how well you

understand each lesson.

TestLab has four kinds of exercises: • Multiple Choice • Fill-in-the-Blank • Word Order• Two-Part Questions

Exiting English Mastery

To exit the program click Exit or Quit

Finally, select YES.

S. Cotter 6/22/06