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Pronunciation Power 1

Award-Winning Features

Pronunciation Power 1 is an excellent tool for students to learn the correct pronunciation of the 52 basic sounds of English. It has an easy design with numerous exercises for practice using visual and auditory feedback. The picture-dictionary teaches the meaning of unknown words and promotes improvement in reading and spelling. Instructions and lessons are available in 12 different languages and the student can choose which language to use. Teachers can choose "English only".

For each of the 52 sounds there are five main components:

1. Lessons - an animated, graphic side view of how the sound is made and a front view video of required lip movement.
2. Speech Analysis - new innovative wave-form technology that allows students to compare their sound formation to that of the instructor's.
3. Picture Dictionary - students access this dictionary from the main menu or from the Exercise section where all words in Sample and Comparative words and in the Sentence exercises are easily linked to the dictionary. This component aids in improving reading comprehension, vocabulary, pronunciation and spelling ability. The dictionary has features such as:
   • Language of Choice - instructions and root word translations in 12 different languages.
   • 1,700 Pictures and Graphics.
   • Listening and Recording for all roots words, verb conjugations and nouns (+ plurals).
   • Extensive searches based on: 39 themes, 52 sounds (in all positions), alphabet, letter combinations in all positions, verbs and nouns.
4. Exercises - the student can practise pronunciation and/or reading through the interactive exercises, including:
   • sample words and comparative words
   • phrases - including intonation, linking, stress and rhythm
   • two levels of sentence exercise
   • two kinds of listening discrimination exercise - for sound recognition in words and word recognition in sentences.
5. Interactive Games providing practice in listening, speaking and reading.

Pronunciation Power 1 contains hundreds of hours of instruction, a 3,300 word picture-dictionary (plus verb conjugations and noun plurals) and unlimited hours of interactive use. It allows students to learn at their own pace.

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