★ APPLICATIONS ★ BUREAUTIQUE ★ WRITE RIGHT!|800Plus) ★ |
| Write right! | Applications Bureautique |
Write Right! is a new addition to The Brain series of educational software for the Amstrad PCW. The program consists of 24 sets of multiple choice questions which have been designed to test and improve (if need be) the student's knowledge of the English Language. All of the most important aspects of language learning are included in the program, such as proper sentence construction, punctuation, spelling and vocabulary, There's also a very useful set of questions on the first side of the disc which concentrates on pairs of words which are often confused, such as proscribe and prescribe, venal and venial, continuous and continual and so on. Each side of the disc holds twelve sets of questions. Depending on the number you select at the control screen {or opening menu), you will be presented with up to twenty or twenty-five questions dealing with one of the above aspects of the English language. A typical vocabulary question is: Which of the following is the most accurate definition of the noun PANTECHNICON?
Having made your choice, you then press the appropriate number key, Immediately you will be told if your answer is correct or not. If it is not, you will be told why it isn't. If it is correct, but you're not really sure why, then you have the option of pressing the [E] key and a refreshingly simple explanation completely devoid of the terminology usually much loved by grammarians will be displayed on the screen. When you've answered all the questions in that set, your final score is shown as well as a percentage mark. Write Right! promotes practical, modem usage of the English language; so you'll be pleased to hear that there isn't a single allusion made to the rain in Spain throughout the entire program. The program is also quite addictive: at times, you get the feeling that you're playing some sort of trivia quiz rather than improving your English. You Ye not likely to get bored quickly, But where the program could perhaps have done better is in making the questions progressively more difficult. Still, Write Right! will be of real use to anybody who's still at secondary school and to those who feel that their knowledge of English grammar is not as sharp as it might be. It will also prove an invaluable learning tool for the foreigner getting to grips with the English language.
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