USING AURALOGS TELL ME MORE LANGUAGE SOFTWARE

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USING AURALOGS TELL ME MORELANGUAGE SOFTWARE
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Marians Story

• Born raised in Mogadishu, Somalia
• Arrived in Canada in the late 1980s
• Had little knowledge of English when she arrived
• Took ESL classes, but practicing was hard

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Marians Story

• Auralogs Tell Me More would have helped with
• Comprehension
• Pronunciations
• Vocabulary
• Practice time
• No judgment
• Less stress learning

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Marians Story

• Learning English was hard but attainable
• Eventually finished graduate school it can be
  done!
• Take advantage of Auralog its a big opportunity

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About TELL ME MORE
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Background

• Public libraries are a major resource for new
  immigrants
• The need for language software was identified by
  all 7 regional library systems and the 9 largest
  public libraries in Alberta
• Auralogs Tell Me More software was selected by
  the Technology Training Committee and the APLEN
  Standing Committee

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What Does Auralog Do?

• Comprehensive foreign language learning method
• Develops essential language skills such as
• Oral and written comprehension
• Oral and written expression
• Vocabulary and Grammar

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Benefits of Tell Me More

• 4 major components
• Reading
• Writing
• Listening
• Speaking

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Benefits of Tell Me More

• Remote access available
• Self-paced learning tool
• Covers all linguistic skills needed for
• Everyday language
• Business language

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Skill Levels

• Skill levels available
• Beginner
• Intermediate
• Advanced
• Not all levels are available for all languages
• Students can choose their own level, or take a
  placement test

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Available Languages

• Languages available
• English
• Spanish (Latin American European)
• German
• French
• Italian
• Dutch

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Available Languages

• Languages that will be available 2009
• Chinese
• Japanese
• Arabic
• Explanations instructions are available in
• English
• French
• Spanish
• German

• Italian
• Dutch
• Portuguese
• Turkish

• Hungarian
• Slovak
• Polish
• Russian

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Why is Auralog Useful?

• You can learn one or more foreign languages
• Speech recognition technology helps with
  pronunciation
• Comprehensive tests are available for evaluation
• A 24/7 online advisor is available to answer
  questions

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Why is Auralog Useful?

• It is simple and effective to use
• No judgment
• Makes use of Supernet connection
• Fulfills a need in the province for increasing
  immigrant populations migrant workers
• Public libraries are a safe place to learn

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Possible Learning Challenges

• Learners have to be careful about punctuation and
  spaces because the program teaches perfect English

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Auralog Demonstration
Parkland Link Auralog Link Screenshots
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Technical Information
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Software Administration

• Technical requirements to run Auralog

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Software Administration

• Technical requirements to run Auralog

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Troubleshooting

• Pop-up blockers must be disabled to use Tell Me
  More Online
• In Internet Explorer
• In browser toolbars, if applicable

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Troubleshooting

• Issue with Internet Explorer 7.0
• An error message may be displayed when trying to
  access Auralog with Internet Explorer 7
• The solution is to set Explorers privacy
  settings to low

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Troubleshooting

• If the computer goes into an endless loop during
  the Auralog computer test
• ActiveX controls must be activated in Internet
  Explorer
• Settings are under the Security tab in
  Internet Options

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Troubleshooting

• If one of Auralogs pop-up windows comes up as a
  black screen
• Flash Player must be installed
• Download Flash Player http//www.adobe.com/produc
  ts/flashplayer/
• Administrative privileges are required to install
  Flash Player

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To Sum Up

• Auralog is useful to many people
• Self-paced remote access learning
• Teaches practical language use
• Most common languages are included

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Got questions?

• Contact us
• Marian Enow, Language Software Librarian
• APLEN, The Alberta Library
• [phone] ext. 231
• menow_at_thealbertalibrary.ab.ca
• Amanda Macintosh, Training Librarian
• APLEN, The Alberta Library
• [phone] ext. 230
• amacintosh_at_thealbertalibrary.ab.ca