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1. Resume and Pause button And then the learner can test relevant word once again 2 Middle part of testing window 2 Analysis window for testing result e IG YITG GV ening Fair Resume and Pause button 4 Window for test score 1 Proposal window for testing word Testing word is proposed 2 Analysis window for testing result Learner pronounces left and right words interchangeably and result of recognizing pronunciation is successively marked in each 1 2 3 of this window Unless learner s pronunciation of word is recognized it is marked as xxx in red whereas if it is recognized as adjacent word not relevant word adjacent word is marked in red lf learners pronunciation of word is precisely recognized relevant word is marked in green The result of testing band and vang is interpreted as follows Bang The fact that all the bangs are marked in green means that learner pronounced precisely for all three times Vang The fact that all the bangs are marked in red means the learner pronounce bang not vang for all three times Two results show that the learner does not differentiate the pronunciations between b and v 3 Resume and Pause button The reason why we call Resume and Pause buiton is that Pause button and Resume button are changed reciprocally at the same place aE Kcesume lt eil It becomes Pause button during work in progress whereas if you click Pause to temporary stop
2. H speax E User s Manual 914091401091019 ED 4004 4 EE om g 4431 4 H TU 18 1 BELL Interactiva natich arning n Learning The best is in your hands omm MythoTechnology Communication A contract document for the end user s right to use MTComm Inc s software The contract for the end user s right to use the FluSpeak is legally binding on both you a private or a single corporation and MTComm Inc Besides computer software there is a possibility to include media concerned printed matter and on line or electric document product New edition or supplement of the contract of the right to use can also be enclosed You get to agree to the content of this contract document of the right to use at the same time as you install software product copy it or use it Unless you do agree to the content of the contract document of the right to use do not install or use the software product To return the software product to purchase place will be guaranteed a full refund 1 Permission of the right to use MTComm Inc will entitle you to the following right in case you observe all the contents in the contract of the right to use Install and use You can install use access display proceed a copy of the product at the computer workstation computer such as workstation terminal and extra devices The product is unable to be used as two or more processors at the same time even at a certain workstatio
3. Program CD 1 disc b E Book of Expression 1 The file is included in the disc It contains ten 10 lessons with one or several dialogues useful expressions and test The topics are Lesson 1 Talking on the Phone Lesson 2 Taking a Cab Lesson 3 Public Transportation Lesson 4 Asking amp Giving Directions Lesson 5 Introduction Lesson 6 Greetings Lesson 7 Invitation Lesson 8 Daily Routines Lesson 9 Exercise Lesson 10 Small Talk c E User s Manual The file is included in the disc 3 FluSpeak English Expression 2 a Program CD 1 disc b E Book of Expression 2 The file is included in the disc It contains ten 10 lessons with one or several dialogues useful expressions and test The topics are Lesson 1 Emotions amp Sympathy Lesson 2 Conversation Skills Lesson 3 Conversation Skills Lesson 4 Talking About Yourself Lesson 5 Getting to Know You Lesson 6 Men and Women Lesson 7 Appearance and Personality Lesson 8 Seeing a Movie Lesson 9 Sightseeing Lesson 10 Vacation c E User s Manual The file is included in the disc 4 FluSpeak English Expression 3 a Program CD 1 disc b E Book of Expression 3 The file is included in the disc It contains ten 10 lessons with one or several dialogues useful expressions and test The topics are Lesson 1 At the Restaurant Lesson 2 At the Drugstore Lesson 3 At the Hospital or Clinic Lesson 4 At the Post Office Lesson D At the Bank Lesson 6 Shopping Lesson 7
4. it becomes Resume It becomes Resume during work in temporary pause and if learner clicks this button learning restarts with the change into Pause button 4 Window for test score Refer to step 2 4 3 Consonant cluster pronunciation learning Consonant cluster in English is a phenomenon which several consonants successively appear and it does not exist in Chinese Korean or Japanese etc Although many people can correctly pronounce individual phoneme of English consonant and vowel they are unable to pronounce consonant cluster properly without extra training Accu Talk is organized to train consonant cluster pronunciation which many people feel difficult by giving extra process of learning consonant cluster pronunciation Beginning screen of learning consonant cluster pronunciation Ciusters bi br ki kr fi fr gl gr pl pr dr tr Initial si sm sn sw kw tw skr str r Or sk sp st rl rm rn It is a beginning screen to get into the process of learning English consonant cluster pronunciation lt is a process to learn initial consonant cluster pronunciation in the left and final consonant cluster pronunciation in the right If the learner clicks icons in pairs it moves to the process of learning relevant consonant cluster pronunciation What the learner should be careful in learning pronunciation of consonant cluster is that intermediate vowels like u or e should not be inserted and successive phonemes like s
5. 10 Small Talk Figure 12 Record Speech 6 1 1 The purpose of Record speech 1 It is to make recording easy for learner and have high voice quality of recording 2 The learner can record the reading of books and submit the file to his her teacher 6 1 2 How to operate Record speech 1 Click on Record speech the record speech window will appear 2 Click on rec button to start recording click stop button to stop the recording 3 To listen to your recording click on play button 4 The recording will be automatically saved in a file You can find the file in your drive C under the folder of FluSpeak Double click on FluSpeak folder and double click on User data folder and choose the folder under your name Double click on it and select the recording you had made The file will be named as this format Record yyyy mm dd hh ss wav You can save the file in other storage that you desired and submit it to your teacher 6 2 Dialogue study If learner selects Dialogue or left clicks the mouse twice after selecting relevant theme it moves to Dialogue study step like the following eh _ 01 Talking on the Phone i May I speak ta Ruth Flugaspeak S erviconment e Up Een _ i Intonation at W I Jo e SS Gin lt Expressions It is a study window to learn dialogue expression which suits to relevant theme It proposes a situation through illustration and does
6. Before you exit the program all the record will be kept But If you exit the program all the records will disappear So if you want to keep your record you have to print it out before closing the program Figure 5 Print Onunciation Print 1 Cancel Pronunciation Numbers cf Tots Worcs Nurrbers cf Passed Words at Oce Numbers of Passed Words harage Score of Passed Words frvetage Soore of Al Words Nurtbers of Question Ruben of Covect Answer Intonation Nurters of fota Zerrecen Average Socre of Teor ation Asetege Score of Dron cn Tota Test Naters of Oertze Nontas of Correct Arawer Average Score of Words Awerase Score of Sentences lt Went Sosed Phonemes is a training process to learn each phoneme of English as shown above and the learner studies 24 consonants and 15 vowels in pairs Phonemes which the learner makes confusion or a mistake in pronunciation because of the influence of native language are made in pairs This process is to practice correct pronunciation of consonant and vowel and is the most important fundamental process Clusters is a training process to learn consonant cluster pronunciation and the learner studies 25 initial consonant clusters and 11 final consonant clusters in pairs Initial consonant clusters should be studied with similarly pronounced consonant clusters and final consonant clusters should be studied with the word that sounds the same consonant cluster at the end Since yo
7. Shopping Returning Lesson 8 At the Library Lesson 9 Job Interview Lesson 10 Right English Words c E User s Manual The file is included in the disc 5 FluSpeak English Expression 4 a Program CD 1 disc b E Book of Expression 4 The file is included in the disc It contains ten 10 lessons with one or several dialogues useful expressions and test The topics are Lesson 1 Computer Use Lesson 2 Emergencies Lesson 3 Renting a Car Lesson 4 Drive a Car Lesson 5 Hotel Reservation amp Check In Lesson 6 Hotel Services amp Check Out Lesson 7 Buying Train Tickets Lesson 8 Flight Reservation Lesson 9 Checking In amp On the Plane Lesson 10 At the Immigration amp Customs c E User s Manual The file is included in the disc 6 FluSpeak English Total Test a Program CD 1 disc It is the total and final test for Pronunciation amp Intonation Expression 1 Expression 2 Expression 3 and Expression 4 after practice b E Users Manual The file is included in the disc e Program CD FluSpeak is one to one English study program through the computer Learner can use it for 24 hours by installing CD in his her own computer e E User s Manual Users Manual explains product constitution of FluSpeak installation studying process of the program problem solving in detail Since user s manual includes the most necessary and useful information in using FluSpeak you would rather put user s manual next
8. child and adult child is BOY However in case of the differentiation of correct age is ambiguous it is better to try both of them at first and then select better one later However in case the differentiation of correct age is ambiguous it is better to try both of them at first and then select better one later It is a window to select level depending on learner s English proficiency Training program does not become different depending on level In spite of the same process if the level become higher it is more difficult to be in progress Native like learner selects Hard and beginner selects Easy Although beginner can select Hard there is a possibility to give up studying because there is not natural shift across levels so that the learner gets bored and feels difficult Therefore it is better to proceed reasonably in each level by arranging proper level Environment setup Save or Load Learner inserts a favorite name Learner inserts a favorite name in the window to save Environment Setup and the study result Name serves the function of differentiating learner and it makes study process accumulated and saved Load Load is used to find the file which accumulates the study results done by the user The file name is created automatically under user s name n Save Save is used to save changed environment setup and study result It is saved in ID File marked in User Name Enviro
9. completely remover the program from your computer 2 You will see the shared file detected and read only file detected windows these will ask you whether you want to delete a share file or read only file among the components of FluSpeak 3 Click Yes Click Finish to completely finish the program if you see Uninstalled has finished Note You can also remove by selecting the start menu program Uninstall FluSpeak Chapter 3 Basic operation Chapter 3 explains basic operation of FluSpeak Since it is acommonly essential part during your study study the basic operation well 3 1 Environment Setup FluSpeak offers Environment Setup function to help learner study English in different gender age or English level Since there is a basic menu in upper part of study window as in the following figure you can setup environment anywhere Basic menu You can see environment setup window as in the following figure if you click Environment from the basic menu Environment Setup Window Environment Select your Gender T Adult Man Woman Child Boy E Girl Details of Environment Setup Learner selects gender or age in this window Gender Select your Gender Gender Since our voice is different depending on our age and gender it is important for us to _ Adult know the differences among man woman boy Man Woman V Child under 13 years of age and adult is over 13 and girl To differentiate
10. listen to the question Native speaker let the leaner listen to the choices without text The learner finds an answer out of choices and pronounces it a E E It analyzes the learner s answer and marks the result in score window below 5 It doesn t show the sentence of the correct answer when the learner got the score It moves to the next question 6 Steps 1 5 are repeated until the end Total score will show automatically after completing the test 7 2 1 Details of Test Screen 1 Upper part of Test Screen It is a window to express instruction of Test question Native speaker let the learner Know instruction during the test However the learner can see the instruction of a question through this window in case s he does not properly listen to native speaker s word 2 Middle part of Test screen for pronunciation Pronunciation Test D Test type Q8 swear 2 Test word or sentence i o OleercOk ci CU Pause amp Resume button D Test type It is a window to show Test type There are two types of test pronunciation Test and Expression Test 2 Test word or sentence lt is a window to show a word or a sentence for pronunciation test The learner pronounces words or sentences proposed in this window 3 Pause and Resume button Pause button and Resume button are interchanged at the same place It becomes Pause button during study in progress and Resume button in pause Pause has a functio
11. not show additional text about relevant expression 6 2 1 Study process of Dialogue is as follows We suggest that learner clicks Play button to listen the whole content of Dialogue first for improving listening ability before going through the practice If the learner clicks Space bar then s he can slowly listen to native speaker s pronunciation Unless Auto Play button is in activation only relevant sentence can be heard 1 After the practice in listening the whole content of dialogue you may click Play and Record button to proceed in practicing dialogue Native speaker pronounce the sentence and the learner listen carefully Note play native button should be in activation 3 After the native soeaker pronounced the sentences the learner must wait for the signal as Play and Record button blinks then follow the native speaker 4 If the sentence pronounced by the learner is properly recognized pronunciation score analyzing learner s pronunciation of sentence and intonation circle are shown in the right hand side A sentence is also proposed then and pronunciation score in each word is marked 5 Learner studies expressions of several sentences by repeating steps 2 4 Report You can check your practice record of Dialogue in the Report If you like to check it immediately click Up from basic menu to go back to beginning menu and click on Print Report button at upper right si
12. represented by graph B This certificate is available only in Total Test 7 2 Test Operation Test operation has two parts First part for Pronunciation test learner will pronounce the word with proper pronunciation and then sentences will come next Second part for Expression test it s a question and answer Where learner will respond accordingly to the situation lf the learner clicks Start Test button in the beginning screen of the Test It goes to the Test Screen Questions are randomly used in various Test Set Pronunciation Test Screen ra Test 123 45 6 7 8 9 10111213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Total 1 Native speaker teacher let the learner listen to the question 2 The learner pronounces word after reading proposed word 3 The result analyzing the learner s pronunciation is shown in score window below If the answer is wrong x is shown If the answer is right pronunciation score will be shown through bar graph 4 Once a Test is finished it automatically moves to the next step Expressions Test screen ech emm Test F Ue speak eg e Eronen kel Jp Exit LL ITTY PRET a eke ne Se eee ee Directions Pronounce the inappropriate sentence for the situatio WW HE Pr Q23 Telling someone he has called the wrong number O Ficyinc ocete 123 45 6 7 8 9 1011 1213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 02020 Total Native speaker teacher let the learner
13. window to show intonation circle Line in yellow is native speaker s intonation circle and line in red is the learner s intonation circle Since intonation circle is shown per each sentence of conversation the learner can practice pronunciation of sentences used in colloquial expressions rhythmically Whenever the learner pronounces each sentence if s he has a habit to analyze intonation circle more effective study will be realized 5 Left edge of study window lt Expressions It is a button to move to Useful Expression of relevant step If the learner clicks the button it moves to the learning step for Useful Expression 6 Right bottom of study window HEET SCER E ore gi ODIE J Progres SEH Refer to step 2 of phonemes in Pronunciation 6 3 Studying Useful Expression 01 Talking on the Phone SCH De me Ul af Intonation Section May ask who s calling 6 2 68 y rat Per aA 1 B f 16 H 6 6 EI a H a Dialogue Useful Expressions are a step to learn some expressions usefully used in proposed situations If once the learner gets into the study step of Useful Expressions about a certain situation s he studies by dividing each case into several sections For example the learner studies useful expressions by dividing sections something like giving a call and introducing a caller asking who is caller and pressing the wrong button in the context of phone call Since Useful Expr
14. any institution product people or happening and it should not be analogized like this It is the user s responsibility to abide by the copyright Besides the right on a copyright any parts of this instruction are not allowed to be copied in any forms means electric mechanical copy by copy machine disk copy or other ways or purposes or to be saved introduced transmitted in search system MTComm Inc can obtain a patent right a trademark right a copyright or other right of intellectual property related to the main content of this institution Besides principles remarkably offered by MTComm Inc the offer of the instruction does not allow any rights to use about a patent right a trademark a copyright or other rights of intellectual property The user should abide by a copyright law Since the content of summary does not explain all the product in detail the user should check whether the content of Summary is correct Warning The user can use the product only after s he agrees on the content of a contract form This product is permitted to be used as a single product The components cannot be separated in order to be used in more than one computer Immediate return of the product is of necessity for refund in case you do not agree on the condition of the user s contract form Refer to the contract form for more detail MTComm Corporation All rights reserved Table of content Chapter 1 Product constitution and Intro
15. are the same as step 2 2 Details of learning pronunciation menu of meaningful word are the same in step 2 3 After learner practice all words s he selects Next in basic menu appeared on top of study window to move to step 4 Test 4 Report You can check your practice record in step 2 and step 3 after finishing step 3 If you would like to check it immediately click Up from basic menu to go back to pronunciation main menu and click on Print Report button It will show Report print window then select ok and you will see your records in Report Step 4 Phoneme pronunciation training test step commonly relevant to consonant and vowel The last step of learning pronunciation of phoneme is test It tests the result after learner completes learning pronunciation of relevant phoneme from basic pronunciation of phoneme to meaningful word Leaner can objectively judge how much learning pronunciation of relevant phoneme is done through test Learner would rather decide whether s he will proceed to the next step or study again after s ne sees deficient part by using sufficiently the result of test Test window of study result of pronouncing phoneme Pronunciation b v TE Gen Dm Next Up Exit aan Flugaspeak a soon Jalang iaitine Fair 1 Native speaker teacher tells the learner test method in voice 2 Following guidance in voice learner pronounces guided word 3 If learner s pron
16. ation study in AccuTalk is composed of phonemes and clusters Each study makes learner see the differences of pronunciation by proposing native speaker s and learner s pronunciation through spectrogram Also the program makes learner objectively know his her insufficient pronunciation by proposing pronunciation score of each phoneme and word The aim of this process is to train learner for perfect pronunciation However the process of studying pronunciation may be rather boring learner should be patient and keep working because studying correct pronunciation is fundamental for studying English Based on this the learner will get surprising result upon studying intonation and expression Components of Pronunciation menu Figure 4 Pronunciation menu Pronunciation A E Ca CD GD S GD GD GD e CLOG Cit SS gp TE Cofov Catia 3 Cosas Gam 2 eege C B F CiD C CA vee ana intonation SE e SR bUpr kifke ti tr Initial Gl gr pli pr def te ti sm sn swikwiiw ske ste fr Or sk sp st 1 User s name and level 2 Pronunciation and Intonation are the lessons and Test Is the practice test for both lessons 3 Topics for pronunciation lessons are divided into Phonemes and Clusters 4 Print Report It will show the records of practice result at different part The record of step 2 and 3 practicing meaningless and meaningful words will be shown together Once you want to check your record click on Print Report button
17. ch If learner clicks E button in each bar it moves to the step for learning intonation or relevant type sentences Since intonation learning process in each type is the same let us explain intonation learning process as an example as first type of bar is selected lf the learner clicks Go in the first bar intonation learning window appears as follows If all sentences are learned total of each sentence s intonation score is shown in the right hand side of the bar Intonation learning window Tie Intonation u aK w t T E mm Result Excellent Native m You a Listen my voice Play native es EEEGEEEEEEGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET KRITT EB 5 2 Study process of Intonation 1 If learner clicks Start button Cn intonation learning starts 2 If learning starts text does not appear and native speaker let the learner listen to his her pronunciation 3 After listening to the native speaker s pronounced sentence learner follows his her pronunciation 4 If learner pronounces well intonation curves of native speaker s and learner s pronunciation sentence are simultaneously shown 5 Intonation curve is sequentially proposed by repeating 2 4 processes three times per sentence Learner can see how much intonation becomes different through learning by repetition Since score next to the intonation curve is also proposed learner can objectively see the differences of intonation
18. de It will show Report print window then select ok and you will see your records in Report Before you exit the program all the results in practicing dialogue useful expressions test and total test will be shown and kept in the Report If you wish to keep a copy of your report you may print it out Otherwise you will loss all records in the Report after you exit the program Study can be realized in various ways 1 Learner can study in a way of conversation by choosing a role through role play button 2 Learner him herself can study in a way of pronouncing all the contents of Dialogue without listening to native speaker s pronunciation Play native button is used in this case and it has to be in inactivation The content of this button will be explained in the content of study in detail Leaner has various options after finishing study 1 It moves to Useful Expression learning step to learn useful expressions per case There is a button left below of study window for moving to the step 2 If the learner wants to study Dialogue of other section s he should click number button above illustration window There are several sections per case and it moves to relevant section if the learner clicks Section Number 3 If the learner clicks Up button in basic menu above study window it moves to beginning screen of expression study 6 2 2 Details of Dialogue study window 1 Left hand side of study w
19. duction Chapter 2 Setup 2 1 System requirements 2 2 Installation setup 2 3 Reinstalling the program Chapter 3 Basic operation 3 1 Environment setup 3 2 Basic function Chapter 4 Studying pronunciation 4 1 Introduction 4 2 Phoneme pronunciation training 1 Studying basic pronunciation of phoneme 2 Studying pronunciation of relevant phoneme through meaningless word 3 Studying pronunciation of relevant phoneme through meaningful word 4 Test for pronunciation of phoneme 4 3 Consonant cluster pronunciation learning 1 Studying pronunciation of consonant clusters through meaningful word 2 Test for pronunciation of consonant clusters Chapter 5 Studying intonation 5 1 Introduction 5 2 Study process of Intonation 5 3 Details of intonation learning window Chapter 6 Expression study 6 1 Introduction 6 2 Dialogue study 6 3 Studying Useful Expression Chapter 7 Test and Total Test 7 1 Introduction 7 2 Test Operation 8 Problem solving Chapter 1 Product constitution and Introduction The products in FluSpeak English are as follows 1 FluSpeak English Pronunciation amp Intonation a Program CD 1 disc b E Book of Pronunciation amp Intonation The file is included in the disc It introduces new theory of studying English and it explains studying English with FluSpeak which made based on this c E User s Manual The file is included in the disc 2 FluSpeak English Expression 1 a
20. e information in a way differentiating you individually 6 Software not for sale Software not for sale is not allowed to be sold or assigned except for demotic experimental or evaluative purposes 7 Disagreement on warranty Limited warranty mentioned below is the only remarkable warranty and it substitutes for all warranties specified on all documents or packages Except for limited warranty MTComm Inc provides this product and all supporting services as they are in the condition all errors are included within the maximum scope of being allowed by law so that concerning whether this product and supporting services are provided MTComm Inc disagrees on product quality appropriateness to the specific purposes correctness and completeness of reaction result skilled effort no existence of virus secret warranty concerning faultless responsibility or condition As far as software product is concerned there is no warranty or condition on ownership quiet enjoyment quiet possession appropriateness to an explanation and no imposition of the right 8 Accompanying derived and exclusion of other specific losses MTComm Inc can or cannot use the product in any case within the maximum scope permitted by law concerned MTComm cannot offer supporting service or it is not responsible for special accompanying indirect or derived loss made by or in accordance with stipulation This is the same case as MTComm Inc s fault illegal behavior i
21. e intonation in terms of comparing various sentences intonation with native speaker s pattern and repeatedly practicing it until it becomes similar to the native speaker s pronunciation The learner has to click Intonation button Pronunciation and Intonation main menu Pronunciation Intonation Expressions Beginning Expressions Advanced Test lf the learner clicks Intonation beginning screen of intonation study Il appears as in the following figure Beginning Menu of Intonation Intonation Flugespeak _Yeevrenment Next Up Ext Es Pronunciation e i 1 Interrogative Sentences 1 ey Intonation 2 Interrogative Sentences 2 Sy ng Expressionsiy 3 Interrogative Sentences 3 amp Answers Test Expressions Beginni 4 Imperative Sentences 5 Greeting Sentences 6 Exclamatory Sentences Intonation study classifies various sentences into six different types so that it helps learner study representatively used sentences in each type Sentence types are as follows 1 Interrogative sentence 1 Interrogative sentence with question mark 2 Interrogative sentence 2 Interrogative sentence without question mark 3 Interrogative sentence 3 tag question and simple answer 4 Imperative sentences command and requestive sentence 4 Greeting sentences sentences for greetings 5 Exclamatory sentences sentences for exclamation Six sections in the above figure look like bars show a type ea
22. e test 123 4 5 6 7 8 9 10111213 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Total D Score display your score in this test If you answer correctly you will have a bar marked and X if you re wrong The red bar represents the accuracy of your intonation and expression Your total score will appear at the bottom Total Score It shows the average score of all the scores in each item taken in this test based on your pronunciation and expression You can find the result in the Report Test process Listen carefully to the voice prompt for the instruction and the choices Question is shown in your screen Wait until you see the waiting word is blinking then you can give your answer lf you give a wrong answer you can click on the resume to repeat the test or you can click on the answer button to declare your correct answer After you finish giving your answer click on the next to proceed to the next question You will receive a score for each question When you completed this test you may click on the up button from the basic function key to go back from the Expression menu and choose another topic Report Please refer to 6 2 1 Study process of Dialogue Chapter 7 Test and Total Test 7 1 Introduction Test is a process to synthetically evaluate pronunciation study intonation study and result of expression learning The learner s current level can be evaluated through test and the learner can understand
23. e the following functions if s he operates the mouse by attaching it to each unit of lower line after finishing learning all words Left click of the mouse learner can see the result of learning relevant words Double left click of the mouse Learner can successively listen to native speaker s and learner s pronunciation of the word in that unit and it will show the study result at the same time Double right click of the mouse Learner can practice relevant word once again on that unit 2 Upper line Upper line is regarding learning score of each process Current learning position is described as white cursor and the part learned is marked in green The higher the score the darker the shade lf the learner click the left mouse twice after finishing the word s he can again listen to what s he pronounced Step 3 Studying relevant phoneme through meaningful words step commonly relevant to consonant and vowel It is a process to learn pronunciation of relevant phoneme through meaningful word Meaningful word means practically used word including relevant phoneme Leaner can practice how relevant phoneme is pronounced through meaningful word Window for learning pronunciation of phoneme through meaningful word is as follows Window for learning pronunciation of phoneme A Pronunciation Flugaspeak P os AS N a up Exit e Listen my voice TINY I a progress OECD 1 The procedures in step 3 to operate practice
24. epeated three times the most until pronunciation is correct Moving image of different phonemes is shown and native speaker let learner listen to the relevant phoneme Steps 3 and 4 are repeated Phoneme training is repeated five times sequentially between 2 and 6 Q It moves to the next step by clicking Next button in basic menu if s he completes the study of pronunciation Details in basic pronunciation training 1 Left hand side of pronunciation training window D Moving image window e CU Moving image window 2 Listen to my voice button SN WS Listen my ce e Bette l Plays 3 Pause and Play button It is a window to show that native speaker pronounces relevant phoneme as moving image Since it shows pronouncing figure as front or side moving image learner can vividly see the shape of mouth for real pronunciation It is good for learner to practice pronunciation following the mouth shape as it is through this moving image 2 Listen my voice button lt is a button to select whether learner will listen to his her voice States in activation and inactivation are changed reciprocally by clicking the mouse and the shape of button becomes slightly changed depending on the state as in the following figure Listen my Voice lt Listen my voice 3 Pause and Play button Pause and play button become changed reciprocally Paucs ee Pilay It becomes Pause button during the progr
25. equally regardless of consonant or vowel let us explain pronunciation training of consonant and vowel with each training process Step 1 Studying basic pronunciation of phoneme Step commonly relevant to consonant and vowel lt is the first step to train pronunciation of phoneme Basic pronunciation training is organized to learn similar phonemes in pairs and then compare them Basic pronunciation training window of consonant and vowel is organized equally except for a part Basic pronunciation training window of consonant Pronunciation He SO creer ben bers kz a Differences between consonant and vowel Basic pronunciation training window of vowel pagerar y Pronunciation Regardless of consonant or vowel basic pronunciation training process is the same and proceeds as follows 1 Select a set of phonemes you want to practice 2 This training starts after native speaker signals Listen and Repeat 3 When the Playing blinks native soeaker model pronounces and shows moving image of the phoneme and the learner must listen carefully 4 After that it beeps and Waiting blinks learner must wait for a second then pronounce after the model If learner s pronunciation is relatively correct native speaker and learner s spectrograms are shown at the bottom Otherwise learner can listen to native speaker s pronunciation once again and then pronounce it again This process is r
26. es in activation or inactivation are interchanged by clicking the mouse and the shape of button becomes slightly changed depending on state Play native gt Play native 4 Play button It is a button used to start learning 5 Stop button lt is a button used to stop learning Learning has to click Play button to learn again English is not Korean English is English Chapter 6 Expression study 6 1 Introduction Expression study is a process to learn expression used in a certain situation It is a crucial part in using practical English and leaner can practice expressions suit to context as well as intonation It is better to study expression after sufficiently learning pronunciation and intonation in FluSpeak Since expression study is organized to learn in terms of voice without text it helps learner study whole atmospheres and feelings a certain expression gives Since learner follows expressions in each atmosphere by listening only in voice through adapting to real intonation s he will give up habit to interpret word in split Learner can feel like s he talks to native speaker because this process is organized to use role play format FluSpeak is the process to study case based expression and it is composed of Expressions Beginning Expression 1 and Expression 2 and Expressions Advanced Expression 3 and Expression 4 Although both of the processes are similarly progressed Advanced Expressions are much harder in con
27. ess of study and Play button during the stop of study Pause serves the function of temporary stop studying and Play start 2 Right hand side of pronunciation study window It is a window to offer information about pronunciation Explanation of each part of the information of pronunciation is as follows Articulation picture Articulation picture shows organs to release voice in section Since it shows shape of mouth or articulation structure in section learner can precisely know how real pronunciation is made if s he refers to this picture and the moving image of pronunciation 2 Phoneme sign working in progress lt is a button to show the phoneme which learner is currently working on If it is shown in yellow phoneme currently working in progress appears then you can click the button to show both spectrograms of the model and the learner 3 A part to show differences in the study window for consonant and vowel pronunciation Study window for consonant Study window for vowel Study window for consonant proposes words in which relevant consonants are included Study window for vowel shows lip shape when relevant vowel is pronounced 3 A bottom part of pronunciation learning window Spectrogram It is a window to show the differences of native speaker and learner s spectrogram It shows native speaker s pronunciation spectrogram above and learner s pronunciation spectrogram below Learner can vi
28. essions is what useful expressions are proposed in each situation by combining several selected native speakers and linguists opinions the learner would rather master these expressions After practicing expressions the learner can check the state of training through testing function 6 3 1 Study process of Useful Expressions is as follows 1 Refer to study process of Dialogue study 2 Leaner has various options after finishing studying all sentences of a section 1 It moves to Dialogue learning step suit to a case There is a button for moving to the step at the left bottom of study window 2 Learner can study Useful Expression of the other section There are Pre List Next buttons at the bottom of the window proposing a situation and it moves to the other section through these buttons 3 If the learner clicks Up button in basic menu above study window it moves to beginning screen of expression study 4 The learner can be tested for Useful Expressions by clicking Test button 6 3 2 Details of Useful Expression study window 1 Left hand side of study window gt 1 Proposal window for current section 2 Window for proposing situation of the section 3 Button for selecting section 4 Button moving to Test Sound control sign 6 Play my voice button 7 Play native button Stop button 9 Play button Play and Record button 1 Proposal window for current section 01 11 shown in the fig
29. etails of dialogue study window Play and Record button Refer to details of dialogue study window 9 Play button Refer to details of dialogue study window Stop button lt is used to stop studying TT Auto play button Refer to details of dialogue study window 2 Left edge of study window It is a button used for moving to the relevant Dialogue step 3 Right bottom of study window Is_ Betty there 03 66 49 Refer to details of dialogue study window 4 Right top of study window 7 Intonation cy gt Refer to details of dialogue study window 5 Bottom of study window EDEME emerin I BP TTY TTT TT H Refer to details of dialogue study window 6 3 3 Test for study result of Useful Expression If the learner presses Test button in Useful Expression it moves to Test step The following figure shows an example of Test window of Useful Expression Test in useful expression is look like this See figure 13 Expressions Tes B Q11 Telling someone he has called the wrong C number c Eileaire gretre_ EE te ee G AR Ue ARS noi ake AN aga Ae el R EE Figure 15 Test window for useful Parts and keys of the test window in useful expression QS Requesting that a message be taken B Proposed situation will show the situation C Pause and resume button this button is interchangeable you click on pause button to stop for a while then resume to continue th
30. f Each part in the beginning screen of the Test 1 Upper part of beginning screen Total score window Pronunciation Expressions Total Score mS Tota o 6 16 16116 lt is the Total Score window to show Test result in a daily sequence through graph There are three graphs Red graph It represents pronunciation score which is calculated from over all questions In Total test there are sixty questions ten for words twenty for sentences and thirty for expressions Pronunciation score is calculated from words sentences and expressions The number of questions in the test of Pronunciation and Intonation is thirty while in Expression 1 2 3 amp 4 is forty Green graph It represents expressions score which is calculated from the thirty expression questions Blue graph It is the average of pronunciation score and expression score lf the learner clicks the relevant date in the graph of total score window it is organized to show detailed score of the date in Detail Score window at the bottom of beginning screen The date marked as 1 in the above figure is currently selected date If the learner wants to select other date s he has to click the relevant unit of the other date 2 Middle part of the beginning screen lt is a button used for Test If the learner clicks this button it moves to the process to test pronunciation and expression 3 Bottom part of the beginning screen Phoneme Grade 4 Be
31. gure lt is the inactivated state If the learner wants to move to the following learning step the learner has to move to the following step from the progress window 2 Lower part of study window It is a window to show the progress of study and is composed of two lines of progress and score L Progress lower line Refer to step 2 of phoneme in Pronunciation study 2 Score upper line Refer also to step 2 of phoneme in Pronunciation study 3 Left hand side of study window Result xs D Grading window Native m You a l Listen my voic i D I Gr Listen my voice button CU Grading window 3 Play native button It is a window which intonation score of sentence is marked as grade as pronunciation is properly recognized in uttering sentence once Score is marked as promised grade not number Promised grade of the score appears left Promised grade is one of Fair Satisfied Good Excellent Score ranged out of 100 between Fair 0 24 Satisfied 25 49 Good 50 74 and Excellent 75 100 is shown as grade 2 Listen my voice button Refer to step 1 of phonemes in Pronunciation menu 3 Play native button It is a button to select whether the learner will study intonation by listening to native speaker s pronunciation This button has states in activation and inactivation and learner can listen to the native speaker s pronunciation to study if the button is inactivated The stat
32. hat there s no other program currently open to avoid some inconvenience 2 2 Installation Setup 1 Insert FluSpeak Disk in CD ROM for automatic activation Note lf you have already installed other FluSpeak program then setup process will be automatically skipped 2 Follow the onscreen instructions accordingly 3 Fill up the customer Information Window Note Serial No will be found at the back of the CD case 4 Automatically the program will be installed at drive C but if you wish to install it in different drive click browse and choose your desired drive 2 3 Reinstalling the program 1 Inserting the FluSpeak disk and run the Setup exe 2 The window will appear with the following options Modify is used to reinstall a part of the program Repair is used to reinstall all the programs Remove is used to delete the program 3 Then click next Selecting Modify Partial Setup A It is possible to selectively install components of the FluSpeak after selecting the components click next B After installing the components a setup has finished window will appear click Finish C Restart your computer Selecting Repair Total Setup 1 Reinstall all the components of the FluSpeak 2 After being automatically installed click Finish 3 Restart your computer Selecting Remove Removing program 1 Click next to remove the program A confirmation window will appear select confirm to
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34. hout pronunciation through this button Stop button lt is used to stop studying 9 Auto play button It is a button to select whether the progress of conversation will be automatic Unless it is in activation the learner studies only currently selected sentences in progress window Sound control sign ZE It indicates a window to control volume of the speaker We can see that the arc of round circle in the left hand side of this sign and shapes in beads are attached to it Sound is controlled if the learner drags the beads shape button through the mouse If it closes to speaker shape button sound is controlled in low level ON It indicates a window to control volume of the microphone We can see that the arc of round circle in the right hand side of this sign and shapes in beads are attached to it Volume of the microphone is controlled if the learner drags the beads shape button through the mouse If it closes to microphone shape button sound is controlled in low level 2 Upper part of study window ess NE Up Exit 1 Situation proposal 01 Talking on the Phone May I speak to Ruth It is a window to propose a progress of studying Dialogue A sentence written in a big font above shows one of the other twenty big themes and a sentence in a small font below shows a situation of small category in each theme 3 Right middle part of study window This is Nancy 66 83 65 emm mg After learner pronou
35. iled for three times it will proceed to next phoneme of meaningless word 4 Then Native speaker teacher pronounces another meaningless word of v The procedures like sound b are repeated from 2 to 3 5 Procedures from 2 to 4 are repeated until learner practices all words 6 After learner practices all words s he selects Next in basic menu appeared on top of study window to move to the next step pronunciation learning through meaningful word Note Records in step 2 will be shown together with step 3 Details of meaningless word learning window 1 Left hand side of study window Listen my voice Listen to my voice button 2 Spectrogram window aino DESS Gier bk 3 Pause amp Play button e ba 4 Proposing result of X D study word 1 Listen to my voice button Refer to step 1 2 Spectrogram window Refer to step 1 3 Pause and Play button Refer to step 1 4 Proposing result of study word It is a window to propose word to be learned and nothing appears before learning When learner follows native speaker s pronunciation only after listening it words learned in this window are proposed only in case learner s pronunciation is properly recognized 2 Right hand side of study window 1 Score window for total pronunciation of Word 2 Score window of pronouncing phoneme 1 Score window for total pronunciation of word It is a window to show total score of pronounci
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37. indow 1 Section selection window Illustration window 9 Auto play button 3 Role play button 0 Sound control sign 4 Listen my voice button 5 Play native button Stop button 7 Play button 6 Play and Record button D Section selection window It is a window to select several sections composed per case Section is that possible conversation in several cases is collected and placed under the same theme Current section is marked in green If the learner presses Section in blue not in green it can move to the step for learning Dialogue of relevant Section Illustration window Since conversation content is not shown in writing it shows a rough situation through illustration The reason why sentences are not shown is to discourage learner to analyze the meaning of each word in terms of sentences and to have a habit to interpret whole expressions only by the meaning If a rough situation is given through illustration and study is done through voice the learner can have an ability to see the whole parts which the expressions give so that s he can assume even the following content 3 Role play button Since role play button has a function to assign a role in conversation an influence can be made on conversing with real addressee If learner s role is assigned through Role play button learner can study by pronunciation of selected role play earen lf the learner clicks Role play button select window which enab
38. les to assign a role appears as in the left figure All can play all roles If the learner wants to play a role of a person s he has to select one of the several people s roles After selecting a role if the learner double clicks or clicks OK button select window is closed 4 Listen my voice button It is a button to select whether learner will listen to his her voice There are buttons in activation and inactivation and the learner can listen to his pronunciation if the button is in activation The state of the button is interchanged by clicking the mouse 5 Play native button lt is a button to decide whether the learner will listen and repeat native speaker s pronunciation It is better for the learner to practice pronunciation by him herself without leaving the button in activated in case s he memorizes the content of conversation If the learner wants to listen to the native speaker s pronunciation again s he has to leave the button activated by clicking the mouse 6 Play and Record button lt is a way to record and analyze the learner s pronunciation and is a button used for study The learner can listen to the native speaker s pronunciation through this button and his her pronunciation is also recorded CO Play button When the learner wants to listen to the content of the conversation as native speaker s pronunciation up to the end this button is used Learner can listen to the native speaker s pronunciation only wit
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40. n study consonant cluster pronunciation through the word really used in this process Study window for consonant cluster pronunciation is as follows Windows for pronunciation learning of consonant cluster through meaningful word Wrong Picture for this replace it bl br KG Pronunciation y PISS e Dizaina Fair 1 The procedures and operations are the same in step 3 of phoneme practice 2 Refer details in step 2 of phoneme 3 Report refer in step 3 of phoneme Step 2 Test for learning consonant cluster pronunciation Test is made after the learner finishes studying the pronunciation of consonant cluster through meaningful word Leaner can objectively judge how much learning pronunciation of relevant consonant cluster is done through test Learner would rather decide whether s he will proceed to the next step or study again after s he sees deficient part by using sufficiently the result of test Testing window for the pronunciation of consonant cluster is as follows Test window of study result of pronouncing phoneme K P Pronunciation sai bl br Jalaina aiina Fair 1 The procedures and operation are the same as in step 4 Test of phoneme 2 Refer details in step 4 Test of phoneme too 3 Report Refer to step 4 Test of phoneme English is not a science It s merely language Chapter 5 Intonation learning 5 1 Introduction The languages like Chinese Korean and Japanese are no
41. n to temporary stop studying and play to start 2 Middle part of Test screen Expressions Test Window for Q23 Telling someone he has called the wrong proposing question number Janina O Mating Window for proposing question It is a window to propose problem situation in Expressions Test 3 Bottom of Test screen RE a E Een Ee Lenken erer ere i Paal tal lt is a window to show score for each test If the learner mispronounces in pronunciation test x appears Otherwise pronunciation score of pronounced word is shown through bar graph Average score of Test result is shown through bar graph Chapter 8 Problem solving gt In case program is not properly installed 1 Because OS does not fit OS installed in the learner s computer should be one of Windows 98 Windows 2000 Windows ME Windows NT 4 0 for proper installation of FluSpeak Otherwise a problem possibly comes out in the process of installation or activation OS installed in the learner s computer should be reinstalled in this case 2 Because of deficiency of disk capacity 160 MB is at least of necessity to install FluSpeak If disk capacity is not sufficient there is a case not to be properly installed In this case the learner should increase necessary space by deleting unnecessary files in hard disk gt In case there is no reply from the program 1 Because microphone input cannot be done No response from the program can be expected in ca
42. nces sentence Before learner pronounces sentence Case recognized Left figure shows a window before learner pronounces sentence Right figure shows a window to show the score of each word of sentences in case sentences learned are properly pronounced Sentences are shown in dots as in the left figure before sentences learned are pronounced whereas sentences are shown as in the right figure only in case the learner pronounces the sentences properly If pronunciation is not recognized because of the learners mispronunciation it is shown only in dots In case the learner pronounces sentences properly right figure Left hand side of the figure Score to compare learner s pronunciation and native speaker s pronunciation of each word is shown as bar graph The higher the bar the higher the score If the learner double clicks each bar s he can listen to his her pronunciation of relevant word Right hand side of the figure Total scores of pronunciation of sentences are shown as bar graph and score out of 100 is shown below graph The learner can listen to pronounced sentence if s he double clicks graph to show total score of pronunciation Bottom of illustration lt shows sentences the learner is currently studying and score per each word The learner can also listen to his her pronunciation of relevant word if s he double clicks each word of sentence 4 Right top of study window Intonation gt gt It is a
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44. ng word as meaningless word is pronounced Pronunciation score for word is calculated by comparing native speaker and learner s pronunciation It is an useful data to offer objective information about pronunciation to learner Score graded out of 100 is shown in the right side of score window of pronunciation Promised grade of the score appears left Promised grade is marked as one of Fair Satisfied Good Excellent Score ranged between Fair 0 24 Satisfied 25 49 Good 50 74 and Excellent 75 100 is shown as grade 2 Score window of pronouncing each phoneme of word It is a window to show each phoneme s pronunciation score of word as meaningless word is pronounced Spelling of word is at the lowest bottom of pronunciation score window of phoneme and pronunciation sign of spelling is above it Score for pronunciation of each phoneme placed above pronunciation sign is marked as bar graph The higher the bar graph the higher the score graded out of 100 Bar described currently studied phoneme as in red and the rest in green 3 Lower part of study window ET progress Ee eee It s a window to show the procedure of learning and is composed of two lines 1 Lower line Lower line in orange color shows total learning process The line is composed of several units and a unit shows learning a word Current learning position is described as red cursor and cursor moves whenever learning is in progress The learner can se
45. nment setup closing window lt is a button situated in the bottom of the Environment setup window and is used to finish Environment setup OK OK is used to save setup content and close the window Concel Cancel is a button to cancel Environment Setup and close the window eessen 3 2 Basic function FluSpeak is composed of various windows suit to each study process However basic function is the same It is better to know this function in advance because it arranges minute part of the study Basic function used in study program is as follows Basic menu ENWTOWDOns Nati Up It is placed in the highest part of each window The meaning of four buttons in basic menu is as follows Environment Environment is a button for Environment setting Next is a button for shifting to the next step of study Up is a button for shifting to upper menu ED Exit is a button to close the program You will see the following window if you click this button Notice Program will be closed if you click Yes n Exit Program Are you P S sure Chapter 4 Studying pronunciation 4 1 Introduction Studying pronunciation is a process to train correct pronunciation and listening ability of English consonant and vowel Since English has a different sound system from our native language training pronunciation and listening process should be preceded so that other study of English will be easier Pronunci
46. ogram is not properly made it is unlikely to be recognized For example if the female learner makes environment setup as male it is not properly recognized Similarly male learner or children should make environment setup properly for good recognition The learner should check whether environment setup is properly made in case recognition is done well during the use of study program 2 Because the learner does not pronounce well lf the learner s pronunciation is totally different from the native speaker s pronunciation the program does not recognize it well The learner may think that the program has an error in this case but there is no error of recognition as native speaker tests If the learner pronounces precisely by keeping practice this problem will be solved gt In case the sound of the program is too loud or too low 1 Because sound control device of study program is not controlled well There is a sound control device at the left bottom of study window of the program The user should check whether sound is too loud or too low in this device 2 Because sound control device in computer itself is not controlled well There is a sound control device at the right bottom of computer back screen EXIT z PM 3 45 sound control device There is a part used to control revival control and sound of microphone in this device The learner has to control loudness of the sound in the part If there is no sound control device in comp
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48. se headset microphone is not input The user should double check and make headset microphone connection terminal properly connected in this case 2 In case it takes time for response because memory capacity is deficient Memory capacity should be more than 128 MB for good operation of FluSpeak Unless memory capacity is more than that it is likely to take longer time for response from the program and not to be operated The user has to increase capacity by adding memory to the computer in this case gt In case there is no sound from the program The user should check whether headset microphone is properly connected There is a terminal connected with headset microphone behind computer terminal The user should connect microphone plug of headset to microphone shape terminal and headphone plug to headphone shape terminal Unless headset microphone is properly connected to computer terminal the user cannot listen to the sound from the program and his her pronunciation is unlikely to be recorded Therefore the user should check whether headset microphone is properly connected gt In case the program is not recognized at all 1 Because environment setup is not done properly Human voice becomes different depending on gender and age Since FluSpeak is English study program by using voice recognition the user should input the information about the learner s gender or age for correct recognition If environment setup like gender or age in study pr
49. st k A A A Pronun Express Total Poor l Detail Score is a window to analyze and show a Test result in detail 1 Mark of the user s name Name assigned by the learner is marked 2 Window to show the state of environment setup It is a window to show the environment which the learner setup 3 Window to mark the score for each part It is a window to show Pronunciation and Expression and total score of the relevant date through bar graph The longer the bar the higher score 4 Window to show the score for phoneme It shows pronunciation score of each phoneme through brightness The brighter the color the higher score of pronunciation The darker the color the lower score Colorless phoneme means non tested 4 Print Report Pronunciation Test Chapter Pronunciation Section pif ass Print Cancel Certificate Total Test Bbitwa Mor ai r of tngiish Speaking Ability ema A a op et at of ab A Print Report After you finished the tests completely click Up button to go back to beginning screen of Test Click on ok and the Certificate of English Speaking Ability record will appear This served as your certification upon successfully completing this study You can print it out by clicking the print button if you want to keep a record The figures data in this certificate will disappear after you exit the program But it is recorded in Total score screen
50. sually see the difference of the pronunciation if two spectrograms are compared with Since there is information about spectrogram of each phoneme in chapter six Chapter 6 E book of Pronunciation amp Intonation refer to it Step 2 Studying relevant pronunciation of phoneme through meaningless words pertaining to consonant only It is pertaining only to consonant learning and a process to learn pronunciation of relevant phoneme through meaningless word Meaningless word is a word randomly made by attaching phoneme before or after it in order to practice pronunciation of relevant phoneme Meaningless word is used to practice pronunciation of phoneme in various angles In case of consonant if learner clicks Next button in basic pronunciation learning window study window for meaningless word appears as follows Pronunciation learning window of relevant phoneme consonant through meaningless word Pronunciation Fuge P K P d erer bes tes kez eg ot Listen my voice CO W LELELL EL It tT Litt tte tee EE 1 Learning starts after native speaker signals Listen and Repeat 2 While Playing blinks native soeaker teacher pronounces the meaningless word of b first after you see the signal waiting is blinking then learner follows the pronunciation 3 If learner pronounces well pronunciation spectrogram is shown left scores for analyzing word pronunciation are shown right If the learner fa
51. t generally stress timed or pronounce forcefully and they do not differentiate rhythm such as accent or intonation distinct by high and low of phone In contrast English has intonation Furthermore meaning and the content of delivery become different in English depending on intonation Learner accustomed to syllable timed language feels that to pronounce with intonation is quite awkward Even in case the learner follows pronunciation as it is intonation of phone does not close to the native speaker s pronunciation in many cases Consequently there is a tendency for the learner to give up or disregard intonation Unless the learner pronounces with intonation correct meaning is not delivered even though s he pronounces well and knows much information Intonation learning to help learner accustomed to their own native language pronounce with intonation is additionally organized in FluSpeak Since learner practices in terms of the program by him herself it has the advantage of overcoming awkwardness or shyness the learner can have in front of the audiences Furthermore since the program proposes intonation curve to get the learner to see learner s intonation and native speaker s intonation the learner can see the differences between him her and native speaker The purpose of intonation learning is to practice utterances in precise height to correct learner s habit pronouncing without intonation Despite no perfection learner can sufficiently practic
52. tent Therefore let us study Expression Beginning first Expression 1 2 3 and 4 in each CD is composed of 10 cases in total Each case is divided into Dialogue and Useful Expressions It is organized to test even after learning Useful Expressions Dialogue is that expressions frequently used per case are organized ina conversational format and useful Expressions in learning some useful expressions per case If learner selectively clicks either Dialogue or Useful Expressions after selecting one out of ten cases in each CD it moves to each stepAfter selecting a theme if the learner does left click twice it moves to Dialogue and right click twice to Useful Expression Expressions PartI Lesson 01 Talking on the Phone Taking a cab Public Transportaion Asking amp Giving Directions Introduction Greetings Invitation Daily Routines A Record S Exercise Speech Small Talk Fiaure 11 Exoression part one Components of Expression Menu A Indicates which part of expression Part Il IH IV you currently working on B Print Report will show your record for this lesson Details can be found at 6 2 1 C User s name and level D Two themes in learning expressions dialogue and useful expression and the test for both themes E Topics for each theme F Record Speech button allows you to record you voice Expressions PartI 07 Invitation 08 Daily Routines 09 Exercise
53. the collision each other depending on the type of sound card The user has to leave only one sound card in control panel and makes the rest of them inactivated If it is not solved through this method only one sound card has to be installed gt The method how to put headset microphone on lf headset microphone is placed on front middle position of the lip sound is not properly input because wind sound with breathing sound and phone sign are input The user would rather place headset microphone at the end of the mouth or at the bottom of the lip gt In case of errors made because sound card has a problem 1 Error message 1 RCRecognize failed because NUANCE AUDIO ERROR When FluSpeak using sound card and other program are simultaneously operated this message is shown depending on the type of sound card It is properly activated again if it is re operated in upper menu 2 Error message 2 Wave Device Already Allocated lt is an error message shown in case FluSpeak ambiguously collides with other program during the use of sound device It is normally activated if it is operated again after stopping other program 3 Endless loading phenomenon continuously loaded for five or ten minutes A phenomenon continuously loading for five minutes can be made depending on the type of sound card It is because device is deprived of when other program using sound device is operated after FluSpeak is operated The user would rather use o
54. ther sound card to completely solve this problem gt Other error messages Runtime Error Program Fluspeak exe Abnormal program termination Confirm When system resources are insufficient error messages are shown as above The user would rather secure resources by deleting unnecessary part of the system in this case Faith will move mountains Better late than never Pratice make perfect Make hay while the sun shines
55. through score 6 After finishing learning intonation of all sentences learner clicks Up button of basic menu which is placed on top of intonation learning window Then it gets back to the beginning screen of intonation learning 5 3 Details of intonation learning window 1 Middle part of intonation curve 1 Intonation curve and score proposal It is a window to show intonation curve and score about sentences as learner pronounces sentence Since it sequentially shows the result of intonation learning for three times learner can easily see the changing process of intonation through learning in repetition Native speaker and learner s intonation curves are simultaneously shown native speaker s intonation curve is shown in yellow and learner s intonation curve in red Learner s intonation score in compare with native speaker s intonation score is shown in the left hand side of the intonation curve Text window It is a window to show sentences working in progress as text What is marked as dot is when text is not shown If the learner clicks this part text is shown as in the following figure Anything else 3 Auto play button This button determines whether the learner makes learning progress automatic or passive There are states in activation or inactivation The learner arranges the change of the state by clicking the mouse The shade of button becomes different depending on the change of the state as in the following fi
56. to you all the time if you study it for the first time e High quality headset microphone is required The quality of microphone is of importance because study program itself makes sound study important and it analyzes learner s voice and shows us using phonetic recognition Headset should be highly qualified as much as it differentiates the lowest sound and microphone delivers learner s voice to the program Despite long term use headset should not make head or ears tired because it is an equipment that the learner has to use all the time Since the quality of headset microphone affects effective study we offer optional high quality headset microphone to increase studying effectiveness and to make learner comfortable Chapter 2 Setup 2 1 System requirements 1 Processor Pentium If 266 or more 2 Operating system Microsoft Windows Series 3 4 5 6 T 8 N Te Ten Te NSAN Memory 512MB or more Available hard disk space installation space 1 GB Disk drive CD ROM drive Sound card 16 KHZ 16 bit Sampling Multi channel VCA 800 600 or more 16 bit True Colors Internet connection is required REMINDERS BEFORE GETTING STARTED ON THIS SOFTWARE l Path of voice Input and output devices Microphone is the input device so we have to check the microphone set up The higher quality of microphone the better input and evaluation of your voice in this program and you can get a better result of yo
57. top or fricative sound should be pronounced without omission There is a tendency to vaguely pronounce phoneme because of the difficulty of pronunciation After giving up this bad habit and understanding characteristic of each consonant however learner should correctly practice cluster pronunciation Initial consonant cluster pronunciation learning What the learner should be careful in initial consonant cluster pronunciation is that intermediate vowel should not be inserted between consonants Initial consonant cluster pronunciation learning is composed of eleven pairs in total with binding what it ends with similar consonants and what it is similarly pronounced Final consonant cluster pronunciation learning What the learner should be careful in final consonant cluster pronunciation is that successive phonemes like stop or fricative sound should be pronounced precisely without omission Final consonant cluster pronunciation learning is composed of nine pairs in total with binding pronounces ending with the similar consonant Learning process of initial and final consonant cluster pronunciation is similarly composed of two steps Step 1 Pronunciation learning of relevant consonant cluster through meaningful word Step 2 Pronunciation test of learning consonant cluster Step 1 Pronunciation learning of consonant cluster through meaningful word Learner studies consonant cluster pronunciation through meaningful word Learner ca
58. unciation closes to guided word the word is marked in green at the first unit If it closes to adjacent word not guided word adjacent word is marked in red If it is marked as xxx it is differently pronounced at all 4 The result of learner s pronunciation score is marked at the bottom of the window and the adjacent score window 5 Proposed words are pronounced repeatedly for three times and the result is orderly marked After test click Up or Next button to return to Pronunciation and Intonation main menu and choose other phonemes in pair to practice Report you may get the record of test in the Report The procedures are just the same in step 3 Details of test window of learning result 1 Right hand side of Test window It is a window to show score of the test result carried for ten times Score from one to ten is orderly shown and it is shown in red bar The longer the stick the higher the score If learner does not properly pronounce relevant word at all score is 0 so that bar is not shown and xxx is marked To be shown xxx at the 4 result means that leaner does not properly pronounce relevant test word Total at the bottom is score for ten times test in average and the score is made out of 100 If the learner clicks on each number of Score windows s he can see the result of relevant test again lf the learner wants to test the part s he has to modify the shape of pause by clicking
59. ur own language may not have consonant clusters special attention and practice are of necessity 4 2 Phoneme pronunciation training Beginning screen of phoneme pronunciation training Phonemes Consonants t V l owels eist Gef CT Icons show pronunciation symbols in the beginning screen of phoneme pronunciation training and it moves to relevant study process if learner clicks icon Sign specified in icon is International Phonetic Sign and it is different from English spelling Since the same spelling is pronounced in numerous ways phonetic sign instead of spelling is used for training purposes If International Phonetic Sign is not shown on learner s screen and number or alphabet sometimes appears instead It is because font of international phonetic sign is not properly installed in learner s computer IPS normally appears once the program has been properly installed Refer to chapter 8 Problem Solution if there is a problem about font setup Phoneme pronunciation training process is as follows Step 1 Studying basic pronunciation of phoneme Step 2 Studying relevant pronunciation of phoneme through meaningless words this step is not available in case of vowel Step 3 Studying relevant phoneme through meaningful words Step 4 Phoneme pronunciation training test Consonant pronunciation training is composed of four steps from one to four and vowel three steps only without step two Since each step is organized
60. ur practice Speaker is the output device Its also important to have a better speaker to have the best result of sound Proper way of handling a microphone or headset When you speak do not point the microphone directly to your mouth Make sure there s a space between your mouth and your microphone Position your microphone on the side of your mouth while you talk When you are using a microphone at least 2 5 to 7 5 centimeters or 1 to 3 inches away from your mouth are needed But if you re using a headset adjust the arm from the corner of your mouth 1 to 2 inches away to have a better speech recognition and evaluation result 3 Checking and adjustment a Microphone Make sure your microphone is turn on before starting Adjust the setting of your microphone by checking your sound recorded Always check if it s turned on before using it Recorder This is a way to check your voice input and output For Windows click on Start from the taskbar select Program then Accessories click on Entertainment and finally select Sound recorder Press the button to record your voice then test it by speaking through the microphone after that play it to listen to your voice make sure its clear and without noise Room Be sure that you re in a room to avoid some noise because noise can affect the result of your voice recognition and evaluation Close other programs Upon running this program make sure t
61. ure means the first section out of 11 sections Previous number is getting changed depending on the choice of section 2 Window for proposing situation of the section It is a window to propose a situation of the current section in writing It is used instead of the illustration of Dialogue 3 Button for selecting section It is a button to select section If the learner clicks Next the section following current section is selected If the learner clicks Pre previous section is selected If the learner clicks List the content of whole sections is shown as in the following figure and then a window to let the learner select preferred section is shown GEES np H the learner double clicks preferred Section or UJ To ask who the caller is S p 03 To identify yourself Caller OK button in this window it moves to relevant 04 To identify yourself Receiver 05 In case of a wrong number Receiver Section OB In case of a wrong number Caller 07 To ask someone to wait 0S To leave or take a message 09 When you leave a message 10 You dont want to leave a message UJ To ask who the c aller ER 4 Button moving to Test Test button is a part without dialogue and to click this button makes study result moved to testing step 5 Sound control sign Refer to details of dialogue study window 6 Play my voice button Refer to details of dialogue study window CO Play native button Refer to d
62. uter back screen the learner has to control sound in control panel gt In case phoneme is not clearly shown in pronunciation study International phonetic sign appears in pronunciation study Unless there is Font of international phonetic sign in the learner s computer phonetic sign is not clearly shown Although this font is automatically installed during installation of FluSpeak it is unlikely to be installed in a particular case If the learner installs phonetic sign font included in Program CD then phoneme is clearly shown Font installation There is a folder called Font in Disc 1 and Champbers ttf below the folder The learner has to insert this file after copy in the folder called Fonts below the folder where OS installed below C drive For example the learner has to copy Champbers ttf and insert it in C WINNT Fonts in case Windows 2000 is installed gt In case of errors made when there is no sound card lf there is no sound card FluSpeak is not operated Therefore error messages are shown even since FluSpeak is first operated Wave Device ID Out of Range The learner has to check sound card in computer terminal in this case The user should purchase and install sound card if there is none gt In case of errors made when there are more than a sound card lf there are more than one sound card FluSpeak may not be operated because of
63. which part is deficient And if test result is properly used the learner can get to the level s he wants more efficiently and quickly FluSpeak largely proposes pronunciation intonation expression and it is organized to evaluate pronunciation and expression study among a three type consist of word sentence and expression study Study achievement of pronunciation and expression is shown individually Also it is organized to see the changes of the study by showing study achievement obviously in a daily sequence Beginning screen of Test Total Test ID Billkuo es een GE BillKuo Man Normal tovet une GH rime zunn Figure 16 Test Main menu In the beginning screen Total Score window at the upper part of the screen is to show the records for each test done by the learner through graph in a daily sequence In the Detail Score window it is to show in detail the score of pronunciation and expression and the score of each phoneme after the test done by the learner each time If the learner clicks on each date at the graph of Total score window s he can see the record relevant to the date in Detail Score window If the learner wants to see accumulated records in Test window s he should save study result by using the name that the learner assigns in the process of Setup Environment Important note The analyzed score is shown in Test beginning screen only in case the learner solves all problems Details o

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