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1. Answer key Click on Solution in the menu bar of the course window and the program will provide you with the solu tions to an exercise to view a translation of the functions in the course window simply hold down the ALT key Or if you know the voice command and are able to pronounce it correctly simply tell your Video Tu tor what to do Always try to solve the exercise without looking at the solution If you find the exercise difficult try cor recting it several times as you work through it Remember you may also consult the integrated dictio nary and grammar explanations as you go along Every exercise also serves as language laboratory As soon as you solve an exercise correctly you can use it a second time to practice your listening or pro nunciation skills You will know whether you are expected to practice your listening comprehension skills or pronunciation skills from the form of the mouse cursor Here you can improve your listening comprehension skills To find out exactly how this works see addi tional functions Listening comprehension exercise Here you can practice your pronunciation To find out exactly how this works see additional functions Language lab Exercise results E Inthe IntelliPlan you will see the results of the exercises you have just worked on red symbol 0 to 49 poor yellow symbol 50 to 79 average good green symbol 80 to 100 good very good n exercises that have a pr2. in any business environment Organize your self study time Which goals do you want to achieve and in what intervals To ensure you stick with your plan set aside standard times during the week to work on your course and have back ups available Shoot for shorter learning blocks starting with 30 minutes When learning for longer periods plan a break Use the right approach to what you are learning New material should be repeated more often Always remember to review points which proved difficult the first time around Plan review sessions into your self study plan When learning intensively do remember to build in breaks Reward yourself when you have achieved one or more of your goals Transform your passive knowledge to active use mM Take advantage of available communications methods e mail or telephone to correspond with other students Get together with other students to share tips about learning and your learning progress Reduce interruptions and disruptions while learning Analyze what factors may interfere with your learning other PC programs how your work station is organized Create a disruption free learning zone clearly visible to others CLT user manual FAQ have no idea how to work with my language course program How does the language course work and how can go about learning with it If learning digitally is new territory for you please read the user
3. symbol 3 Learning vocabulary Each folder containing vocabulary displays these four symbols Ee e CAE A CR 8 Copyright 2010 digital publishing AG All rights reserved This manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of digital publishing CLT user manual Vocabulary list overview Shows all of the words in the folder on index cards Memorize exercise type In this exercise type the word you wish to learn is hidden Just click on the eye symbol and try to remember the translation Then check your answer by pressing the Alt key If you know the word click on the green forward button know word at the top right of the menu bar to move on to the next word If you don t know the word click on the red forward button don t Know word Translate exercise type Type the correct word into the entry field on the left hand side of the screen Alternatively say the word into the microphone Remember however that the speech recogni tion mode must be activated for this function to work Check your answer by clicking on Correction or pressing the Return key To see the next word press return again or click on the forward arrow in the menu bar at the top right of the window Dictation exercise type Click on the loudspeaker symbol listen to the word and write it down in the entry fi
4. exer cises within the folder contains a note To delete a note simply click on the exercise or folder right click and select Delete note from the pop up menu A simple empty note can also be used as a bookmark as the note symbol will always appear in the In telliPlan Even when folders are closed the note will always appear at the top of the folder hierarchy to indicate that a note is contained in a sub folder E Can print an exercise To print one or as many exercises as you wish simply mark them in the IntelliPlan right click with the mouse and select Print How can steer the photo story Many units in the course begin with a photo story which sets the context for the exercises that follow A series of buttons is displayed at the top of the photo story which function much like a cassette record er Click on the arrow pointing to the right to start the photo story Clicking on the square will stop the photo story The button with the two arrows pointing to the right will move the photo story to the next frame The button with the two arrows pointing to the left will jump back one frame The button with a slash and one arrow pointing to the right takes you back to the beginning If the playback is too fast or too slow you can adjust the speed by clicking on and sliding the yellow regulator to the left or right with the mouse To decrease the speed drag the regulator to the left and to increase to the right Doubl
5. folder was used CLT user manual A score of 100 can only be achieved for a folder or unit if all the elements within have been completed with a result of 100 Thus the cumulative score will be relatively low until all the elements of a folder have been completed Column heading Description Contents Here you can find in order from top to bottom the stations lessons units and photo stories Note Shows that you have inserted a note in an exercise Type Symbol for the exercise type Additional info Symbol for additional functions listening comprehension and or speech recognition Results Shows the score after the last correction X correctly solved Pronunciation score Shows the score of your pronunciation X compares your pronunciation to a native speaker s D Results for dictation exercises only in Vocabulary practice Time Amount of time required to solve the exercise before it is corrected by the Video Tu tor If you work on the exercise several times you will find the total time that was needed listed here The results achieved in the pronunciation part of the exercises are not recorded here Date Last date on which the exercise was corrected Level 1 easy 2 middle 3 difficult Skill Pronunciation Vocabulary Listening Reading Grammar Translation Results and pronunciation scoring are given in percentages red symbol 0 to 49 poor yellow symbol 50 to 79 average good green symbol 80
6. in the IntelliPlan in percentages from 0 100 Amounts appearing in green are good to very good yellow denotes average and red signifies needs work Where can get more information about grammar First grammar explanations are provided directly in the course in boxes appearing in selected exercis es Text marked in blue are hyperlinks simply by clicking on them they lead you to more information on that topic In addition in the IntelliPlan under Reference section key grammatical themes are described in the Grammar index Here an explanation is provided with examples of usage Finally within Language Skills also found in the IntelliPlan is the Grammar section Once again or ganized by theme grammar explanations as well as a vast number of grammar exercises are available CLT user manual for concentrated study Within Language Skills the sections Pronunciation Communication and Talk to Tim are also at your disposal for intensive study How can learn the differences between American and British English The significant differences between the English spoken in the United States and in the United Kingdom are summarized in the unit Focus on Britain found in the Reference section How do I end my language course program There are several ways to exit the program Press the Alt F4 key combination and the program takes note of your progress and opens up where you left o
7. manual carefully through Pay particu lar attention to the first chapters An easy to follow explanation of the course is also available in a 10 minute product tour found at www clt net in th How do work through an exercise There are four main types of exercises Some exercises can only be solved after you have listened to one or more spoken entries Listen carefully to what the Video Tutor says before attempting to solve any exercise The instructions next to the Video Tutor will also be translated when you hold down the Alt key In many exercises the program provides you with analyses of your mistakes Always work through these exercises step by step Read the error analysis correct your mistake The exercise is completely correct when no parts of your written text are blinking after clicking on Correction How can solve an exercise if don t understand the vocabulary in the exercise You can view a translation of every word in every exercise by right clicking on the word Words which when combined stand for one idea or name e g New York are handled as one dictionary entry You can also listen to a recording of every word pronounced by a man and a woman Just click on the louds peakers beside the male and female symbols in the dictionary window For English courses an additional choice is provided to listen to the American or British pronunciation of a word Links to the root or singular forms of dictionary entr
8. of the exercise it will become active Your job is to return the exercise to its original state for exam ple by filling in the gaps or putting the sentences back in order New instructions will also appear to help you solve the exercise Certain exercises can only be solved after listening to one or several texts Look for the loudspeaker symbol and follow the instructions given Here you can improve your reading comprehension skills systematically You will be presented with a text and questions which relate to it Simply click on the text icon in the exercise A new window con taining the text will open Read through the text carefully and then answer the questions in the exer cise Completing the exercise E First try to complete the exercise without any additional help You can click on Correction to see how close you are to completing the exercise with a score of 100 Dictionary You can view a translation of every word in every exercise by right clicking on the word Words which when combined stand for one idea or name e g New York are handled as one dictionary entry You can also listen to a recording of every word pronounced by a man and a woman Just click on the loudspeakers beside the male and female symbols in the dictionary window For English courses an additional choice is provided to listen to the American or British pronunciation of a word Links to the root or singular forms of dictionary entries are shown in
9. perfect pronunciation An exercise counts as completed when You have achieved a total of two green evaluations for the entire sentence After several repetitions no more room is available for the results columns in the exercise In both cases your Video Tutor gives you feedback on your result and the best result from all of your at tempts will be recorded in your IntelliPlan CLT user manual i gt No oa 14Q The gt exercises page 18 J ke When the program determines that your pronunciation is weak on particular words these words will be presented for further work before you can practice the entire sentence The word to speak will always be indicated by the blinking blue bar under the word When training individual words you also have the option of comparing your pronunciation to the native speaker s by clicking on the small loudspeaker symbols During the individual word training a result column appears over the word being trained and is color coded as above The black and white lines in the table help you visualize your goal Try to have your result columns grow to meet these lines Should you have gaps in your sentence you will be able to practice these words and fill the gaps After training individual words your entire sentence results will certainly be better The program will once again prompt you to speak the entire sentence Your black and white goal lines will be reset to a higher level requiri
10. phone make sure not to make long pauses between words or sentences f you have chosen the correct option the dialog will start again automatically If you have chosen an incorrect option you will receive a hint that should help you select the correct option I m afraid that s impossible Could you call back later I m afraid Ms Bennette has just left the office for a few minutes Could be of some assistance Mary is downstairs chatting to Marcia can take a message if you want J VV Copyright 2010 digital publishing AG All rights reserved This manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of digital publishing CLT user manual D Focused learning with the IntelliPlan The IntelliPlan serves as the nerve center to your language software program The IntelliPlan presents you with an overview of all of your learning units shows you your exercise and test results up to the minute allows you to choose any exercise that you want to work on E broadens the scope of important program functions through the menu 1 The organization of the contents in IntelliPlan The IntelliPlan is organized into a hierarchy of folders There are three main types of folders Course folders are black and contain either another folder or a photo story and exercises There are triangle symbol
11. the course window on the right hand side you can decide what you would like to learn and then work on the corresponding exercise The video tutor at the top of the window accompanies you and provides you with feedback and valuable tips about using the program As you can see the same units appear in both parts You can click either on the symbol or the text in the course window or choose directly from the IntelliPlan 3 The Video Tutor and Talk to Tim navigating with voice commands At the beginning have a look at how the individual units in your course are constructed and how you can navigate through the program using the Talk to Tim Even if you prefer using the mouse having a look at your Talk to Tim chapter provides a good opportunity for you to check if your microphone and the voice recognition are working properly You can also get to know your Video Tutor better Click on the Talk to Tim picture the last picture in the overview Next to the Video Tutor you will always see a brief written explanation or introduction Press the Alt key in order to see a translation Here you can learn which voice commands you Hier erfahrst du mit welchen need to navigate through the programme Sprachkommandos du das Programm am besten zteuer zt Now look at your course overview Click on the picture representing the first exercise in the course window to practice the voice commands Here you can tell right away if your microphone i
12. word matched the native speaker s The higher the column the better your result The top of each column is also color coded Red stands for incorrect or unclear pronunciation yellow for average and green means that your pronunciation reached 80 or more compared to the native speaker To the left of the result columns a total evaluation score is shown as indicated by the small result sym bol just as in the IntelliPlan The same color coding is used with the individual words also appears here for the entire sentence green good yellow average red needs work To hear your pronunciation once more simply click on the loudspeaker symbol next to the displayed result The large result symbol over the percentage shows your best pronunciation result achieved for the entire sentence during your practice session naturally after your first attempt the result will be iden tical with the small result symbol to the right The same color coding is used here again and you will see a percentage under the symbol indicating exactly how closely your pronunciation matched the na tive speaker s This grade will be recorded in your IntelliPlan After the program analyzes your pronunciation and displays your result you will automatically be provided another opportunity to repeat either the entire sentence or individual words The blinking blue bar under the sentence prompt you to speak again In this manner the program leads you step by step to
13. CLT user manual CLT LAN version User manual Trademarks corporate language training clt and digital publishing are either registered trademarks or trademarks of digital publishing AG and may be registered in Germany or in other jurisdictions including internationally Other product names logos designs titles words or phrases mentioned within this publication may be trade marks service marks or trade names of digital publishing AG or other entities and may be registered in certain jurisdictions including internationally Third Party Information This guide may contain links to third party websites that are not under the control of digital publishing and digital publishing is not responsible for the content on any linked site If you access a third party website mentioned in this guide then you do so at your own risk digital publishing provides these links only as a convenience and the inclusion of the link does not imply that digital publishing endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content on those third party sites Copyright 2010 digital publishing AG All rights reserved This guide may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of digital publishing CLT user manual Contents A Start first steps end EE 3 B THe Phol teg 8 C Theexvercses cc seccccccssseccccescececueeeecseuueccecsuueeeesuauceess
14. a so called natural speaking program interface Since he or she reacts to keywords your Video Tutor can understand almost all voice commands in the target language n order to activate the Talk to Tim in the speech recognition every instruction must begin with the name of the Video Tutor The Talk to Tim only understands voice commands that make sense For example if you are on an overview page not in an exercise the voice command to correct would not be accepted since there is nothing to correct Note Like all of the other recording functions in the program the Talk to Tim is ready to record when the little red mark under the Video Tutor is red Exercises for communicating with the Talk to Tim can be found in the main overview under the folder Talk to Tim CLT user manual G Self study tips Set your own learning targets Motivation does not always come easily Nevertheless in a self study environment you have greater responsibility for your own motivation as opposed to a traditional learning environment Determine what best motivates you and is most important for you to learn and form concrete learning targets which you can also verify Set priorities Overcome your own resistance and laziness by creating and sticking to a course plan or study plan Set deadlines for yourself Understand the value of your learning goals and set mandatory appointments to learn as you would
15. amount of time spent in each section 6 Printing vocabulary cards If you would like to continue studying away from the computer just print out your own index cards or voca bulary lists To do this select the words or word folders that you would like to study then right click and choose the option Print or Print vocabulary cards from the pop up menu Print the vocabulary cards in double sided format Per page you can print 8 vocabulary cards Either print the cards on heavy duty paper and cut them out yourself or you can use pre formatted perforated index cards available in business supply stores or online On your vocabulary cards you will see the word you are trying to learn with sample sentences and the translation on the back If your printer cannot print double side then set your paper feed to manual and print the first side Reinsert the paper and print the second side Print vocabulary list In the IntelliPlan mark the words or the folder containing words you wish to print right click to open the context menu and select Print CLT user manual F Talk to Tim You have almost certainly already spoken to and tried to navigate through the program using voice commands With voice commands you can completely operate the program with your voice in the target language of course as it s the language you want to be able to speak What the Talk to Tim understands and how it works The IntelliSpeech Voice Pilot is
16. anks and type in the correct words to complete the sentence using your keyboard You can move to the next blank by pressing the Return or Tab key After selecting Correction the wrong entries will blink When you place the mouse cursor over the blinking word you will see specific correction hints you can also translate these using the Alt key When you cor rect your mistakes you should go step by step E Select Correction Place mouse cursor over the errors and read the error message Correct the error E Select Correction again and repeat the process until nothing flashes 7 Scrambled sentences coca H the weather is nice they will go on a hike will wear they If on go a hike his Ken sunglasses lif mad a mosquito be Ken he will bites rains If it they San Francisco will the museum Read the words and try to figure out what the sentence is saying and place the words in the correct order To move a word hold down the left mouse key and drag the word to its correct position The new position is indicated by a blue insert mark When the insert mark is in the correct position you can release the mouse Do the same for all subsequent words until you have arranged all the words correctly Click on Correction to correct the exercise Words which are in the wrong position stay white and remain moveable The exercise has been solved correctly when none of the words are white anymore CLT user manual 8 Scrambled ta
17. aueeeessauecessuaeeeessuauecessausceessuaeeeessausessaaueeeessusageeeess 10 1 HOW GO YOU complete an exercise E 10 2 Droganddropekercises WEE 12 2 Fill in the gap ow eeeeeeee SEENEN 12 A Fill in the gap with alternatives ie 13 5 Multiple choice exercises Li eeeecccceseccccsssseecccessececeueecccsaueeccccauseecsauaeeeessaueeessaeeeessueeessaaeseessaueeesssaas 13 SE Eer EH WEE 14 7 Scrambled sentences ME 14 8 Scrambled tables E 15 9 Picture choice exercises MMM secesecciie asectceentsncedeectevextanteaseenessavetanedtacbencetacieyssecesieacnanddnsedessaezadamedeboncnesnans 15 10 Pronunciation exercises WE 15 11 Speech recognition exercises Kl REENEN 16 12 Textmark exercises ciun ai EE AE REE E EE EE Taaa EEEE iaa 16 13 Pronunciation practice ssannneneennnnrnnnennnrnnnnnnennnnne LEE 17 14 Additional function listening comprehension exercises EE 18 15 Additional function language laboratory KEEN 18 16 WE nelle E 19 D Focused learning with the lntelltian 20 V cabp lary ee ee 25 See e D Kn KE E easter gob aeese hese bee kena 28 G Ee he cee ene ee ee eee ee ee eee 29 E EE 3030 CLT user manual Start first steps end page 3 A Start first steps end 1 Start Before you can start your course an administrator will have to give you access to it and let you know what your user name is Once you ve been given access to the program click on the blue text A window will open in which you
18. bles S When she arrived had been waiting for an hour had dinner he was a little nervous Before he had a drink had been studying for an hour To move a word or sentence part hold down the left mouse button and drag it to the correct position The new position is indicated by a blue insert mark When the insert mark is in the correct position you can re lease the mouse button Click on Correction to correct the exercise Items which are in the wrong position stay white and remain moveable The exercise has been solved correctly when all of the words remain fixed in position 9 Picture choice exercises L To move a picture hold down the left mouse key and drag the picture into the correct gap When you have dragged the picture into the gap it locks in place and you can release the mouse Click on Correction to correct the exercise Pictures in the wrong position will fall to the bottom of the win dow The exercise has been solved correctly when all pictures remain fixed in position 10 Pronunciation exercises At torso nose elbow 7 bottom stomach person abdomen body Here the idea is to imitate a native speaker s pronunciation as closely as possible Click on the first word listen to the speaker and then speak the word into the microphone Next to the Video Tutor you will see a blue bar and a number that tells you how well your pronunciation compares to that of a native speaker The goal is to match the pro
19. blue with one click on the blue marking these additional forms appear reading j A sr rem Ing uas read read mu ren A tod read read read m read back read out read over read through Grammar explanations Short grammar explanations are provided when necessary to help you solve the exercise Additional re levant grammatical information may also be viewed by clicking on the blue links provided CLT user manual Correction Click on Correction in the menu bar at the top of the course window press the ALT key to see a transla tion of the menu bar functions Alternatively if you know the voice command and can pronounce it cor rectly tell your Video Tutor to correct the exercise f you request a correction before you have fully completed the exercise for example when a gap is still empty the Video Tutor will first tell you that you haven t finished the exercise If you would like to have the exercise corrected anyway just click on Correction again In many types of exercise for example Fill the gap exercises the program will identify errors and provide you with a short hint to help you to correct your own mistakes We recommend proceeding step by step first by reading the error messages then correcting the errors and finally by clicking on Correction to correct any remaining errors The exercise has been solved correctly when all of the gaps are filled and there are no words flashing anymore
20. can enter your User name and your Password then click on OK Tip The first time you log in your password will be identical to your user name and the program will auto matically ask you to create a new password As soon as the log in procedure has been completed the start page of your course will appear Select the course you would like to start S Course End of Subseri Firststart Laststart Endofc Elapsed Status English Placement Test 31 12 Business English Telephoning 31 12 Once you have selected your course click on Start If your last learning session was not terminated properly for example because of a crash a message will appear in your list of available courses when logging in Please synchronize Local data available This message shows that the results of your last session were not completely transferred to the server To synchronize your data with the server click on Please synchronize As soon as the synchronization process is complete you can start your course as normal Subscription Course e Please synchronize Local data available English Bis Tip This synchronization is only possible from the computer on which you last worked on your course CLT user manual otal IT SG STEEDS ENA Vo 2 The course window The IntelliPlan on the left hand side administers your course content Here you can see which units you have already worked on your results and what remains to be done n
21. d in the course window All elements in the folder will be dis played or hidden All of the items are selected and can then be dragged deleted or copied to gether All items are selected and can then be dragged deleted or copied together Here you can add or delete your notes to an exercise add words into the voca bulary practice or choose from a variety of print functions How it works Hold down the Shift key while pressing the downwards arrow key to select the items Hold down the Shift key while pressing the upwards arrow key to select the items Click on a folder and press Ctrl or Ctrl Press Home Press End To insert notes click on an exercise or folder right click to display the pop up menu and select the option Insert note A blank note will be inserted into the exercise and a corresponding yellow symbol will appear in the column entitled Note in the IntelliPlan If you need to increase the size of the note simply drag its edges You can also position the note anywhere you like within the exercise or you can minimize it by clicking on the minus symbol Should you wish to quickly locate all of your notes within the course simply close all of the folders and look for the transparent note symbol in the Note column at the folder level This transparent symbol will only be displayed if one of the exercises within the folder contains a note To delete a note simply click on the exercise right cl
22. e click on the regulator to hear the normal talking speed 100 again 7 EN E I d like use the Talk to Tim commands to navigate my way through the course How do use this feature The IntelliSpeech Voice Pilot is a so called natural speaking program interface Since he or she reacts to keywords your Video Tutor can understand almost all voice commands in the target language In order to activate the Talk to Tim in the speech recognition every instruction must begin with the name of the Video Tutor The Talk to Tim only understands voice commands that make sense For example if you are on an overview page not in an exercise the voice command to correct would not be ac cepted since there is nothing to correct Note Like all of the other recording functions in the program the Talk to Tim is ready to record when the little red mark under the Video Tutor is red Exercises for communicating with the Talk to Tim can be found in the main overview under the folder Talk to Tim How can turn off the Video Tutor To turn off the Video Tutor for example if you would like to concentrate on an exercise without interrup tion click in the menu bar deselect the option Video Tutor To restore the Video Tutor return to the same menu bar and select the option Video Tutor How can I check how well I ve done on exercises or units The results of your exercises and pronunciation work are recorded
23. eld on the left index card To check your answer simply click on Correction or press the Re turn key Move onto the next word by pressing the Return key again or clicking on the forward arrow No cheating Once you have chosen an exercise type the words in the IntelliPlan will be hidden and all of the words in the folder will appear in a random order Pronunciation practice You can practice the pronunciation of each word as often as you like You will see an evaluation of your pronunciation to the right of the Video Tutor Each result is also saved in the IntelliPlan Reviewing vocabulary To review a particular group of words highlight them in the IntelliPlan right click and select the option Re view from the pop up menu This creates a copy of the selected words in a new folder called Review Words can be deleted from this folder at any time without being deleted from the vocabulary training Your results for each word are still recorded in the global Vocabulary list 4 Learning new words with the Index card boxes To use the index cards to learn particular words listed in the IntelliPlan simply highlight those words and copy or drag them into the folder called Index card box which is a sub folder of My index card boxes Then choose how you wish to practice this vocabulary by selecting one of the exercise types The index card box system follows a five step principle The words are repeated systematically until they have been firml
24. ff the next time you start the software You can al so give the Video Tutor a voice command please refer to the Talk to Tim unit in your program or simply click on the close symbol in the title bar Contact Technical Support support clt net in th digital publishing AG Applitech Solution Co Ltd corporate language training Head Office 846 32 Rama II Soi 43 Tumblinger Stra e 32 Bangmod Jomthong Bangkok 10150 80337 M nchen Language Institute 105 2 Saiwatkhok Rd T Bangprok A Muang Pathumthani 12000 Tel 02 581 1222 5 Fax 02 581 1221 E mail info clt net in th
25. h the model solution and the cursor has been transformed into a microphone symbol you should now practice your pronunciation You will see the language laboratory to the right of the Video Tutor under the task bar at the top of an exercise Simply click on a sentence from the exercise so this sentence will appear in the language laboratory text bar Speak the sentence into the microphone Wait until the dot under the Video Tutor turns red before you speak The percentage of how well your pronunciation matched the native speaker s is shown immediately on the left hand side of the language laboratory Try to reach a correlation of at least 80 How can set a bookmark or make a note in my course To insert notes click on an exercise or a folder in the IntelliPlan right click to display the pop up menu and select the option Insert note A blank note will be inserted into the exercise and a corresponding yellow symbol will appear in the column entitled Note in the IntelliPlan If you need to increase the size of the note simply drag its edges You can also position the note anywhere you like within the ex ercise or you can minimize it by clicking on the minus symbol Should you wish to quickly locate all of your notes within the course simply close all of the folders and look for the transparent note symbol in CLT user manual the Note column at the folder level This transparent symbol will only be displayed if one of the
26. h the mouse Of course you can also use the mouse with the language program without talking to the Video Tutor Course window In order to scroll through the various elements of the course photo stories exercis es tests use the arrows in the top right corner of the menu bar The numbers next to the two arrows let you know which screen you are on and how many screens there are in the unit in total Course window In order to go back to the previous exercise or go to any units click on the name of the units exercises in the IntelliPlan Copyright 2010 digital publishing AG All rights reserved This manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of digital publishing CLT user manual IntelliPlan If you want to see an overview of all the course contents available refer to the IntelliPlan The overview works like a folder in Windows Explorer You can hide and display the overview with the triangle symbols When you click on one of the course units or elements in the IntelliPlan it will also appear in the course window 5 Ending the program You have various possibilities to end your language program Press the Alt F4 key combination Give the Video Tutor a voice command you can see how this works in the unit labeled Talk to Tim Click on the close symbol in the title bar However y
27. he regular Fill in the gap exercises the gaps here are white in color with the form of the cursor appeared as two arrows forming a circle To complete the exercise click on a gap A word will appear Click again and the word will change Continue to click until you see the correct answer To correct the exercise click on Correction Any wrong answers will begin to flash If you move the cursor to the flashing word you will see an error message which will point you in the right direction To see a translation of the error message hold down the Alt key When you correct your mistakes you should pro ceed step by step Click on Correction Place the cursor over the errors and read the error messages Try to correct the errors E Click on Correction again and repeat the process until nothing flashes Multiple choice exercises Ol Carol is having dinner with Liz tonight m True False There are no good restaurants on Liz s street True m False Liz s boyfrend Jerry is a vegetarian True False Click on the box next to the correct answer the box will be marked with a blue spot There may be more than one correct answer per question After selecting Correction the wrong answers will blink CLT user manual 6 Answer exercises S Somebody sold the boat The boat was sold Somebody fired the captain The captain was fired Somebody killed the owner of the boat The owner of the boat Click in the bl
28. ick and select Delete note from the pop up menu CLT user manual Focused learning with IntelliPlan CH A pani LC OD N J 4 The menu options 4 20 vw 2EILEI IIUEIEIe vw SS LISLE yo Usui Loes wu HOYA Actions Functions Video Tutor Turns the Video Tutor on or off Speech recognition Activates the speech recognition function Calibrate Optimizes the microphone settings to achieve the best possible results in the pro nunciation and speech recognition exercises Information Information about the version of the program and your system Copyright 2010 digital publishing AG All rights reserved This manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or machine readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of digital publishing CLT user manual page 25 E Vocabulary practice Under the Reference Section you will find Vocabulary practice in green type where you can practice your vocabulary The Vocabulary list contains all of the words which you choose to learn Until you have chosen words to practice this folder is empty Under My words you have the opportunity to train and manage your chosen vocabulary words Within My index card boxes you have the chance to systematically learn new words and review older ones of your choice 1 Choosing words to learn in Vocabulary practice Begin by selecting word
29. ies are shown in blue with one click on the blue marking these additional forms appear Every word in an exercise can be translated Simply right click with the mouse on that word How do know what have done incorrectly in an exercise Click on Correction in the menu bar at the top of the course window press the ALT key to see a translation of the menu bar functions Alternatively if you Know the voice command and can pro nounce it correctly tell your Video Tutor to correct the exercise If you request a correction before you have fully completed the exercise for example when a gap is still empty the Video Tutor will first tell you that you haven t finished the exercise If you would like to have the exercise corrected anyway just click on Correction again In many types of exercise for example Fill the gap exercises the program will identify errors and provide you with a short hint to help you to correct your own mistakes We rec ommend proceeding step by step first by reading the error messages then correcting the errors and finally by clicking on Correction to correct any remaining errors The exercise has been solved correct ly when all of the gaps are filled and there are no words flashing anymore How can train my pronunciation alone while working on a PC Once you have completed an exercise either when clicking on Correction you receive no more error analysis or by clicking on Solution you are presented wit
30. ime through Listen to the photo story step by step Click on the dialog bubble when you want the speaker to repeat what was said Press the Alt key in order to see a translation Now you can hide the text and listen to the entire photo story Did you understand everything Nowitis time to practice your pronunciation Speak the text from the dialog bubble into the micro phone and try to imitate the pronunciation of the native speakers If you have pronounced the text well the program will automatically go to the next picture The software is ready to record when you see the little red mark under the Video Tutor ved This mat written approval o rights res 1 photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or Se EE ee Dart WItNOUT Drio CLT user manual 2 The photo story control panel Wa starts the playback sound and picture ci stops the playback sound and picture rr goes to the next picture EI goes back one picture ci goes back to the beginning of the photo story xa To reduce the speed of the speakers drag the yellow regulator to the left with the mouse To in crease the speed drag the regulator to the right Double click on the regulator to hear the normal talking speed 100 again hides the text in the dialog bubble al reinserts the text in the dialog bubble Alt The Alt key translates the text in the dialog bubble as well as the functions in the menu bar elt Click on
31. language laboratory Try to reach a correlation of at least 80 To listen to the sentence spoken by a native speaker click on the loudspeaker symbol to the left of the sentence You can listen to your own entry by clicking on the top loudspeaker symbol The various colored columns or bars over the individual words indicate how well your pronunciation matches the native speaker s Should you see that you did not speak all of the words well focus on those for which you received yellow average or red needs work results L Catherine Copyright 2010 digital p duch AG All rights reser ed Ge manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or ma chil ne readable form ae GE pate one e Ge prior written appro ne of digital publishing CLT user manual ne exercises page 19 To practice the pronunciation of individual words in the language laboratory just click on that word and speak it into the microphone The program evaluates your pronunciation of this word just as it does for the whole sentence Once again strive for at least 80 16 Interactive dialogs Certain units may end with an interactive dialog in which you can work on your text and oral comprehen sion Start the dialog E When the dialog stops several options will appear on your screen Click on the correct option or speak it out loud into your microphone When speaking into the micro
32. ng you to speak the entire sentence two more times with a green or good result 14 Additional function listening comprehension exercises Rg Some exercises are also listening comprehension exercises As soon as you have correctly solved an ex ercise you have clicked on Correction and nothing more flashes or you have clicked on Solution the cursor displays a loudspeaker symbol and the exercise becomes a listening comprehension exercise To hear the text click on it 15 Additional function language laboratory Ra Once you have completed an exercise either when clicking on Correction you receive no more error analysis or by clicking on Solution you are presented with the model solution and the cursor has been transformed into a microphone symbol you should now practice your pronunciation Your pronunciation work will be evaluated and entered in your IntelliPlan and carried into the total result of your course While she was dancing the music stopped ols You will see the language laboratory to the right of the Video Tutor under the task bar at the top of an exercise Simply click on a sentence from the exercise and this sentence will appear in the language laboratory text bar Speak the sentence into the microphone Wait until the dot under the Video Tutor turns red before you speak The percentage of how well your pronunciation matches the native speaker s is shown immediately on the left hand side of the
33. ntown open every day at 10 a m My favorite TV show starts at p m on Thursdays The roads every winter when it snows On Saturdays the mail before lunch Click on the gap and type in the correct solution You can move onto the next gap by moving the cursor or by pressing the Return or Tab key To correct the exercise click on Correction Any wrong answers will begin to flash If you move the cursor to the flashing word you will see an error message which will point you in the right direction To see a translation of the error message hold down the Alt key When you correct your mistakes you should pro ceed step by step E Click on Correction Drag the cursor over the errors and read the error messages Try to correct the errors E Click on Correction again and repeat the process until nothing flashes CLT user manual Entering special characters In order to enter special characters that are not on your keyboard for example the in the French pro gram press down Strg Now you also press the hidden function key with the special character for exam ple an accent and can then type in the desired letter For example hold down Strg press F6 and then type c a ot 4 Fill in the gap with alternatives GI about after for over to talk to somebody talk about something ask 3 something think somebody something go some place These exercises are particularly easy to identify Unlike in t
34. nunciation of the native speaker with at least 80 When you reach 80 the CLT user manual program will automatically go on to the next word If you do not succeed in reaching 80 just click on the next word with the mouse If you would like to practice the pronunciation of a word again you can do so by clicking on it There is no Correction function for this exercise Your pronunciation results are automatically entered into the IntelliPlan after each word 11 Speech recognition exercises ma leisure casual treasure pleasure of garage lodge joy television If you have been giving your Video Tutor voice commands then you will already be familiar with this exer cise type Click on a sentence or word to hear it Then repeat it into the microphone Try to imitate the pro nunciation of the speaker as closely as you can If you have done this successfully a blue check mark will appear If not a question mark will appear Every vocal entry is immediately corrected marked with a blue check mark No results are entered into the IntelliPlan 12 Textmark exercises house but the cat Was purring had a really important me had to hurry to work quickly made some coffee and ate my breakfast But while was eating my breakfast the cat on the table and spilled hot coffee on me And that is what made me late for the meeting To mark a word or sentence just click on it Click on the word or sentence a second time to de
35. onunciation option you can see the results of your pronunciation in the second column The IntelliPlan also shows you how much time you needed to work through the exer cise in minutes and the last time that the exercise was done Moving onto the next exercise You can move onto the next exercise by clicking on the arrow button in the menu bar by giving the Video Tutor a voice command by clicking on the next exercise in the IntelliPlan CLT user manual 2 Drag and drop exercises Ex May help you De you like an apple you give me a pound of apples please take two pounds of garlic keep the salad in the refrigerator give you a bag must Shall would Would Move the cursor over one of the possible solutions Hold down the left mouse button and drag the solution to the correct gap When you have dragged the solution into the gap it locks in place and you can re lease the mouse button E Many drag and drop exercises can also be solved using voice commands If you see a microphone symbol in the gap just say the correct answer directly into the microphone and the missing word or phrase will automatically move into the gap Be careful wrong answers can also be moved into the gap Click on Correction to check your answers Any words or phrases that have been moved into the wrong gap will fall to the bottom of the window 3 Fill in the gap 5 arrive close leave open start The stores dow
36. ou end the program the software marks your position in the course CLT user manual ha nhotn Gent nana Q he photo story page 6 B The photo stories Many units in the course begin with a photo story which sets the context for the exercises that follow In a dialog with native speakers you will be introduced to new vocabulary and structures While working with a photo story you can train text and listening comprehension as well as your pronunciation i campus largusge training Corporat corporale language training af acne Louuaafeua Klud wad dawrmei actu uiuunt Vaniu nulglwuu a Business English a a Telephoning a Giling through KK All abou fhe phone sien Codes and numbers Avtar Sppakang io Tom Smith ie UW aa fd ike lo Speak to Mr Zare eave One moment please ating through bo Mr egan Hella hella remover uy Of the top of my head gafeal Magizpaakbo Mr men pi oan Jud a moment pltas nv r Interactie dialogus b Whos speaking b calling back b Wrong mumier Messages Finding help b Racing ppople Linderstanding and Estening b Intonmal call and finishing up b ones por cee nee Meetings b Preseniations b Mingatiagions b uio 1 Learning with the photo story Start the photo story and listen closely First watch and listen to the complete story Go back to the beginning of the photo story and start it again Pay particular attention to the parts that you might not have understood the first t
37. our microphone for about 5 seconds E End the microphone calibration by clicking on the Close box The microphone calibration is saved You only need to repeat it when you want to use a different micro phone Now you can see if the Video Tutor understands you The software allows you to navigate through the program not only with the mouse but also with voice commands CLT user manual Start first steps end page 6 AANS Tuaana amtu Dee Letlartes elt isa mnuandinjumissiun udasnamaaniace loa Ask for help Ti Ti m repeat m could you repeat that please Ti m go back please Ti Ti m translate please m need a translation J Tim help me please Ti Ti m end program please m would like to end the program Click on a command in the course window with the mouse in order to hear it Speak the command into the microphone When the Video Tutor has understood you you will receive a blue check mark Practice the commands a bit more With a click of the mouse on the top right arrow you skip to the next page you find out how to say this to the Video Tutor in the third exercise page Always speak to your Video Tutor by name So that the Video Tutor recognizes that you are speaking to him her you just have to say his her name first Then of course you have to talk to him her in his her mother tongue After all your goal is to learn that language 4 Navigating the program wit
38. s from the language course that you wish to learn and transfer them into the folder My words There are two ways to do this Right click on a word in an exercise to view the dictionary entry Then click on the symbol A which you will see in the dictionary entry window mean EE WE Select one or more exercises or folders in the IntelliPlan right click to show the pop up menu and se lect the option Add words 2 Organizing entries under My words Words which have been entered into the folder My words also automatically appear in the folder Vocabu lary list You can create new folders according to your personal needs within My words by using all of the standard the IntelliPlan functions copy drag etc Deleting words Highlight one or more words in the IntelliPlan right click to show the pop up menu and select the option Delete If you delete words from My words or My index card boxes then they will only be removed from these two folders However if you delete words from the main Vocabulary list they will not only be re moved from this list but from every other folder too Sorting words in a folder Right click on the folder and select Sort from the pop up menu In the sorting window choose how you would like to sort your words by clicking on the titles of the columns To change the order of the columns simply drag them to the desired position To restore the original order of the words alphabetical click on the arrow
39. s which may be used to open and close them Test folders are blue exercises contained within are in test mode meaning that there are no aids available to help you and there is a time limit Vocabulary practice folders are green and provide the opportunity to add words to index card boxes for training 4 Reference section t Pronunciation gt Basics t Focus on Britain t Grammar index 4 Vocabulary practice Vocabulary list My words gt My index card boxes gt Talk to Tim Learning elements photo stories and exercises are not written in bold type A symbol in the T column identifies them as an exercise or photo story and also shows the exercise type when appropriate Say hella ERSAT iv name s Dave m Ob 06 04 he a 93 29 04 2 40 atl My name s Ellen m G 05 04 336 Mice to meet you rs 2 Information in the IntelliPlan columns All information about your learning progress is saved in the columns of IntelliPlan Here you can see exact ly what you have already completed the score that you have received and what is next You can see your score for each individual exercise in IntelliPlan The results for each folder e g units lessons tests is based on the combined results of the elements in each folder The score for the folder is the average score for all exercises the duration signifies the entire amount of time which has been spent in the folder and the date is the last time an element in the
40. s working properly The system is ready to record when the red mark under the Video Tutor appears While you are speaking into the microphone the blue bar or level indicator should move For the voice recognition to function best you should now calibrate the mi crophone E e form in whole or in part without prior written approval of digital publishing Copyright 2010 digital publishing AG All rights reserved This manual may not be copied photocopied reproduced translated or converted to any electronic or oe TT EES E machine readab CLT user manual Microphone calibration n order to calibrate your microphone click on the microphone symbol in the Windows taskbar in the bottom right corner of your screen beside the clock or choose the option Calibrate from the menu bar in the course window Intellispeech x Realtek HD Audio output d fe JAULA MHAM semi ATUS LASH SssllEOEIuf ts aAA lee L R LP L R 22 22 B2 62 22 22 AWHUGH OLA SLL EM 6 SOLO d ng o E a Usubne x gcu Asya 0 00 wratiua digital pubWshing Speak into your microphone and adjust the microphone level so that the blue level indicator under the Video Tutor does not move when you are silent and moves to about the middle when you speak Click on Calibrate speak into the microphone for 2 to 3 seconds and then be silent until the box is active again While calibrating the program measures the background noise of y
41. select it Click on Correction to correct the exercise Any incorrect words or sentences including those which should have been marked but weren t will begin to flash CLT user manual 13 Pronunciation practice These exercises are designed to help you improve your pronunciation so the corresponding results dis played in the IntelliPlan refer to your pronunciation alone The software analyses your pronunciation and recommends a course of action additional practice of the whole sentence of sentence parts or of individ ual words The results indicate how good your pronunciation is in comparison to a native speaker the goal is to achieve a level of at least 80 SERBS SRE LLLLLLLLLLLLLLL ee ee ee LLLLLLL LLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL 9 e PMSS 90 The market opened at eight in the morning First the sentence will be spoken by a native speaker Listen carefully to the native speaker s pronuncia tion and stress You can listen to the sentence as often as you like by clicking on the loudspeaker symbol to the left of the sentence You know when the program is ready to accept your spoken entry by the blinking blue bar underneath the sentence Now try saying the sentence into your microphone and imitating the native speaker s pronuncia tion as closely as possible Your pronunciation entry will now be analyzed in three ways Above every word in the sentence a column appears indicating how well your pronunciation for that
42. the dialog bubble to hear the text again 3 Navigating with the Talk to Tim Of course you can go through the photo story using voice commands To do this you just have to tell the Video Tutor which function for example Stop he or she should execute In the menu bar at the top of the dialog window you can see the names of the different functions in the target language You can look up how to say other functions for example Hide text in the corresponding exercise in the Talk to Tim unit cc ar E gs Is CLT user manual C The exercises To train all language skills optimally and to ensure that the learning process does not become boring you are presented with a wide variety of exercises in the software The symbols in the IntelliPlan indicate what kind of exercise you will be working with 1 How do you complete an exercise The exercises have a variety of functions and offer various kinds of help To benefit the most from the course please complete the exercises in the manner described below Instructions Listen to the Video Tutor s instructions Click on the Video Tutor to hear the instructions again Read the instructions next to the Video Tutor You can also press the ALT key here to see a transla tion Some exercises appear already solved This is so that you can see the answers in advance You can recognize these exercises by the instructions and by the mouse pointer As soon as you click on any part
43. to 100 good very good You can change the order of the columns To do this press down the left mouse button and drag the column to its new location The Content column cannot be moved The width of the columns can also be changed Just put the mouse cursor over the right border of the column heading press down on the left mouse button and drag the border line to make it wider or narrower To fade out individual columns click on the column heading with the right mouse button and select the column from the list 3 Using the IntelliPlan The IntelliPlan works like Windows Explorer With the triangle symbols you can open or close the contents of a folder When you click on a folder or exercise in the IntelliPlan it appears in the course window If you open a lot of folders in the IntelliPlan at the same time you will not be able to see the contents of all of them at once To view them simply use the scroll bar on the right hand side of the IntelliPlan or use the wheel of the mouse to scroll down Likewise if not all of the columns in the IntelliPlan can be displayed at the same time a scroll bar appears at the bottom of the frame The easiest way to use the IntelliPlan is with the mouse There are pop up menus for additional functions To display these simply right click on a folder or exercise in the IntelliPlan The functions in the pop up menu are carried out in the exercise or folder which has been selected You can for e
44. xample inserta note in the selected exercise delete a note which has already been inserted CLT user manual print the IntelliPlan exercises dialogs or vocabulary index cards add words from the selected folder into the Vocabulary practice section manage the content of the folders in Vocabulary practice LEVSRaati RUT Gm damadtttuiZa rIz WNW UST On the following page you can find an overview of the mouse and keyboard functions in IntelliPlan CLT user manual Task Selecting an item Display or hide folder contents Selecting a list of items in suc cession Selecting various items that are not in succession Display the context menu for an entry Function Selecting downwards Selecting upwards Expand or close list Select the first entry Select the last entry Insert notes Using the mouse Click on an item with the left mouse but ton Click on the triangle symbol in front of the folder Drag a frame around the items with the mouse or click on the first item and then the last item while pressing down the Shift key While pressing down the Ctrl key click on one item after the other Right click on the entry Keyboard command Shift key arrow key pointing down wards Shift key arrow key pointing up wards Ctrl open Ctrl close Home End What happens The item that is selected in the IntelliP lan is displaye
45. y rooted in your long term memory The process begins as soon as you choose an exer cise form Once you have worked through the list all those words which you remembered correctly will be transferred to the next Compartment Those that you did not remember will move back into Compartment 1 and will be repeated automatically The program automatically sorts the words and compiles a list of words for the review You can keep choosing different exercise types until all of the words end up in Compartment 5 5 Results The result achieved for every word is saved in the IntelliPlan The colors green yellow and red are used to indicate different results The first result for a word registered in the IntelliPlan will either be green know or red don t know If the second result for this word is poor then the green will change to yellow If the third result is poor then the yellow will change to red Likewise a red result can change to yellow and then to green CLT user manual green learner knows this word yellow learner is not sure of this word red learner does not know this word The following information is saved in the IntelliPlan for each word Result result achieved in the Memorize and Translation exercises E Pronunciation evaluation of pronunciation Dictation the result achieved in the Dictation exercises Date date word was last reviewed Additionally on the folder level you will see the total
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