vokabeltrainer

quick reference

Starting the software The Vokabeltrainer will start automatically as soon as you put the CD into your computer's CD-Rom drive. You do not need to install the software: only your personal vocabulary list will be saved on your computer's hard drive as you work through the course and deleted during the deinstallation* process.

If the AutoPlay function on your computer has been switched off, the Vokabeltrainer will not start automatically. In this case, display the contents of

the CD in Windows Explorer and start the program by clicking on Setup.exe. In the Setup window, make sure that the Vokabeltrainer is ticked and then click on Weiter to continue. Now you can start the application using the link in the digital publishing program group. *To uninstall the software, open the Setup window again and remove the check mark from the Vokabeltrainer. To complete deinstallation, click on Weiter. Note: Uninstalling the software will result in the loss of all personalized content and data pertaining to the progress you have made.

Multilingual user interface In the Vokabeltrainer, you may select your user language from the Sprache option in the menu bar of the IntelliPlan window. You may choose from the following user languages: English,

French, Italian, Spanish, or German. To see a translation of the instructions and menu bar functions, just press the Alt key.

Exiting the software There are several ways to exit the application:

Select the command Beenden from the Aktionen menu in the IntelliPlan.

Use the key combination Alt + F4 Give your Video Tutor a voice command.

(Find out how this works in unit Voice Pilot.)

Is my computer configured correctly? To ensure complete functionality of your educa-tional software so that you get the most out of the course, your computer should fulfill the system

requirements described on the box. The recom-mended dp Headset may be obtained in stores or directly from digital publishing.

Any other questions? For answers to any questions not dealt with in the Help file, simply fill out the form Support.doc (in the Support directory on the CD-Rom) and contact our Customer Services Department:

Website www.digitalpublishing.de/support E-mail support@digitalpublishing.de Fax +49(0)89 – 74 79 23 08 Telephone +49(0)89 – 74 74 82 99

(weekdays from 1 to 6 p.m.)

vokabeltrainer Two learning environments which foster the learning process With the Vokabelkurs, you will be able to syste-matically expand your vocabulary by learning new words, either alone or in the context of a sentence. In addition to letting you choose between specific

vocabulary topics and your own, personalized vocabulary list, the Vokabeltrainer also allows you to select the number of words to learn and the way in which you would like to learn them.

The Vokabelkurs It is best to work through the topics in the Vocabu-lary course in the order given. To move backwards and forwards between the exercises in a unit, simply click on the arrow symbols on the top right of the screen, or click on an exercise in the IntelliPlan.

Alternatively, direct the Video Tutor using voice commands. You can find out how this works in the Voice Pilot unit at the end of the Vokabelkurs.

Instructions Listen to the Video Tutor. Click on the

Video Tutor to hear the instruction again.

Read the instruction that appears to the right of the Video Tutor. To obtain a translation of this instruction, press the Alt key.

Some exercises initially appear to have been solved already. You can recognize

these exercises immediately from the look of the cursor and the instruction given at the beginning of the exercise. To activate the exercise, simply click on any part of the text.

A number of exercises can only be solved after listening to a text. You will recognize

these listening comprehension exercises by this symbol.

Try to solve the exercise without any help You can, however, click on Korrektur at any time to check your answers.

Correction Click on Korrektur on the menu bar at the top of the screen. (Press the Alt key to see a translation of the menu bar entries.) The exercise is solved correctly when all of the gaps have been filled and there are no more flashing words. When you press Korrektur, your results are recorded in the IntelliPlan.

Dictionary Right-click on an unfamiliar word to see a transla-tion of it. Here, in the dictionary window, you can also listen to a recording of the word by clicking on one of the loudspeaker symbols, or look at references to root forms by clicking on the high-lighted text. Additionally, you can add the word to Meine Vokabeln by clicking on the A symbol.

Sample solution Click on Lösung in the menu bar on the top of your screen. To translate the menu bar entries, press the Alt key.

Every exercise is also a small language laboratory Once you have completely solved an exercise, you will be able to use it to improve your listening comprehension skills or practice your pronuncia-tion. The cursor indicates whether the exercise is a listening comprehension exercise or a pronun-ciation exercise. listening comprehension pronunciation

vokabeltrainer Exercise results In the IntelliPlan, you will see both results - the result obtained for solving the exercise and the pronunciation result:

red symbol 0 to 49% grade E to D yellow symbol 50 to 79% grade C to B green symbol 80 to 100% grade A

The Vokabeltrainer The Vokabeltrainer contains the following folders:

Vokabelliste: A complete list of all of the words.

Grundwortschatz: The official vocabulary list for the A1 and A2 European Language Certifi-cates.

Thematischer Wortschatz: An advanced voca-bulary list organized according to specific top-ics or semantic fields.

Meine Vokabeln: Words of your own choice can be added to this folder, practised and or-ganised.

Meine Karteikästen: The interactive index-card method is an easy way to systematically learn new words and review old ones.

Vocabulary practice Each folder containing vocabulary displays these four symbols in the exercise window:

Vokabelliste (Overview): Show all of the words in the folder on index cards.

Einprägen (exercise type): Hide the word you wish to learn by clicking 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).

Übersetzen (exercise type): Type the correct word into the entry field on the left side of the screen. Alternatively, say the word into the microphone. Remember, however, that the

speech recognition mode must be activated for this function to work. Check your answer by clicking on Korrektur or pressing the re-turn 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.

Diktat (exercise type): Click on the loud-speaker symbol, listen to the word and write it down in the entry field on the left index card. To check your answer, simply click on Kor-rektur or press return. Move on to the next word by pressing return 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 whenever and 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.

Learning new words with the index card boxes In the IntelliPlan, select the words that you'd like to practice using the index card boxes. Open the context menu with a right mouse click. Then use the option In Karteikasten einfügen to select an index card box. The words will automatically be added to Fach 1 (Compartment 1) of the selected index card box. Now, click on Fach 1 and select an exercise type from the exercise window.

vokabeltrainer The index card box system follows a five-step principle: The words are repeated systematically until they have been firmly rooted in your long-term memory. The process begins as soon as you choose an exercise form. A maximum of 40 words will be automatically inserted into Compartment 1 for you to learn. All the words which you remem-ber correctly will be transferred to the next Com-partment. Those that you don’t remember, will move back into Compartment 1 and will be repeated automatically.

Organizing entries in “Meine Vokabeln“ You can create new folders within the Meine Vokabeln folder which can be organized using the usual IntelliPlan functions (copy, drag, etc.).

Adding words to “Meine Vokabeln” You can copy single words, or even entire vocabu-lary folders, and paste them into the Meine Vokabeln folder. Should you wish to add words from the Vokabelkurs to the Meine Voka-beln folder, simply,

right-click on a word in an exercise and click on the A symbol in the dictionary entry window.

select one or more exercises or folders in the IntelliPlan, right-click to show the pop-up menu and select the option Wörter übernehmen.

Deleting words Highlight one or more words in the IntelliPlan, right-click to show the pop-up menu and select the option Entfernen. If you delete words from Meine Vokabeln or Meine Karteikästen, then they will only be removed from these two folders. However, if you delete words from the main Vokabelliste, they will not only be removed from this list, but from every other folder too.

Sorting words in a folder Right-click on the folder and select Sortieren 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.

Review To review a particular group of words, highlight them in the IntelliPlan, right-click and select the option Wiedervorlage from the pop-up menu. This creates a copy of the selected words in a new folder called «Wiedervorlage». Words can be deleted from this folder at any time. Your results for each word are recorded in the Vokabelliste.

Results The result achieved for every word is saved in the IntelliPlan. The colors green, yellow and red are used to indicate different results:

green: learner knows this word yellow: learner is not sure of this word red: learner doesn't know this word

The first result for a word registered in the In-telliPlan 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.

Ergebnis: result achieved in the 'Memorize' and 'Translation' exercises

Aussprache: evaluation of pronunciation Diktat: the result achieved in the 'Dictation'

exercises Datum: date word was last reviewed

Additionally, on the folder level, you will see the total amount of time spent in each section.

Reset results Even though a word can be listed in several folders or index card boxes, the result received for this word is saved in the Vokabelliste. It is always

vokabeltrainer this cumulative result that appears in each individ-ual folder. Consequently, a result can only be reset in the Vokabelliste. To do this, simply right-click on one or more words from the list and select Zurücksetzen from the pop-up menu.

Printing index cards or vocabulary lists If you would like to continue studying away from the computer, just print out your own index cards or vocabulary lists. To do this, select the words or word folders that you would like to study, then right-click and choose the option Drucken or Karteikarten drucken from the pop-up menu.

Export audio Select the desired items, right-click and choose the option Audio exportieren from the pop-up menu. The audio files will be saved as MP3 files onto your computer. Now, you can burn the files onto a CD or transfer them onto your MP3 player.

Vocabulary practice with your iPod To transfer both text and audio files to your iPod, select the desired vocabulary or word folders in the IntelliPlan, open the context menu and select the option Mit iPod lernen... In the dialogue window, specify a folder on your computer where the content should be saved. The software auto-matically creates two subfolders here: The folder named Audio contains all audio files and the second folder contains all of the text data. Transfer the contents of the Audio folder to your iPod using iTunes. Transfer the folder with the text data into the Notes folder on your iPod using Windows Explorer. To play the downloaded files, select the desired folder on your iPod using the Extras and Notes menus. Display the content and choose the underlined terms in order to listen to the audio tracks. In this way, you can create your own personalized iPod vocabulary trainer.