Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1567 in Software
• Brand: EuroTalk Limited
• Released on: 2008-12-03
• Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP, Mac OS X
• Format: Closed-captioned

Manufacturer's Description

The Talk Now! Range is the world's best selling language learning CD-ROM series for beginners, used by more than eight million people to date. Talk Now! caters for all types of beginner: young learners from the age of 4, families, students and people going abroad with no knowledge of the language. It is simple to use, with no installation required - the program runs straight from the CD, and is compatible with the latest versions of Mac and Windows.

Eurotalk software is completely intuitive - the simple interface means that learning is as easy as pointing and clicking. Speech recording allows you to record your voice and compare it with native speakers. Quiz yourself with 2 levels of difficulty to test what you've learnt - earn points and monitor your progress, then take on the memory man and get the maximum possible 1800 points to receive the gold award! Learn at your computer - or alternatively, print out pages of the printable picture dictionary, or you can learn on the move using the iPod application.

Above all, EuroTalk discs are designed to be fun. Research in the early 1990s at the University of California revealed that memory is greatly improved when accompanied by fun and laughter. Our quizzes, games and stories provide this and you will be amazed how much you remember after a surprisingly short time devoted to a disc.

What people have said

'You'll find you can't drag yourself away - in short, you can't stop yourself learning.' What PC Magazine

'addictive'The Times

'The most entertaining CD-ROM language packages come from the publisher EuroTalk' South China Post

'Buying EuroTalk has helped me so much - the vocabulary I had learned in just 30 minutes was extraordinary! I look forward to learning more with EuroTalk software.' Robin Cross - 16th May 2008

'This is an excitingly different language learning series. Talk Now! uses games and quizzes as a basis for making the learning process fun and relaxing. There's no better way to teach and old dog new tricks and this fun element of the programme means that your fears are forgotten as you absorb words and phrases without even realising you are learning them.' PC Answers

'You'll find you can't drag yourself away - in short, you can't stop yourself learning.' What PC Magazine

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Customer Reviews

For beginners and tourists
The program is very easy to use and you definitely feel like you're getting somewhere with it. Although the games are a little uninspired, it gives you enough variation to practice without getting bored. However, this is for absolute beginners and I wouldn't expect to be able to get by speaking French without further help. The phrases are good to know but useless unless you can understand the answer, and the words are useful but, again, not much use unless you can put them in context. A good foundation, but not much more than that.