Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1620 in Software
• Brand: EuroTalk Limited
• Published on: 2003-12-22
• Released on: 2000-06-07
• Platforms: Mac, Windows
• Dimensions: 7.76" h x .35" w x 4.96" l, .30 pounds

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

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

Customer Reviews

Hol van a palyaudvar?
The Hungarian language is a pig to learn. It has little (very little) in common with other European languages, making it more difficult than say, Spanish where you can almost make a guess. This piece of software presents the very basics of the language in a fun and memorable way. The fun cheesy games make for effective learning tools, and they take the edge off the pain. It wont teach you how to speak - I've been learning with a teacher for 1.5 years and can hardly string 2 sentences together, so this has little chance. But - It will give you enough so that you can get by with a phrase book. Good fun, interesting and relevant. Good package in a small market.

One small step at a time
There are no instructions on the CD. It opens with a self explanitoryscreen. By experimenting with the icons it is easy to navigate. There areabout 10 different sections covering such topics as numbers, time, firstwords, shopping, countries, common phrases. Each section has a speakingvocabulary list, two levels of game play, and the ability to record yourown voice. A particular advantage of the vocabulary lists is that the wordis pronounced by both a man then a woman so slight differences in the waythey speak can lead you to getting the correct pronunciation. (The womanrolls her r's far more than the man.) The level is definately for thosejust beginning to learn the language. The topics covered are good andthose which some one new to the language would find interesting.
It does not attempt to teach hungarian at all, there are no lessons onvowel harmony, or deriving noun and verb endings etc. It is purely forpronunciation and the understanding of spoken word.
So why not five stars. I would have liked to have seen more topicalentries such as days of the week, the seasons etc. In addition the numberof spoken phrases is limited, more about eating out, ordering things ,questions about yourself etc would have turned this into an absolutelyinvaluable resource for the beginner.
Overall, excellent and very good value for money.