Auralog Tell Tell me More Performance Quick start guide

QUICKSTARTGUIDE

ThankyouforpurchasingTELLMEMORE

Performance.ThisQuickStart

Guidewillhelpyoutobetterutilizeouraward‐winninglanguagesoftware.

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Tobegin,inserttheDVD‐ROMintoyourcomputer’sdrive.

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CREATING AN ACCOUNT

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WhenyoufirstuseTELLMEMORE

,youwillhavetocreateyourownaccount.

Youcancreateasmanyusernamesandpasswordsasyouwishonthesame

computer.Inthatsense,yourentirefamilycanuseTELLMEMORE

andkeep

trackoftheprogressforeachaccount.

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Steponeistochooseyourusername,andthenchooseapassword.Itisnot

necessarytocreateapassword;youcanleavethatfieldblankandjustuseyour

usernametologin.Theuserlanguageisthelanguageinwhichtheexplanations,

translationswillbegiven(chooseEnglishbydefault).

CHOOSINGALEVEL

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Onceyouhavecreatedanaccount,yournextstepistochoosealeveltobeginyour

studies.Simplychoosethelevelthatyouwishtobeginat,andthenclickonthe

green“check”arrow.

CHOICEOFFUNCTIONMODEFORTELLMEMORE®

InTELLMEMORE

,threedifferentlessonmodesareavailable.

IfyouareaBeginnerand/orneverusedTELLMEMORE

,startwiththe

GuidedMode.

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1–FREE‐TO‐ROAMMODE

Thismodeisorganizedbyworkshopsaccordingtoskills/topics:

‐LessonWorkshop ‐CulturalWorkshop‐OralWorkshop

‐VocabularyWorkshop‐GrammarWorkshop‐WrittenWorkshop

Free‐to‐RoamModegivesyoumorefreedominnavigationandallowsyouto

changetheoptionsofdifferentactivities(e.g.thelevelforspeechrecognition.)

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2‐GUIDEDMODE

DifferentLearningPathsareofferedinthislessonmode;theyarealready

organizedinapedagogicalway.Mostoptionscannotbechangedfromthedefault

settings.

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3‐DYNAMICMODE

Inthismode,thestudentcanchoosetoworkaccordingtotheobjectivesoffered,

afterwhichpointTELLMEMORE

adaptsthelinguisticcontenttohelpstudents

workontheskillsthattheyneedtoimprovethemost,ascalculatedbytheir

performanceineachactivity.

GUIDEDMODE

Thenameofthelessonsforeachlevelappearsontheleftofyourscreen.

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Thedifferentactivitiesassociatedwitheachlessonappearontherightofyour

screen(squares).

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Foreachlesson,theeasiestactivityisontheleftandthehardestonesareatthe

veryright.Youshouldgothrougheachactivityforeachlesson,startingwiththe

firstsquareandmovingtowardsthelastone,lefttoright.

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Onceyougothroughalesson,moveontothenextone.

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Tobegin,clickonthefirstactivityofthefirstlesson:DialogueExplore

GUIDEDMODE:DIALOGUEEXPLORE

Theinstructionsalwaysappearonthetopleftforeachactivity.

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TheprincipleofTELLMEMORE

isimmersion,whichistheprovenbestwayto

learnalanguage.Itisthesameasifyouweretogoabroadtolearnthelanguage.

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Atfirst,youwilllistentowords/sentencestogetfamiliarwiththesoundsofthe

language,andlookatthetranslationofthesewords/sentences.Thenyouwillbe

giventheopportunitytospeakthesewords/sentencesusingourstate‐of‐the‐art

speechrecognitiontechnology.

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Afterlisteningandpracticingthesewords,youwillimproveyourcomprehension

ofthelanguage.

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ThefirstactivityistheDialogueExplore.

Inthisfirstactivity,therearenorightorwronganswers.Youjustneedtoclickon

anyofthethreeanswersandmoveontothenextdialogue.

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Thepurposehereistogetyoufamiliarwiththesoundsofthelanguage(clickon

theloudspeakernexttothesentencetohearitasmanytimesasyouwish),and

lookatthetranslationofthewords/sentencestounderstandtheirmeaning.These

samewordsandsentenceswillappearinthenextactivities,reinforcingyour

learning.

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Togetthetranslationofeachsentence,pleaseclickontheflagiconatthe

topleftofyourscreen(seebelow).

Youcanalsousetheicon“Findoutmoreaboutaword”(thecircleand

arrowicononthetopleftofyourscreen).Thisiconwillbeveryimportant

throughoutthesoftware.Whenyouclickonthaticon,several

words/sentenceswillbehighlightedonthescreen.Youcanclickoneach

highlightedwordandwillbeableto:getthetranslation,listentotheword,

pronounceit,pronouncethesentence(whenappropriate),aswellashaving

alinktotheconjugationordictionary(whenappropriate).

CREATEANAUDIOCD(INGUIDEDMODEONLY)

YoucanexporttheaudiocontentofTELLMEMORE

(dialogues,videos,…)

ontoyourharddrive,andthenburnyourownaudioCDs,orimportthefiles

ontoyourMP3players(ifyouhavetheabilitytoconvertouraudiofilesontoMP3).

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Todoso,clickontheupside‐downquestionmarkicononthetoprightofyour

screen.

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ThenselectAudioCDattheverybottom.

Next,selectthelessoncontainingtheaudiofilesyouwouldliketocopyto

yourharddrive.

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TOOLS AND INFO ICON

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Thetoolsandinfo(upside‐downquestionmark)iconislocatedonthetopright

ofyourscreen.Itisavailableoneverypage,anditenablesyoutohaveaccessto:

‐ReferenceTools:GrammarExplanations,ConjugationTool,Glossary,Cultural

TextsandMaps

‐Help:Usingthecurrentscreen,navigating,usingspeechrecognition

‐Functions:

‐LessonsModes:changelessonmodesbetweenGuided,Free‐to‐roamand

dynamicmodes

‐Options

‐Print:everypageofTELLMEMORE

isprintable

‐AudioCD:seeabove(onlyinGuidedmode)

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Ifyouhaveanymorequestionsorneedtechnicalsupport,feelfreeto

contactusat:

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Auralog

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Phoenix,AZ85034

Toll‐free:8883883535

Phone:6024700300 

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