Anyone who thinks they can pass exams just from a few hours interacting with a computer programme probably needs to have their head examined.

If the developers had pitched this as something a bit less ambitious, I might find it more attactrive.

As for calling it "Adult Advantage" -- it sounds like a season ticket to a porn site.... You just might want to change that...

Even so, I rather doubt the programme offers anything to make it worth giving it HD-room, frankly.

Although I'm happy to be proved wrong -- if I see loads of positive comments, I will re-visit the idea of installation. But unfortunately, GAOTD has been serving up a few clunkers in a row recently, so I am a little more circumspect about installing stuff that might just take up valuable HD room and registry space.

Sorry if this sounds a little critical, and I'll probably get voted down for this, but this is something that PROBABLY needs to be said -- if only for the message that the "votes" will send to GAOTD -- if more than a few people agree with me.

Tranmontane  –  12 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+359)

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In order to teach English it is necessary to understand English, and it is evident that whoever designed this programme fell short in that respect. In a brief trial I have looked at a series of definitions, many of which were inaccurate or excessively vague, and encountered one spelling mistake. It appears that this programme is intended to teach USA "English" rather than UK English, and it would be desirable for the fact to be specified. It would also be helpful for it to be made clear that this is intended as a "teach yourself" system.

Adrian March  –  12 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+140)

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1. This program needs your email to start! You need to create new user profile in the program and you CAN'T start the program without giving an email address.
2. The program needs AdobeAir to work. It installs it, but its outdated version already (it updates itself right after installation).

anonymous  –  12 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+135)

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@10: The use of the word "their" is to indicate possessive. The sentence states that the "vocabulary and literacy" belong to the child and that those two subjects will "rapidly improve". The English presented in that statement is grammatically correct.

Grammar Police  –  12 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+66)

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Hoping for some pr0n software, I was disappointed quickly ; > Still, I went on.

Been clicking the multiple choice test for some time. I'm not a native English speaker.

Difficulty was from 'easy' to 'hmmm... strange, what would this be?'

I'm now 'stuck' at the following example...

"The molten MAGMA burned the soles of his feet."2
* Flash
* Plain
* Slag
* Hill
* Conclusion

To me, this makes no sense. So I started The Google. And there's an answer indeed ; p2

Software seems solid. Looks professional, nice gray / red look.

The program REQUIRES registration with a valid email address. Without registration, you cannot run the tests.2

Besides Multiple Choice testing, you also get Column Matching, Flash Card, Definition Recognition.

There is also a Progress tab. Here you can see your total results and the results per category. My total was surprisingly low after 5 minutes of clicking: 84%. So good learning opportunity indeed.

I can imagine tough that one gets bored after a while. There's no feedback while you are testing, so it quicly turns into click-click-click-click. Fun for a while, as long as you encounter strange words like slag ; )

The program's simplicity makes it suitable for youngsters learning English too - but it's business look-and-feel might not appeal too much.

All in all: decent software, with what seems a huge vocabulary set. The point is not to learn you really difficult, strange words. More it intends to offer you alternative, less blase wordings. Because it's an English-only software, this works very well. English almost always has another (more French) way of phrasing.

More information heer: http://www.langomax.com/adult-advantage/2

One might not see it at first glance, but a lot of research went into this dataset. Keeper and thank you, GOTD.

Peace!

Devvie



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devnullius  –  12 years ago  –  Βρήκατε αυτό το σχόλιο χρήσιμο? ναι | όχι (+60)

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