Summary of IBM info off line

[Adonica Ann Sendelbach]

Dear Seelangers:
Below are the messages sent to me off line regarding IBM software for
Russian classes.  A few people have expressed interest in this info. and
would like it posted to the list.  IBM info already sent to the whole
listserve is not included here.
Donnie


If you have access to the WWW, please visit this site for all sorts of
software, CD-ROMs, and videos for learners of Russian.
If you don't, please write, fax, or call for a catalog (but the Web site
will give you more detailed information, and some free demos, too).
Slava Paperno
slava at lexiconbridge.com
www.lexiconbridge.com/
607/273-4316 (voice and fax)
Lexicon Bridge Publishers
Multimedia and books for students of Russian language and culture



We are in contact with "Zlatoust", a St.Petersburg that produces the Russian
language teaching materials. They have quite a number of software titles in
their catalog.
Yours Faithfully,
Oleg Semikhnenko
Middle EurAsian Books
eurasian at globalserve.net
Box 67045, 3200 Erin Mills Pkwy
Mississauga, Ontario
CANADA  L5L 1W8
Tel. (1)-905-828-1014
Fax.(1)-905-828-7967
'Soviet and post-Soviet publications'



A number of software packages that you need could be supplied by
Smartlink Corp. in Calif. Their toll free number is 1-800-256-4814.
Or visit their website http://www.smartlinkcorp.com
All the best,
Emil
edraitse at shiva.hunter.cuny.edu



My CD-ROM is a companion piece to Golosa, Part I, but I believe it could be
used with other textbooks or certainly made available to students as a
resource in a lab.
The software (now called Golosa Interactive, formerly Rusek, and ever so
briefly Ekran - don't ask, but you can guess I'm not into marketing)
contains approximately 433 screens, covering the grammar and vocabulary
presented in the textbook and following the textbook's presentation,
although nearly all materials, including grammar explanations, sound
recordings, graphics, etc., were written from scratch.
 Material covered: alphabet, numbers, all cases in the singular (nominative
and some prepositional case and some dative case in the plural), aspect,
all tenses, conjunctions, prepositions v, na, o, u, cherez, numbers, short
form adjectives. Topics covered: greetings, names, clothing, languages and
ethnicities, the university, daily activities, housing, family,
professions, shopping, and food.
The material may be accessed either in a format similar to the book
("Chapter" headings by topic with the grammar of the chapter presented
along the way), or through a reference grammar. Each chapter contains:
passive and active exercises on the vocabulary, listening comprehension
exercises (total of 2+ hours of audio), and numerous grammar exercises with
links to the reference grammar.
The software is available for Windows only (3.1, 95, or NT) and requires a
CD-ROM drive, sound card, 16k RAM, and a 100 Mz processor.
Unfortunately, I don't have any information on how to purchase. I turned
over rights to the product to Prentice Hall (publishers of the textbook). I
suggest you contact one of their editorial assistants, Heather Finstuen
(Heather_Finstuen at prenhall.com), to whom I'm ccing this message. I do
believe they are selling the product very inexpensively.
Hope this helps, and thanks for your inquiry.
Regards,
Mark Kaiser
Berkeley Language Center
mkaiser at socrates.berkeley.edu