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Usability:

Euro program is flexible tools , ease and inherent interest of the program. When you want to use this program it is very easy to follow the instruction. You may choose topic that you want to know and to learn just click the symbol or sign then you will see the topic as soon as possible. For example, you want to learn about “Food” so you just click the symbol “food” then you will find information about “ Food” and in this topic you can explore your language skill by practicing ; word practice, speaking practice, print picture dictionary and easy or hard game.

Content Appropriateness:

The content of Euro talk program is very comprehensive set of communication skills in the English language. Throughout each topic and section, the content of this program is very suitable for students who are beginners up to advance .Each lesson or section challenges students to learn more and more, and it also encourages the students to advanced their knowledge. Each section of Euro Talk provides five practical components to make the user ‘ learning experience more interesting and successful. It includes a variety of exercises to be used for drilling to strengthen the students’ competence in English.

Effectiveness :

Effectiveness refers to how effectively the program assists language learners to improve their mastery of grammar.
I think Euro Talk program is very effective to improve the user English competence not only grammar but also vocabulary and accuracy too. As you know every topic consist of five sections ; “Word practice” that can sharpen and add students’ vocabulary, Speaking practice it can improve the students’ speaking skill, Easy and Hard game can advanced our students knowledge and thinking skills.

Performance :

As we know that performance or attractiveness refers to the presentation, lay out of the screen, the color, and the illustrations ( picture, diagram, charts, etc).
To tell you the truth, after watching “Euro Talk” I can conclude that this program is very attractive, the lay out is very perfect, colorful and the illustration is very good. The sound or voice is very clear enough, the speaker here are native speaker, it is really eye catching , like when the speaker say “Red” then “Red apple” picture appears. The other plus point of Euro Talk is many activities or choices , using native speaker, very interesting and challenging more than that it makes students fun and happy.

My comment about CD Issue in English Pasca Sarjana

This CD contain a lot of information about how to learn English , it is started from level one until level four. To operate this program is very simple and easy, but before using this program we have to install first so we can enter or click the procedure of this program.

To run this program you may start from the instruction Getting Started , then you may choose the language skill that you want to learn . You may click Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar, Speaking, or Writing.

After watching this CD “Issues in English “ my comment are :

Interactivity:

This program used the principle of interactivity, it means that the user is involved actively to run the program. It can stimulate interaction between the computer and the user. For example , when the language skill is about writing , the user instruct to fill in or to write on the computer and the user has to use the correct grammar , if it is correct there is a sign and voice correct if the answer is wrong there is a sign too that indicate your answer is not true. This program is also interactive because there are many alternative or choices about the language skills, and to do it is really easy and simple we just click the symbol or the sign.

Usability:

Talking about usability (flexibility) I think the “Issue in English” is also usability. Why? It is easy and very simple to run or navigate this program. You can imagine that the user can learn English starting from basic level up to advanced level. The user can learn about Listening, Vocabulary, Grammar, Speaking, and Writing. It means that the user may choose any kind of language skill he or she wants to learn, it is very flexible and simple.

Content Appropriateness

The content of “Issue in English” I think it is very comprehensive program , the user can learn many alternatives to master it. For example, at level four, there are many kinds of model that we can duplicate or imitate if we want to introduce or tell a story or information

Performance

The performance ( attractiveness) refers to the presentation, lay out of the screen, the color, and illustration ( picture, diagram, etc) I think , Issue in English is very good in performance. The way the native speaker talk are very natural, the lay out of this program is good enough but not really eye catching, because the color is not so bright . The illustration is also good .