CD APPLICATION ANALYSIS

1. SPEAK ENGLISH

Euro Talk interactive

LEARN BRITISH ENGLISH

The program is run speaking and listening, the learner will hear some words, phrases, and and sentences, thus in dialogue from the program and availabled to compare space for genuine voice between the learner and the genuine voice. It is a complete application for learning English listening and speaking. The program is complete program for the learner because the learners are able to leaner listening started from word, phrase, sentence, and dialogue, thus speaking directly, and the learner can compare the learner’s voices and the real from the application by recording, quiz for the learner.

Main display for the program where the learner can choose what the learner want to choose.

The steps for using the application are:

1. Install the software first but the still using the cd inside, until this lay out is displayed.
2. Type your name at the below box for registration
3. After this display is gotten the learner can choose the menu
4. The learner are able to see the sentence and able to hear the voice
5. The display for the application tcompleted by the dialogue

The program actually as Quick time installer version 7.1.3.100, copyright apple computer. inc. 1989-2006 with the size of the memory used 18,7 mb. Running the applications need high resolution 1024×768 bit at least.

Purpose

Guide the users of the CD to learn English from the first of learning English, all elements of learning English such as listening, reading, structure and Speaking can be indirectly learned. The users are able to study from the simple one because the user can start phrase practice until dialogue practice. These are performed almost the element of learning English like reading from the display of dialogue on the screen, listening can be acquired from the sound of the CD, moreover speaking users can apply by record the users’ voices. It is a complete learning.

The Strength of the Application

1. The application relatively easy to use
2. Give clear explanation indirectly for each word, phrase, sentence and dialogue for the user.
3. Totally guide the user for learning English in speaking by recording, listening by clear speaking from the program, and perform the words, phrase, and sentence for the display and dialogue.
4. Include quiz inside which make the user know the result of the learning.
5. Clear sound.

The Weakness of The Application

1. Difficult to instal for the beginner of Computer User.
2. Need relatively high end computer, the resolution at least 1024×768 bit.
3. Big memory used.
4. Depend on the CD player because it is not autorun without CD player.
5. Need high spec. computer, the autorun is on CD and cmomputer system.

2. LEARN ENGLISH

Euro Talk interactive

The application consist some menus inside such as:

1. Word Practice
2. Speaking Practice
3. Easy Game
4. Hard Game

Follow some choices of the game, the learner can learn by guessing simple game like flags, food, or country to guess the name from the pictures after that followed by the voice from the application. The application completed some source for learning; to finish all the menus of the game need long time enough. The learner can use it for listening speaking and understand speling from the game inside. The application is portable, the learner can use the CD only for playing the application without plug in the system.

Purpose

Whoever the user of the CD will be guided indirectly by the CD. It is interactive CD, just follow the menus inside the user as learner brought to follow the conversation like nature condition, as they hear and see directly then they can apply it indirectly

The Strength of The Application

1. The application is portable it doesn’t use the system of the computer.
2. Interactive to use because includes the game inside, the user indirectly learn.
3. Easy to operate, thus for the beginner.
4. Totally guide the user by simple instruction and clear words and sentences used.

The Weakness of The Application

1. High risk because the system in CD only, if the is CD broken, it can’t be used anymore.
2. The user who usually play game will focus on the way to finish without take care for the sentences that appear from the program.
3. Easy to copy.

3.ENGLISH WORD

A game for children with many menu can be taken and some indirectly instruction order. For the learner actually it is icebreaker but when the children follow the instruction the learner will understand some English word instinctively without they think at the time of playing the game. It completely indirect learning such as direct method or natural approach in teaching and learning, because the children just follow what they do in game when the game finish they indirectly learn some words.

The first name of English Word. Ink. a simple game running the applications need resolution 1024×768 bit at least.

The Strength of The Application

1. A game easy to use
2. Interactive game and almost the children as the the learner like it.
3. Give some new words and sentences by explanation after the player of the game success.
4. instruction means learns, the user should focus on the instruction if not always fail. It makes the user or the player read carefully the instruction, It means learning.
5. Completed many features of the game, it means reads many instruction and read many sentences.

The Weakness of The Application

1. For gamer it is too easy.
2. The children sometimes just remember the way without take care the instructions, it means remember game procedures without understanding the sentences as the instruction.
3. The application use CD and Computer system to operate the game.

4. SAT SOFT VOCABULARY

The game actually similar with the game before, for the learner actually it is icebreaker but when the children follow the instruction the learner will understand some english word instinctively without they think at the time of playing the game. It completely indirect learning such as direct method or natural approach in teaching and learning, because the children just follow what they do in game when the game finish they indirectly learn some word. But this game has different focus for the children, the children guided to follow the direction and some word carefully and follow the game

The Strength of The Application

1. A game easy to use
2. Interactive game and almost the children as the the learner like it.
3. Give some words and sentences by explanation after the player of the game success.
4. instruction means learns, the user should not focus on the instruction . It rather slow explanation and easy to understand

The Weakness of The Application

1. For gamer it is too easy, sometime make boring.
2. The children sometimes just remember the way without take care the instructions, it means remember game procedures without understanding the sentences as the instruction.
3. The application use CD and Computer system to operate the game.
4. Too simple game sometime children disk like this game.