Tell Me More Italian Premium Version 7

by Auralog

Product Features

• Improved user interface; audio CD, plus free headset and microphone included
• Complete and extensive Italian software with up to 850 hours of learning
• 4 levels including complete beginner, beginner, intermediate, and advanced
• 4,500 exercises and 37 types of activities broken down into 6 workshops
• Covers reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: 2749011019
• Item model number: 7-004-1234
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 2, 2004
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,406 in Software (See Top 100 in Software)
  • #36 in Software > Education & Reference > Foreign Languages > Italian

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

TeLL me More, the world's leading software for language learning, is valued by users and teachers alike for its speech-recognition technology and personalized language courses. TeLL me More has more than five-million satisfied users worldwide, and it is used in more than 10,000 academic institutions and global leading organizations such as the U.S. government, FBI, EDS, Rice University, Toyota, Miami-Dade Public Schools, Maricopa Community College, and others.

This new and improved Premium Italian software offers significant innovations:

• New complete beginner level now available.
• Audio CD included to reinforce your Italian learning.
• Extract TeLL me More audio files and burn them to audio CDs or convert them to use on your MP3 player.
• Improved navigation and interface.

The new TeLL me More Italian Premium includes the following levels--complete beginner, beginner, intermediate, and advanced, plus 850 hours of Italian learning and contains 4,500 exercises, organized in 37 different types of activities. All the skills critical to learn Italian are addressed including reading, writing, listening, speaking, vocabulary, grammar, and culture.

Unsurpassed Content to Learn Italian

• 850 hours of Italian learning, the most extensive offer on the market for Italian software.
• 4,500 exercises and 37 types of activities broken down into six workshops (Lesson, Cultural, Grammar, Vocabulary, Oral, and Written).
• Complete Italian course includes four levels in one package--complete beginner, beginner, intermediate, and advanced--to reach fluency in Italian.

A Personalized Italian Learning Approach

Choose between three distinct lesson modes to best adapt the lessons to your needs.

• The Free-to-Roam mode allows you to select the activities of your choice.
• The Guided mode proposes learning paths according to your learning objectives and availability.
• The Dynamic mode evaluates your progress as you work and adjusts your activities based on the results of previous exercises.

The Latest Technology Innovations

• Advanced speech-recognition technology that recognizes and analyzes your pronunciation.
• S.E.T.S. technology (Spoken Error Tracking System) that automatically pinpoints your pronunciation errors.
• 3-D animations that help you improve your pronunciation.
• Interactive dialogues and videos.

Exclusive New Technological Developments

• One audio CD included.
• The Premium software allows you to extract TeLL me More audio recordings (dialogues, dictations, etc.) and burn them to audio CDs or convert them to use on your MP3 player.
• MP3 and audio CD allow for continuous Italian learning in your car, at home, or at work, wherever and whenever.
• Improved navigation and interface.

Product Description

TeLL me More®, the world’s leading software for language learning, is valued by users and teachers alike for its speech recognition technology and personalized language courses. TeLL me More® now has more than 5 million satisfied users worldwide. It is the only Italian software that really covers all the skills to learn Italian: reading and writing, listening and speaking, grammar, vocabulary, and culture. This new and improved Premium version offers significant innovations: a new Complete Beginner level is now available, one audio CD is included to reinforce your learning, possibility to export the audio content in the format of your choice: MP3 or Audio CD, improved navigation and interface . UNSURPASSED CONTENT TO LEARN ITALIAN: 850 HOURS OF ITALIAN LEARNING, the most extensive and complete offer on the market for Italian software. 4,500 exercises and 37 types of activities broken down into six workshops (Lesson, Cultural, Grammar, Vocabulary, Oral and Written). 4 levels in one package: Complete Beginner, Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced, to reach fluency in Italian. A PERSONALIZED ITALIAN LEARNING APPROACH. Choose between three distinct Lesson modes to best adapt the lessons to your needs. The Free-to-Roam Mode allows you to select the activities of your choice. The Guided Mode proposes Learning Paths according to your learning objectives and availability. The Dynamic Mode evaluates your progress as you work and adjusts your activities based on the results of previous exercises. THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS. Advanced speech recognition technology that recognizes and analyzes your pronunciation. S.E.T.S.® technology (Spoken Error Tracking System) that automatically pinpoints your pronunciation errors. 3D animations that help you improve your pronunciation. Interactive Dialogues and Videos.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome product, October 20, 2006

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Scott Simpson (Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tell Me More Italian Premium Version 7 (CD-ROM)

I've been experimenting with trying to learn Italian for several years. A few trips to Italy had prompted me to try various quick book and audio solutions. Every thing I tried got me frustrated, so I tried the online demo, then decided to buy the 4 level version.

What a great investment. The interactivity is amazing. It's almost like having 100% attention of an Italian teacher. Although I've only spend about 4 hours, I can tell that I am learning the real language, not just how to order food.

The UI takes a bit to get used to, it's written in Flash, and very polished. It just doesn't look like MS Windows, so you have to get used to where the buttons are (home, back, forward, help, etc)

There is a mode where you can have a conversation with the computer. You don't need to type anything, the speech synthesis and recognition walk you through a semi scripted conversation. I hope there is lots more of this through the course. It may be hard to imagine how useful this mode is until you try it, but a conversation is the true test of learning a language. All the books and CD's in the world can never provide this.

Since it runs off the CD, there can be a 5 second delay between pages while the CD spins up. I sped things up by putting the contents of the CD on a virtual drive. I didn't check with their support, but they may have other options.

8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing, May 12, 2007

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Mitchell T. Gillette (Philadelphia, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tell Me More Italian Premium Version 7 (CD-ROM)

I have to admit I was disappointed in this product. I have had some training in Italian and while Tell Me More served well as a kind of refresher, causing me to think about what I had already learned in the past, I didn't find it at all helpful in moving forward - I had to pick up the text books again for that to happen. It just seemed to be all over the place, with no real focus on the language and it's working parts - just a bunch of games and exercises. Maybe it works better for other people. Expensive experiment for me.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better than the latest version!, September 3, 2009

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Justin Greer (Chicago, IL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Tell Me More Italian Premium Version 7 (CD-ROM)

I bought the most recent version and was disappointed. A person I know who teaches Italian recommended this program. I found it's much easier to use than the new version. My whole family is learning Italian off this program. It's great!