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POLISH COMMERCIAL PROGRAMS

Dictionary of Polish
Llargest dictionary of Polish on CD-ROM; edited by late Witold Doroszewski and published first in 1958-1969, consists of 10 volumes plus a supplement. The recent reprint of the dictionary contains also a CD-ROM with the scanned images of all the 125 652 entries; Windows 3.x or higher; CD ROM also available separately (ISBN 83-01-12321-4); when purchased directly from PWN the price for foreign customers is $45.00 plus postage and handling; a small demonstration version is available at
http://www.pwn.com.pl/rsjp/demo.html and ftp://ftp.pwn.com.pl/rsjp/demo/epsjpd.exe
More information (in Polish) can be found at http://www.pwn.com.pl/rsjp/
Individual questions about the CD-ROM can be send to Janusz S. Bieñ, Warsaw University & Polish Scientific Publishers sjpd@pwn.com.pl

Polish Scientific Publishers

Talk Polish Now!
The basics of the language through topical vocabulary, which includes: first words, phrases, food, shopping, numbers and time. Users can compare their pronunciation with that of native speakers using the record function. There are a number of and also a comprehensive dictionary, which can be printed out. $48.00.

World Talk Polish
Assuming a basic knowledge of the language, the program offers a range of activities and games which cover practical and everyday situations, expressions and vocabulary. There is a 'recording studio' with a graded range of tasks. There are stories with listening comprehension exercises and the 10 games cover such useful language as: giving directions, dates and times, making arrangements as well as various vocabulary themes.

Talkfast International
London House
243 Lower Mortlake Rd, Richmond
Surrey, TW9 2LS, United Kingdom
Tel: (+44) 0181 948 1011
Fax: (+44) 0181 948 3900
info@talkfast.com

Rosetta Stone - Polish 1
Level I: CD-ROMs with 92 chapters of instructional material.
Level II: CD-ROMS with 119 chapters of instructional material.

Review by Chorus

Fairfield Language Technologies
122 South Main Street
Harrisonburg, VA 22801
800-788-0822

PolishNow! 7.0!
Over 10,000 words, full motion video, native speaker pronunciation models, record, playback & compare, variable playback speed; conversation practice, alphabet, reference, 4 different titles for all ability levels; word dictation, grammar tutorial, word and root search, vocabulary, games, workbook, $49.95.

Transparent Language
22 Proctor Hill Road
Hollis, NH 03049

EZ Language (25-language edition)
Vocabulary/pronunciation tutor for beginners with over 800 words and phrases in 16 different thematic lists, record/playback/compare, $69.95

IMSI
1939 Fourth Street
San Rafael, CA 94901-5506
Telephone: (415) 454-7101Fax: (415) 257-3565
Sales: 1-800-833-8082

Multimedia Flashcards - Polish
Ages 2 - 10. Introductory program to introduce Polish to young children. Learn several hundred words divided into the topics of: Colors, Plurals, Places, Actions, Positions, Professions, and 3 miscellaneous groups. After the vocabulary is learned, there are 3 games: "Find the Card", "Match the Pairs", and "Beat the Clock" - each with 3 levels of difficulty - to test your knowledge. Earn enough points and print out a bronze, silver or gold medal certificate. Finally record your voice in your own mini-movie to practice pronunciation. For teachers, print out a list of all the students' names and scores. The progress of each student can be saved separately.

World of Reading, Ltd.
P.O. Box 13092
Atlanta, GA 3024-0092
800-729-3703
polyglot@wor.com

Listening to Poles

A Trip to Poland

Computer-Assisted Polish Pronunciation Tutor (CAPPT)
Hear pronunciation of model words, record your own rendition, and compare the result with the model; all Polish sounds, modeled by male and female voices, waveforms and spectrograms of model and user, 5 diskettes, $20.00.

Center for Applied Linguistics
1118 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC 20037
202-429-9292
barbara@cal.org