Hyperchinese The Pronunciation Modules

Hyperchinese: The Pronunciation Modules is designed to help Cantonese and Taiwanese speakers, and students with no Chinese background, learn Mandarin pronunciation and pinyin romanization. Winner of EDUCOM's 1993 Higher Education Software Award (Foreign Languages), this CD-ROM is the perfect complement to any beginning Chinese language course, and can also be used as a self-study program for beginning level students trying to master the fundamentals of Chinese. Emphasis is given to subtly different and frequently mispronounced sounds. The program features extensive drilling exercises and interactive quizzes, and utilizes graphics, animation, guided interaction, and digitized audio to make learning a fun, interactive experience. Using an auto-record function, students can record their voice and compare it to a native speaker's pronunciation. The program also keeps a text record of all the errors the student makes in the various drills, so students can track their progress. Divided into 3 units, the CD-ROM has 40 modules all together, including a General Introduction; the Four Basic Tones and Single-syllable words; Neutral tone and two-syllable words; and Sound Discrimination. The program can be used alone or in conjunction with its text equivalent, Drills and Quizzes in Mandarin Chinese Pronunciation. Compatible with Mac platforms through OS 8.Ma, Jing-heng is the author of 'Hyperchinese The Pronunciation Modules' with ISBN 9780887272233 and ISBN 0887272231.