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Sample eTextbooks for ELT

Browsed: 3A - cd-rom for 3A, containing all unit/s chapters in the book - clicking on a unit on the TOC page will bring on the PDF of the corresponding print version - eFeatures: - everything recorded; clicking on 'listen' button will start recording playback. - on exercise pages, clicking on 'answer key' button will show correct answers; - standard PDF reader functions - pdf pages not interactive - My comments (for classroom teaching): - convenient for playing recording of a section; - convenient for showing Answer Key when SS have attempted an exercise. - page not interactive; no additional interactive tasks for classroom teaching
 * New Welcome to English, by Longman 2000**


 * Longman Target English: Student CDrom**

Browsed: Student CDROM 3 (?) - the opening screen shows: (a) More about Passage; (b) Maze Craze, and (c) Vocabulary Checklist - Clicking on More about Passage will bring on the Index of reading passages (1-12); clicking on a passage/unit number will open the passage of that unit (not PDF); click on any word in the passage, the whole sentence will be highlighted, and the recorded readaloud of that sentence will play. - Clicking on Maze Craze will bring up a list of games for each chapter: grammar, vocabulary, About HK. Starting any one these will show a series of MC questions (grammar, vocabulary; general knowledge about HK). A scoring system is added to add fun to the exercise. - Vocabulary list: clicking on this will bring on the index of chapters. Clicking on a chapter will show a word list summary of that particular chapter. My comments - The reading section only provides the listening function (to sentence clicked) - Maze Craze consists of traditional exercises, livened up with a scoring system. OK for revision. - Vocabulary list does not do anything more than the print book. \ - Only the Maze Craze has some use; and even so for revision only.