[{"TitleName":"French Vocabulary","Publisher":"Rose Software","Author":"","YearOfRelease":"1983","ZxDbId":"0009088","Reviews":[{"Issue":{"Name":"Crash Issue 19, Aug 1985","Price":"£0.95","ReleaseDate":"1985-07-25","Editor":"Graeme Kidd","TotalPages":132,"HasCoverTape":false,"FlannelPanel":"Publishing Executive: Roger Kean\r\nEditor: Graeme Kidd\r\nTechnical Editor: Franco Frey\r\nArt Editor: Oliver Frey\r\nProduction Designer: David Western\r\nSoftware Editor: Jeremy Spencer\r\nAdventure Editor: Derek Brewster\r\nStrategy Reviewer: Angus Ryall\r\nStaff Writer: Lloyd Mangram\r\nContributing Writers: Matthew Uffindel, Chris Passey, Robin Candy, Ben Stone, John Minson, Mark Hamer\r\nClient Liaison: John Edwards\r\nProduction Manager: Sally Newman\r\nSubscription Manager: Denise Roberts\r\nMail Order: Carol Kinsey\r\n\r\n©1985 Newsfield Limited.\r\nCrash Magazine is published monthly by Newsfield Ltd. [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions [redacted]\r\nEditorial/studio [redacted]\r\nAdvertising [redacted]\r\n\r\nColour origination by Scan Studios, [redacted]; Printed in England by Carlisle Web Offset Ltd (Member of the BPCC Group), [redacted].\r\nDistribution by COMAG, [redacted]\r\n\r\nSubscriptions: 12 issues £14.50 post included (UK Mainland); Europe: 12 issues £21.50 post included. Outside Europe by arrangement in writing.\r\n\r\nNo material may be reproduced whole or in part without written consent of the copyright holders. We cannot undertake to return any written material sent to CRASH Magazine unless accompanied by a suitably stamped addressed envelope. Unsolicited written or photo material which may be used in the magazine is paid for at our current rates. The opinions and views of correspondents are their own and not necessarily in accord with those of the publishers.\r\n\r\nMICRONET:\r\nYou can talk to CRASH via Micronet. Our MBX is 105845851\r\n\r\nCover by Oliver Frey"},"MainText":"FRENCH VOCABULARY\r\n\r\nProducer: Rose Software\r\nMemory Required: 16/48K\r\nRetail Price: £6.95\r\nAge Range: Aimed at 'O' Level pupils\r\n\r\nThis French vocabulary package contains six short programs aimed at the 'O' Level pupil. The first three test knowledge on specific topics such as shopping, weather, the home and travel. The user can choose from several options, translating from English to French or vice versa and can opt to either key in the answer or just think it out!\r\n\r\nThe fourth program is the homework tester, which allows the user to type in words in order to test vocabulary, while programs 5 and 6 revise common expressions and irregular verbs respectively.\r\n\r\nThe main problem I found with the programs in this package is that they demand complete accuracy. In the section on personal descriptions, for example, the program will not accept the answers 'I am ten' or I am 10' as the translation for 'J'ai dix ans'. The only acceptable answer is 'I am ten years old' Having said that, however, I am sure that the package will be of use to pupils studying for the 'O' Level examination, although I found it to be rather dull and repetitive but studying for exams can he dull and repetitive at the best of times!\r\n\r\nI doubt, though, that the incentives for achieving success in some of the programs (building a wall with the words 'Tres bien' written on it, in one case) will have much appeal for sixteen year old pupils!\r\n\r\nCOMMENTS\r\n\r\nControl keys: answers are typed in with number keys being used to insert the various accents in the English to French options\r\nKeyboard play: very slow\r\nUse of colour: adequate\r\nGraphics: reasonable","ReviewerComments":[],"OverallSummary":"General Rating: There is a place for this type of rote-learning package in exam revision, but although the six programs include a variety of topics, the presentation could have been more interesting. Also the programs crash if BREAK is inadvertantly touched, which is a rather extreme approach to software protection!","Page":"104","Denied":false,"Award":"Not Awarded","Reviewers":[{"Name":"Rosetta McLeod","Score":"","ScoreSuffix":""}],"ScreenshotText":[],"BlurbText":[],"TranscriptBy":"Chris Bourne","ReviewScores":null,"CompilationReviewScores":[]}]}]