For school, for business, for travel, for fun . . . the Panoramic Russian Talking Phrase Book (for Windows) uses multimedia technology to make learning Russian easy, addictive, and effective!
Panoramic Russian is an educational and reference system for studying Russian, based on the concept of a talking picture phrasebook.
Panoramic Russian can be used equally well as an amazingly easy guide for beginners, a powerful learning tool for intermediate
students, a useful refresher course for advanced speakers, and a reference for international
travelers.
Explore your way to a better understanding of Russian!
Panoramic's 30 topic areas are presented in lush 3D scenes. You can travel around each scene using your keyboard and mouse. As you move through the Panoramic world, you can click on any object to see and hear its name in Russian. Click on the people you meet to learn conversational phrases. You can easily travel between different scenes to see how the words and phrases you are learning are used in different contexts.
The LinguaMatch dictionary contains more than 2000 words and 1200 phrases covering most common subjects, such as travel (by air, by rail, by car), lodging, restaurants, telephone and mail, banking, shopping, doctors and pharmacy, time, weather, everyday sayings, and more.
Built-in word games, puzzles, and pronunciation tools add even more fun to your learning!
Panoramic Russian includes carefully chosen drills and games to increase the program's learning effectiveness:
enhance your vocabulary
learn to recognize written and spoken words
enhance your listening comprehension
learn how to use new words in complete sentences
and more!
Panoramic's integrated progress tracking even lets you chart your progress through the program's vocabulary and activities.
Plus, the built-in Recording Session features voice recording and visualized playback, enabling you to record your own speech and to compare it with the native speakers' voices in the program. You can even choose between male and female voices, as you prefer.
REQUIREMENTS
Windows - Windows XP SP2, Vista, or higher; 128 MB available RAM.