Software Review
Programs to be Used in the Lab
While reviewing the software we needed to buy for the lab, I communicated
with students and lab faculty so we could make the right decisions. The
following programs were selected to be used in the fall of 2016:
Project Success
Intro Level: Sarah Lynn
Level 1: Betsy Lindeman Wong and MaryAnn Cunningham Florez
Level 2: Howard Pomann and June
Pomann
Level 3: Nancy Blodgett Matsunaga
and Sheena M. Macpherson
Level 4: Barry Bakin, Robyn
Brinks Lockwood and Jenni Currie Santamaria
Level 5: Steve Gwynne, Ingrid Greenberg,
and Jennifer Bixby
Series consultants: Susan Gaer and Sarah
Lynn
The six series of this program will be implemented in the lab in the fall
semester.
Rosetta Stone
We will only pilot 10 licenses in the fall of this year and will acquire
more licenses in the spring semester.
Top Notch
Top Notch Fundamentals: Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher
Top Notch 1: Joan Saslow and Allen Ascher
We will buy the 10 books of the fundamental
level and 10 books for level 1 to
start using in the spring of 2017.
Side by Side
These series are great to use in the classroom and provide activities to
promote independent practice for our students. Even though I find this book
more practical for classroom use rather than a lab setting, I will give it a
try since a lot of our students keep requesting it!
Azar
Since I used Azar’s book to learn English in the USA and had great
results, I thought it would be appropriate to review this software to see how I
could use it in the lab. I really enjoyed this program; however, it’s more
suitable to be used in the classroom, rather than in an open lab. I wanted to
use it for my Hybrid Level 5 class, but I found out that other instructors are
using this book at the school, so I decided to look for another book/program to
expose my students to new content.
