Evaluation of Iberian English Listening and Speaking Trainer for Learning English.

IT168 product evaluation with the increasingly obvious trend of economic globalization, China's communication with the international community is getting closer and closer, and English, as a common language of global communication, is self-evident. However, for a long time, most students' English learning in school is mainly based on exams. In order to cope with all kinds of written exams, in the process of English learning for many years, teachers have taught students more about vocabulary and grammar, while students have less training in oral English. ? Dumb? English has increasingly become the biggest obstacle to learning English. Learning this language is too difficult. I have spent most of my energy on it. I don't think I can pass this level at all. I am not good at language learning. ? After reading this sentence, you may think that the language mentioned here is English that puzzles hundreds of millions of students. In fact, this is playing the blue Nami, who is more than 3 meters tall, in the unprecedented film Avatar. Knightley? Zoe of (Neytiri)? The testimony of Zoe Saldana, in the film, Zoe? The language Zaldana speaks is Nami, also called Nami? Na 'vi? , is a very gentle language, which absorbs the language characteristics of Indians, Africa, Central Asia and Caucasus, but it is very difficult to learn.

However, as can be seen from the movie, when Jack learned this language from Knightley, he started with basic oral training. During the one-on-one interactive oral training, Jack gradually mastered some oral skills, which laid a language foundation for better communication with Nami people. It can be seen that oral English is important in language learning and communication. In addition, one-on-one oral English training is also a good way to improve language listening and speaking ability. Zardana learned some oral pronunciation with the language instructor found by director Cameron.

studious voice EN-TALKER oral English listening trainer

features

Similarly, English listening and speaking training can not be separated from a good listening and speaking environment and language instructor. Today, I will introduce you to a product specially designed to improve your English listening and speaking ability-good student oral English listening trainer EN-TALKER.

compact and portable like MP3

EN-TALKER uses a slightly larger package than 32-size book, which makes people subconsciously think that it should be the size of a repeater, but after opening the package, they can't help but be surprised that it is only the size of an ordinary MP3, which is small and light, and suitable for carrying around. The front of the package? Six hundred and ninety-eight, foreigners take home? The slogan is particularly obvious, which explains the price, but also shows that using EN-TALKER in oral English training is like having a foreigner as a sparring partner. See the introduction below for specific operations.

The package of EnTalker always contains a 32-inch manual, a USB cable, a drive CD and an EN-TALKER trainer. Few accessories mean that it is easier to install and use.

Everything in the package

In appearance, the design of EN-TALKER is very compact and simple, just like the size of MP3, and its thickness is only a little larger than the radius of a quarter. EN-TALKER has a built-in MIC microphone on the front of the fuselage, and there is a red and green indicator light next to it. The red indicator light indicates the power supply. When the device is connected to the computer through a USB cable, it is powered on and always on, while the green indicator light lights up during speech recognition and goes out after recognition.

Simple appearance

MIC and signal indicator light

MINI USB interface and external microphone interface

Very thin

On the back

On the right side of EN-TALKER, you can see two interfaces, namely mini USB interface and external microphone interface, which have certain expansibility. In addition, no interface can be found in other parts of the fuselage, and the back of the fuselage is fixed with 4 screws.

introduction of En-Talker function and listening and speaking training

install the driver of en-talker in advance, and plug the audio plug of the earphone into the earphone socket of the computer. Then run the En-Talker shortcut to open the software. The first thing you see is the intuitive wizard interface. The wizard settings mainly include four options: ID, scene, mode and level. There are 1 IDs preset in the software, and users can also click the Settings menu after the ID to register and change the learner's username. The scene contains English dialogue learning content of 3 daily life scenes, and each scene has two learning modes: follow-up and dialogue. The mode selection can be made in the wizard or changed in the learning interface after setting. Level uses simple and ordinary to distinguish learning difficulty. After the four options are set, click Finish to enter the learning interface.

In fact, in the learning interface, we can also set the scene, mode and level at any time. In addition, we have added the settings of the language (Chinese and English) of the software menu and the software voice (male voice and female voice).

after selecting the follow-up mode, click to start the follow-up training. At this time, a follow-up rule dialog box will pop up, and the scene mode selected by the learner is displayed in red English in the middle, as shown in the following figure, At the Bank. After skipping, you will begin to enter the follow-up training. Learners will hear the software read the first English sentence of the scene through headphones (or speakers). After reading, a progress bar will be displayed above the first sentence and prompt that speech recognition is being carried out. This process will last for about 1 seconds (depending on the length of the sentence). During the recognition period, learners will follow the MIC of En-Talker, and then the software will identify whether it is successful according to the learners' follow-up pronunciation. If the follow-up is successful, it will enter the follow-up training of the next sentence. If it fails, it will continue to follow the sentence. The learner will have four follow-up training opportunities, and if it fails for four consecutive times, it will automatically enter the next sentence training. Accordingly, the number of sentences successfully recognized and the total number of follow-up times, as well as the corresponding scenes, modes and levels, will be displayed in the table in the lower right corner of the software.

in recognition

in dialogue mode, En-Talker software prompts learners to read the first sentence of English first. If the pronunciation is not allowed to recognize the error, they will continue to read until the speech recognition is successful. At this time, the software will automatically respond to the learners according to the scene and sentences, and the answer sentences will be displayed in the answer bar on the black background. Then the software will enter the speech recognition of the second sentence and the learners will continue to read the second sentence. In addition, just click the translation button on the upper right of the answer bar to translate the Chinese meaning of the answer sentence before the software answers the learner's sentence disappears; Moreover, whether in the follow-up or dialogue mode, the Chinese meaning of each sentence to be recognized can be translated by clicking the translation button in front of the mouse.

In the learner's reading recognition,

recognize the correct automatic response and translate it into Chinese

Translate the sentence

Four familiar buttons are displayed under the En-Talker? Start, pause, stop and replay, the speaker next to replay can adjust the pronunciation volume of the software, and the exit button on the far right pushes out the En-Talker software program.

study record

in order to test and count the results of learners' training effect, there is a study record in the toolbar of En-Talker software, which can display the study times, performance evaluation and the latest study time of each scene in only one stage, which is convenient for learners to consolidate their reference when reviewing.

in addition, En-Talker software also has recording/playing function. Click the red button to start recording, and the square button to stop recording, which is convenient for learners to monitor their oral pronunciation and check for missing parts.

trial summary: more effective new English learning products need to be expanded at the same time

EN-TALKER English oral listening trainer can make learners interact with each other through two modes: follow-up and dialogue. It is like talking to a foreigner or learning oral English from him or her, and it can be heard and trained repeatedly, avoiding the shyness and stage fright when talking with real people. The simple operation interface is convenient for beginners to use, and the statistics of academic performance is convenient for learners to review and consolidate some sentences according to the training effect, so as to achieve the unity of listening, speaking and memory.

However, as an electronic product for English learning, the scalability is also one of the criteria to measure its potential value. En-Talker covers 3 comprehensive daily life scenes, but the number of sentences, vocabulary and grammatical structure types involved in each scene are limited. It would be better if more sentence downloading and importing services can be provided. In this respect, we need to learn from mature electronic dictionary products. In addition, the recording/playing tool is simple and easy to use, but there seems to be more room for value development, such as increasing the display function of audio pop, which is convenient for learners to correct their pronunciation.

Generally speaking, however, as a new oral English listening training product, EN-TALKER is smarter, more intuitive and richer in sentences than the traditional repeater. In addition, it can translate and count scores, which can improve the oral English listening training effect more effectively. It is an English learning product worth trying.