THE SPANISH TUTOR LEVEL A
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INTRODUCING THE SPANISH TUTOR
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	The Spanish Tutor language learning-aid comprises a control program and
a series of self-contained lessons. The control program is recorded as the first
item on side 1 of the cassette. The remainder of the cassette contains 16
sequentially recorded lessons. Each lesson covers a different subject, a full
list of which appears in paragraph 12 of the operating instructions. Individual
lessons consist of lists of words or phrases up to a maximum of 250 entries per
session. Each entry consists of the English text, Spanish text and gender if
appropriate. The English and Spanish texts for each entry can be just a single
word or a three-line phrase up to 59 characters long.



OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS
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1. LOADING AND STARTING THE PROGRAM

	The control program should be loaded using the command:

				LOAD "SPANISH"

	On successful loading, a colourful display results showing the program
title and a list of available facilities. This is known as the COMMAND MENU. At
the bottom of the screen the flashing message LESSON STORE EMPTY will be seen.
The LESSON STORE is actually part of the computer's memory in which the Spanish
Tutor stores a lesson. A pre-recorded lesson can be loaded into the lesson store
using the method described in paragraph 3, or a new lesson created as described
in paragraph 5. The Spanish Tutor will only allow one lesson to occupy the
lesson store at any time, this is referred to as "the current lesson".



2. PROGRAM FACILITIES

	The facilities listed in paragraph 3 to 11 are available whenever the 
screen shows the command menu. Individual program facilities are requested
simply by keying the appropriate letter. The command menu will then be replaced
by a request for further information. The program will ignore any invalid or
illegal commands. For example it is not possible to Run a lesson without having
first Loaded the lesson from cassette.



3. LOADING A LESSON FROM CASSETTE (Key L)

	Enter the cassette filename of the required lesson, followed by ENTER
key. If ENTER is pressed without first entering a filename, the next sequential
lesson recorded on the cassette will be loaded into the lesson store. A list of
lesson filenames is given in paragraph 12. If loading fails see paragraph 14.

	When the required lesson has been loaded into the lesson store, the screen
indicates the lesson title and the number of entries contained in that lesson.



4. RUNNING A LESSON (Key R)

	Initially the screen shows a questionnaire requesting four items of
information. End each answer with the ENTER key.

	Display times for the Spanish and English texts need to be separately
specified in seconds. Values may be 0.1 seconds upwards. For the first lesson
tried it is suggested that 2 seconds is specified for both the Spanish and
English display times. Other values can be tried later. If a value of 0 seconds
is entered this will suppress display in that language altogether. This is
particularly useful for self-testing.

	Key S or E to specify which of the Spanish or English texts should
appear first on the screen.

	The final question asks if the lesson is to be automatically repeated or
not. If Y for Yes is keyed the lesson will cycle repeatedly until terminated by
pressing the space bar and keying X.

	For lessons containing verb conjugations it is recommended that the
display times are entered as Spanish = 0.1 seconds, English = 5 seconds, Display
Spanish or English First = S.

	Once the questions have been answered the lesson will automatically
start. At any time during the lesson the current display can be "frozen" by
pressing the space bar; the lesson may optionally be re-continued (by keying
space) or terminated (by keying X).



5. CREATING A NEW LESSON (Key C)

	Enter Spanish text on the dotted lines. Specify gender - when asked (the
program automatically allocates gender when "el, la, los, las, un or una" is
detected at the start of the Spanish text). Enter English text on the dotted
lines. The Spanish text, gender and the English text combine to form one "entry"
in the lesson store. It is permissable to enter Spanish words in both the
Spanish and the English text positions; this is particularly useful for entering
verb conjugations.

	When entering Spanish and English texts the > key moves the cursor to
the next line, the ENTER key terminates the text. Spanish accents are entered
immediately after (and on the same line as) the character to which they apply
using the keys listed in paragraph 13. For example, "Por qu?" is entered as
"@Por que/?". This will appear correctly during lesson displays.

	Mistakes in entering text can be corrected with the DELETE key provided
the ENTER key has not been pressed, or by keying X (ENTER) as the first
character of the English text or as the gender. If the Spanish text has no
particular gender the ENTER key should be pressed in answer to the question "M
or F?", otherwise key M (ENTER) for masculine words, or F (ENTER) for feminine.
Lesson entries can be repeatedly keyed into the lesson store up to a maximum of
250. Lesson creation can be ended at any time before this however, simply by
keying END (ENTER) at the start of line 1 of the Spanish text.

	Having created a new lesson the command menu will prompt the Saving of
this lesson by flashing the Save command (see paragraph 6).



6. SAVING A LESSON ON CASSETTE (Key S)

	This facility is only used when a permanent copy is required of a newly
created lesson or of a previous lesson which has been modified.

	Enter a filename for the lesson (up to 8 characters). Enter a title for
the lesson (up to 24 characters). Switch the cassette player to the record mode
when the program issues the "Start Tape, press any key" message. On completion
of the recording the tape should be rewound and the Verify facility requested
(see paragraph 7).

	The Save facility does not affect the lesson held in the lesson store in
any way.



7. VERIFY A SAVED LESSON (Key V)

	This facility should ALWAYS be used to check that a newly saved lesson
has been successfully recorded. The Verify command will flash in the command
menu until a newly saved lesson has been verified.

	Enter the filename of the lesson to be verified before switching on the
cassette player. If ENTER is pressed without first entering a filename, the next
lesson recorded on the cassette will be verified.

	The program confirms that verification is successful by printing "Lesson
verified O.K". If verification fails, follow the procedure given in paragraph 14
to return to the COMMAND MENU then SAVE the lesson again.

	The Verify facility does not affect the lesson held in the lesson store
in any way.



8. ADD TO CURRENT LESSON (Key A)

	This facility enables further entries to be added onto a lesson which is
already held in the lesson store. Instructions for using the Add facility are
identical to those for the Create facility (see paragraph 5).



9. DELETE ENTRY FROM LESSON (Key D)

	This allows a single entry to be deleted from the lesson currently
occupying the lesson store. It may be used to correct keying errors noticed in
newly created lessons in conjunction with the Insert facility (see paragraph
10).

	Key in the entry number of the entry to be deleted. Entry numbers are
displayed whilst running a lesson (see paragraph 4) whenever the display is
frozen by pressing the space bar.



10. INSERT NEW ENTRY (Key I)

	This allows a single new entry to be inserted into the lesson currently
occupying the lesson store.

	First of all it is necessary to specify the point of insertion required,
this results in a display of the entry currently occupying that position. If
this is the correct place for the insertion, key "Y" (ENTER) then enter the
Spanish, gender and English for the new entry.



11. TEST LESSON (Key T)

	The test facility may be used with any lesson which has been loaded from
cassette or newly created in the lesson store. In operation, the program
displays a word or phrase in one language only; the translation must then be
keyed in, this will appear on the screen one character at a time. Each time a
wrong key is pressed the computer emits a "beep", and the character is not
displayed. At any time during the test help is available by pressing the > key.
Each time > is pressed the next character of the translation appears on the
screen. At the end of the test a performance summary is displayed.



12. LESSON FILENAMES

Level A Cassette
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Filename	Title

L1		Family
L2		The dwelling
L3		Furniture
L4		Household items
L5		Foods
L6		Vegetables and fruits
L7		Shops and trading
L8		Living creatures
L9		Vehicles
L10		Clothes
L11		Parts of the body
L12		Substances
L13		Countryside
L14		Weather
L15		Numbers
L16		Days months and seasons

Level B Cassette
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L17		Colours
L18		Pastimes
L19		Tools
L20		Countries
L21		Medical
L22		Verb infinitives
L23		Adverbs
L24		Adjectives
L25		Conjunctions and prepositions
L26		Phrases
L27		Verbs - Present tense
L28		Verbs - Imperfect tense
L29		Verbs - Future tense
L30		Verbs - Conditional tense
L31		Verbs - Preterit tense
L32		Verbs - Present perfect tense



13. ACCENTS & SPECIAL CHARACTERS

	The following keys are used for entering Spanish accents and special
characters.

	Accents should be entered immediately after (and on the same line as)
the character to which they apply.


Spanish		Keyboard
Character	Character

		/
		^
		<
		@
		*



14. STOPPING OR RESTARTING THE PROGRAM

	On occasions it may be necessary to stop the Spanish Tutor program to
recover from awkward situations, for example when the Spectrum cannot find the
lesson on tape that you are trying to Load or Verify! If this is necessary press
BREAK followed by GOTO 1 ENTER. This procedure should also be used to restart
following tape loading errors detected by the Spectrum.










 Keith Spence 1983
KOSMOS Software
1 Pilgrims Close, Harlington, Beds. LU5 6LX

Made in England


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Typed up by Anthony Lycett (monty.mole) for World of Spectrum, 29/04/05
