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Recommended System Specifications

The following specifications are required to run the Ukrainian Language Acquisition System:

PC
a) Pentium processor
b) Microsoft Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000/XP operating system
c) At least 128 MB of RAM
d) Graphics card with at least 800X600 resolution capability with 65, 000 colors
e) 32X CD-ROM drive
f) Windows compatible sound card
g) Speakers or headphones
h) Mouse

Macintosh
a) 400 MHz G3 processor or faster
b) At least 128 MB of RAM
c) Mac OS X or later

Course Structure

The whole learning course is divided into 3 principal educational units which are intended to study:

Ukrainian Alphabet.
Ukrainian Vocabulary.
Ukrainian Folk Tales.

Each unit presents the new material first and then practises and consolidates it through different kinds of exercises.

Ukrainian Alphabet

Select an activity (shown in the screen as haystacks) by clicking on its link.
When the mouse pointer is over an appropriate haystack, its title is highlighted and the activity short introduction appears above the haystack.
Press “Menu” button to see “back to main menu” button which takes you back to the main menu.
Right-top corner “sound on/off” button allows you to switch on or off the background music.

ABC Activity	Educational Value
Alphabet Study	Alphabet presentation
Sort Alphabet	Practicing letters order
Hear and Match	Listening comprehension exercise
Letter/Case Match	Vowels and consonants consolidation exercise
Picture Match	Visual comprehension and consolidation exercise

Ukrainian Vocabulary

All the words in this part are sorted into 8 lexical topics presented in the screen as haystacks. There are the following topics to study:

House
Colors
Family
Farm Animals
Fruits and Vegetables
Numerals
Parts of the Body
Weather

There are also 5 vocabulary studying activities.

Vocabulary Activity Educational Value

Study Words Words presentation

Picture Match Practicing words

Flash Cards Words consolidation exercise

Hear and Type Listening and writing comprehension exercise

Word Scan Consolidation of writing skills

Ukrainian Tales

The third part gives you an opportunity to read 3 popular Ukrainian folk tales, which are presented as sound recorded animation cartoons. The tales are presented in two languages – Ukrainian and English.

Each tale presentation contains the following educational parts:

a) before reading activities:

Words Study;
Picture Match;
Flash Cards;
Word Scan.

b) after reading activities:

Read and Fill In;
Read and Type.