Sky Pronunciation
comprising The Phonemic Alphabet in English, Similar Sounds, Word and Phrasal Stress, Stress and Rhythm, and Rhythms from Rainland.

• multi-level training in the major aspects of English pronunciation
• a wealth of audio-video listen, learn, test and record features
• a personal progress page to chart scores and assess progress
• purchased by the British Council (GLOBAL licence).
• Click HERE to see a video demonstration of Sky Pronunciation in action.

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Active Listening in English
providing extensive pre- to mid- intermediate listening practice for adults and young learners. There are five units, graded in terms of degree of difficulty. Each unit contains:

• a listening for information task
• an interactive situational dialogue
• a gap-filling or note-taking task
• a talk or interview
• a language and pronunciation practice section
• suitable for IELTS preparation
• Click HERE to see a video demonstration of Active Listening in English in action.

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Read Up - Speed Up
Developed to improve learner reading-speeds, text-chunking skills and counter sub-vocalisation.

• a bank of 60 dedicated texts, which can be read in a variety of ways
• a variable speed control
• a test feature for each text
• an easy-to-use text and test-creation AUTHORING facility
• suitable for IELTS, FCE, Skills for Life preparation
• Click HERE to see a short video demonstration of Read Up - Speed Up in action.

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Murder Mystery
A listening, note-taking, error recognition program for pre- intermediate to post-intermediate learners

• find the murderer by listening to the different alibis
• find the accomplice by finding for mistakes in English usage
• twelve murder scenarios
• suitable for IELTS, FCE, Skills for Life preparation
• Click HERE to see a video demonstration of Murder Mystery in action.

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Sky Pronunciation Online

• Online version of The Sky Pronunciation Suite.
• Covers all the major areas of pronunciation
• Eliminates the problems of installation and running
• Suitable for institutions not wishing to run through servers
• One-year educational and 3-monthly learner licences available
  

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Tense Tester

• Diagnostic tool for helping learners to learn verb tenses in English.
• A large bank of test items
• A detailed grammar section pinpointing learner weaknesses
• A quiz section to check comprehension 
• A learner page to monitor individual progress
• Click HERE to see a short video demonstration of Tense Tester in action.
  

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English for Hotel Staff     published March 2010