ESOL Tools Incorporated in the Software

Alternative Language Narrations

A click of the mouse gives students directions narrated in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, or Haitian-Creole, making the software available to students who do not understand basic English. Additional Languages coming soon!

Displays the 42 sounds of English in animated illustrations showing the proper placement of the tongue, movement of the mouth, and whether the sound is voiced or voiceless when pronounced.
Full-motion video of a mouth articulating each of the 42 sounds.
Students equipped with a microphone can record themselves practicing each sound and compare their pronunciation with the narrator's.
Letters are also drawn with a large font to improve letter formation.

10,000 terms, including many high-frequency words, allow students to hear definitions and context sentences and see visual representation, where applicable.
English for Special Purposes found in the Vocabulary tool allow students to practice their decoding skills with words relating to school, travel, hospitality, medical, and business.
Teachers can choose to have words displayed in Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese, andh Haitian-Creole in the Vocabulary section of Reading Horizons v5