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Copyright 2000 SOS Nijmegen
This unique pair of educational
games was developed by SOS Nijmegen in Holland for intermediate and
advanced Latin students to test their understanding of noun-adjective
agreement and verb form discrimination. We think that students will
find them both fun and challenging.
Dracones is
based on the Chinese game called Mahjong, which uses tiles called
'dragons' (hence, the Latin name). This version depends on matching
appropriate pairs of noun and adjective tiles from several
three-dimensional rows. Only certain tiles are available for use at any
one time. Once a good match is selected, those tiles disappear, and
points are gained. Nouns can be restricted to only the first, second,
and third declensions, if desired, and some help is provided by the
colour-coding of noun (blue) and adjective (yellow) tiles.
Parimpar is
a game for testing one's ability to distinguish quickly between verb
forms, with eight different levels of difficulty. A collection of a
dozen tiles is presented in three possible colours (red, green, and
blue), labelled with various verb forms. The challenge is to select a
combination of three tiles which are the same ('par') in one aspect
(colour, tense, person/number) and different ('impar') in the other
aspects. Once a correct match is made, the tiles disappear and are
replaced by new ones from a stack, until the entire stack is finished.
In both games, hints can be requested at any time, with a small penalty. When incorrect matches are made, grammatical reasons are provided. A clock keeps time, and extra credit is given for speedy completion of a game; high scores are recorded for future reference. Vocabulary is based on different listings, including Cambridge Latin, Oxford Latin, Ecce Romani, and Wheelock. Right and wrong choices are accompanied by appropriate sound effects, which can be easily turned off with speaker switches or software utilities on most computers, if desired.
Mac VERSION : approximately
8mb of hard disk space, 8 mb RAM, colour monitor, CD drive.
PC VERSION :
approximately 10mb of hard disk space, multimedia PC, 8 mb RAM, Windows
95 or higher.
Purchase Details| Site Licence | £60 | |
| Single
Copy |
£15 | |
| Upgrade
Site |
£40 |
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