HOW TO USE PEARSON AUSTRALIA LOTE CDS

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Begin using the CD

Home page

Use the Home page to access the various

features of the CD. If you hold your cursor
over a button, you will see a comprehensive
description of that buttons function in the
panel above.

Click on the button to be taken to

that feature.

The HOW TO button in the top right

corner of the Home page provides direct

access to the topics covered in this document.
Click on it and select an item from the
drop-down list.

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Navigate the CD
Bookmarks

The main method of navigating the PDFs

is by using bookmarks. You can see these

bookmarks in the navigation pane on the left
of your screen when you have a PDF open.

The main components and special items,

including the CD Home page, will always

remain at the top of the list of bookmarks.
Most of the elements on the CD will be listed
here.

Bookmarks that have further entries available

inside them have a plus symbol (+) on the PC,

or a small triangle pointing to the right on the
Mac. Click on this symbol to expand the list
of bookmarks.

Fully expanded bookmark lists appear with

a minus symbol () on the PC or a small

triangle pointing down on the Mac. Click on
this symbol to contract the list of bookmarks.

Clicking on a bookmark will take you to that

page/item.

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Use Adobe Reader to zoom, copy

and paste
Zooming
To enlarge or reduce part of a page, there are a
number of approaches.

The Dynamic Zoom tool is very effective

choose it from the drop-down list at the

magnifying glass icon. Place the cursor over
the area of the page you want to enlarge, hold
down the mouse button and then scroll up
and down to zoom the page in and out.

Or:

To zoom in, select the magnifying glass with

the + symbol. If this is not visible, click on

the drop-down list beside the magnifying glass
icon and select Zoom In. Click over the part
of the page you want enlarged. This part of
the page will be centred as you zoom in. Keep
clicking to zoom in further.

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 To zoom out, select the magnifying glass with

the - symbol. If this is not visible, click on

the drop-down list beside the magnifying glass
icon and select Zoom Out. Click anywhere
on the page to zoom out.

To resize the page to fit the screen, click on

the Fit Page icon. This is located near the
magnifying glass icon.

When you have finished, click on the Hand

Tool icon to deactivate the Zoom Tool.

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Copying an area of the page

You can use the Snapshot Tool to frame a
selected area of the page and copy it to the
clipboard.

Click on the Snapshot Tool icon. Click and

drag your mouse across the page with the
button held down until you have framed the
area to be selected.

Releasing your mouse button will take a

snapshot of the framed area and copy it to the

clipboard.

You can then paste this into another

document in a different application, such as

MS Word or MS PowerPoint.

When you return to Adobe Reader, there will

be a dotted line framing the area you copied.

Click and drag again to frame a different area,

or select the Hand Tool to deactivate the
Snapshot Tool.

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Copying text

Choose the Select Text tool from the menu

bar.

Hold the mouse button down and drag the

cursor over the text to highlight what you
would like to copy.

Go to the Edit menu and select Copy.

This text can now be pasted into a different
application, such as MS Word or MS
PowerPoint.

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Copying images

Choose the Select Image tool by clicking the

drop-down menu next to the Select Text tool

on the menu bar.

Point the mouse at a corner of the image so

that the cursor changes from an arrow to a +

symbol. Hold down the mouse button and
drag the + symbol across the image until you
have framed it. When you let go of the mouse
button, the image will be highlighted.

Go to the Edit menu and select Copy.

This image can now be pasted into a different
application, such as MS Word or MS
PowerPoint.

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Use the Companion Website

Go to the Companion Website

To go to the archived Companion Website

(CW) on this CD or the live CW on the

Internet, you can either use bookmarks or the
buttons on the Home page of this CD.

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Companion Website Home page

Browser Tune-Up

On the Home page, select the Click here to

see the technical requirements for this site
link.

Take note of the required plug-ins. If you are

unsure of what is installed on your machine,
or whether your Internet browser is suitable,
click on the Browser Tune-Up icon.

If you need to install an updated browser

version or a plug-in, you may do so from the

Browser Plug-in screen. A green YES box
under the Got it? heading indicates that it
is installed on your system. A red NO box
indicates that you do not have it installed on
your system. If it is one of the required items
noted earlier, click on the Need It button
and then on the Get it button to download.
After you have downloaded it, you will need
to install it on your computer.

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Help

If you would like to access online help, click

on the question mark in the top right of the
screen to call up Site Help.

Site search

To locate specific items in the Companion

Website, type a phrase in the Site Search box

and click Go.

Navigating

Click on the arrow next to the Select window

to get a drop-down list, make your choice and
then click on Go.

You may choose to go straight to a topic area,

or to the Teachers Resource Centre.

If you choose Table of Contents from the

drop-down list, you will see a site map.
Expanding the table of contents using the
+ and signs provides more detailed
information in the site map.

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Inside the units

Each unit opens with a list of learning

outcomes for that chapter.

Each unit has a variety of components that

may include auto-correcting Quick Quizzes

and Review Questions, Technology Activities,
Drag and Drop Interactives, Animations,
QuickTime Videos and Web Destinations.
(Sometimes, there are other components
included that are unique to the website.) The
menu bar on the left of the screen features
links to all related content.

Quick Quizzes generally contain five review

questions related to unit content. Results are
reported and can be sent to any email address
using the panel at the bottom of the results page.

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Review Questions contain a variety of question

types such as multiple-choice, true and false,
labelling, matching and fill-in-the-blanks.

When multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank

questions are attempted more than once,
the order of the answer choices is changed
randomly.

Where it is possible, automatic feedback is

given for answers. Results are reported and can

be sent to any email address using the panel at
the bottom of the results page.

A Hint button generally directs you to the

most appropriate page in the coursebook to

find the answer.

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Drag and Drop interactives allow you to select

the speed/level of difficulty at which you want to
play (Easy, Moderate or Hard).

Begin by clicking on the Start button.

If a label is dragged to the correct position, it

stays in place. If not, it slips back into the list.

In the meantime, the timer counts down at
the top left of the screen.

You can repeat each game as often as you wish

by clicking on the Reset button.

Web Destinations take you to reliable, reviewed

websites relating to the chapter content.

Remember that you will need to be connected

to the Internet for the hyperlinks to work.

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Use LOTE Lab

Before you begin

LOTE Lab allows you to record your own

voice and practise imitating the pronunciation
of native speakers. You will require a
microphone to do this. Most laptops and
some desktop computers have microphones
built in. These can be used, but better
results will be obtained from a stand alone
microphone that does not pick up the internal
sounds of your computer.

To begin using LOTE Lab, you must first

copy the contents of this CD to your hard

drive. LOTE Lab will not run from the CD. If
you are not already running this product from
your hard drive, close all open windows and
restart the CD. When the opening animation
completes, click on the Copy to Hard Drive
button and follow the on-screen instructions.

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Start using LOTE Lab

To start LOTE Lab, you can either use the

bookmarks or the buttons on the Home page
to take you to the LOTE Lab start page. Click
on the bookmark link Start LOTELab.

Using the Sample Listening/

Recording tab

There are three modes in the Sample

Listening/Recording section. They are
controlled by the tabs in the centre of the
screen. They are listen, compare and practise.

* Click the listen tab to listen to the sample

files provided.

* Click the practise tab to record your attempt

to match the native speakers pronunciation.

* Click the compare tab to listen to the native

speakers voice in synchronisation with your

own attempt.

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LOTE Lab starts up with the listen tab active.

Select a unit from the drop-down menu. You
will see a list of available audio files for that
unit. Select a file.

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Click the green Play button to

hear the audio. The corresponding
text highlights as the words are
spoken. The space bar can be used
instead of the green play button.

Click the practise tab.

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Choose the microphone input

from the list in the box below the
play button. Each system
will show different things in this
box. You may have to configure the input
correctly for your system. Consult your system
documentation if none of the inputs work
as is.
Click on the red Record button, below left
of the screen. The system begins recording.
Adjust the distance from your microphone
and the volume of your voice to cause the
recording level bar to peak at about three
quarters of the way up.
When you have finished
recording, click on the red
Record button again.

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Click the compare tab.

Click on the green Play button. Observe

how successfully you have imitated the native
speaker.

Drag the play-head (by one of the red triangles

at its top or bottom) for the native speakers
example so that it is sitting just before the
beginning of the wave form. Then do this for
your practise attempt. This synchronises the
playback.

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Using the Recording Studio tab

The Recording Studio allows users to record

any length of audio into six separate scratch
areas and then permanently save the file/s to
their hard drive as wav format file/s. There are
six scratch locations (Recording 16). You can
use the save as... command and save them to
a location of your choice on your hard drive.

Recording follows the same procedure detailed

for the previous tab. Before you begin, click
on a button beside one of the scratch areas
(Recording 16) to temporarily store your
recording.

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Using the Beat Box tab

The Beat Box allows the user to build a beat

track that can be used as a backing track
for an original song. Four different beat
compositions can be saved under four scratch
locations (buttons 14). The user can add
their own voice to the backing track and
record the result. The resulting file can be
saved to the users hard drive.

When the user selects the Beat Box tab, four

pre-loaded beats are available. Click a button
(14) and then click the green Play button at
the top of the window. The beat will cycle
and should be audible through the speakers.
Click the same button again to stop the
playback.

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Compose your own beats by selecting a

sample sound from one of the seven
drop-down lists. There are many to choose
from. Once the sound you want is displaying
in the list, click on the dark stage area, in one
of the 16 boxes adjacent to your sound. The
box will highlight.

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The highlighted boxes represent the timing

of each sound heard after the Play button
is pressed. Experiment with their positions
to achieve a pleasing result. Click the red
save button to save the beat under the active
number button.
To record your song, click on the Play button,
below left of the screen. You should hear the
beat played back through your speakers. Place
the microphone between the speakers and
yourself so it is within range of both your
voice and the beat from the speakers. You can
adjust the speaker volume, your own volume
and/or the position of the microphone to
achieve the desired balance. Click the red

Record button. Sing your song. Click the

Record button again when you have finished.
You can play back the result. When you are
satisfied, click the save as... button to save the
file to your hard drive.

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Tips and Tricks



Advanced users can add their own samples to

the beat_samples folder in the LOTELab
folder. These will appear next time you load
the Beat Box tab. Keep them short and sharp.
They must be in the wav file format. You can
also record short samples of audio under the
Recording Studio tab and save them into
the beat_samples folder. There is a text file
called presets.txt in this folder. Do not edit or
delete it. Do not remove or rename the set of
samples that ship with LOTE Lab.

Advanced users can also add their own audio

files to the native speaker samples under the
Sample Listening/Recording tab. They must
be wav format files. 44.1 16 bit stereo is
recommended but not essential. It is crucial
that the file names are prefixed with Unit_xx
where xx is the 2 digit number of the unit.
If you wish for additional speech samples to
appear in Unit 2, for example, prefix your file
with Unit_02. If you type the spoken words
into a text file and save it with the same name
(with a .txt extension instead of .wav),

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it will appear in the box below the waveform.

Both these files must be saved into the audio_
examples folder in the LOTELab folder.
You can then easily program the highlighting
of the text to follow the speakers words. To
program the text highlighting, activate the
track you wish to program by selecting it in
the list. Next, click on the program button.
The system enters program mode. Move the
play-head to the beginning of the first word.
Click on the first word in the text display. The
word goes green showing that it has had a

timing associated with it. Move the play-head

to the start of the next word and then click the
word in the text display. When all the words
are green, click on the program button again
to exit programming mode. Play the track
and observe your word highlighting. If you
wish to tweak a timing, enter programming
mode again, reposition the play-head and
click the word again in the text display. Exit
programming mode and play the track again to
view the result.

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Standard folder structure

Advanced users may like to understand which files

are stored in which folders and their purpose.
LOTELab This file is the LOTE Lab
application.
audio_examples This folder holds the audio
examples of the native speakers and is used under
the Sample Listening/Recording tab. It contains
wav files and text files of the same name. Both
files names must begin with Unit_xx where xx is
a two digit number.
beat_samples This folder holds audio files that
appear as samples under the Beat Box tab. Do
not remove or edit the file presets.txt. Do not
remove existing samples.
pure_recordings This folder holds files
generated by the user under the Recording
Studio tab.
recordings This folder holds user attempts
to mimic the native speaker under the Sample
Listening/Recording tab. The files have the same
name as the native speakers originals.



resources This folder holds system files that

should not be altered.
Xtras This folder holds system files that should
not be altered.
This system uses and generates wav files at 44.1
khz 16 bit stereo. Audio files of lesser quality can
be used.

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