DLI and Transparent Language Software

DLI and Transparent Language Software
The aritice which I summarize on the link below belong to the transparent language inc. Despite I could not figure out the writer;s name but I liked it as it touches some important softwre programes used in DLI to Students and Faculty.The article mentions how many military language schools in the U.S. have contracted with the company for Transparent Language's Technology for required lnguages .Transparent Language, Inc. said "the company has been awarded a contract from the Defense Language Institute for a community-wide license of its Technology Matrix for Critical Languages product". This software include " language pro, tell me more and Rapid Rote 3.7” which all of them provide students to review vocab through interesting activities. The article just focus how these software is useful, may be as an adversisement for their products but I did not find a reseach menthod used to support the company ideas about the effectiveness of these software in teaching. Howeevr, I observed the value of these programs in my career as students have them on their Ipods and found in the school web beside on each instructors computer to use them in vocab study, listening, transcription and making quizzes.These software has a limiytation on certain activities and need long procedures to use them.
The artice concluded that students can use them in class and at home, students work independentl. My reaction is that article is described with authenticity and truth as
students can use them even to record their sounds and listen to themselves and compare their pronunciation with the ideal ones recorded before, that is; is is a way to imitate native speakers.
The article continue to mention the expansion of its use in recent years with teachers and students in DLI
The company in the article get some of responsible people who surveyed the value of the transparent language as a proof of its products.One of them Mike Quinlan, CEO of Transparent Language. said "We're honored to be a part of that effort, and especially pleased that the license coverage is so comprehensive, with every DLI school, level, and language being included. The company contracted to use these software with all languages taught in DLI as DLI is the main foreign language school for the United States Department of Defense. Approximately 4,000 students study about 23 languages"


Refrences:-
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_August
http://www.transparent.com