Language learning: Improve your accent with Acapela and PONS.

The language learning offer by Ernst Klett Sprachen GmbH includes, alongside its green PONS dictionaries, advanced tailored teaching media for children and adults both at home and abroad to improve pronunciation and accent, through a very efficient interface.Using a speech recognition technology, the program can analyze the pronunciation & accent of each learner, providing him/her with a personalized, tailor made evaluation. Owing to the innovative approach and thanks to Acapela's speech recognition, pronunciation practice will be done with intelligent feedback. Flexible access to content with recommended progression or personalised choice of topics will motivate the language learner. Moreover Elizabeth Webster, publishing director, PONS Self Study, stresses the fact that "Acapela speech recognition technology is outstanding for language acquisition due to its phonological approach. The linguistic precision with which it analyzes pronunciation errors is a boon to learners, giving them more detailed and accurate feedback than is possible with a model-based approach."The PONS learning language software series covers language courses (for beginners/ false beginners and advanced learners), vocabulary and grammar trainers (for beginners/false beginners) and express courses for beginners. All products are available for PC and Mac. PONS language learning software is available in specialized stores as well as on the internet.