Study 1200 - Advanced software that delivers proven results
Sanako Study 1200 is advanced language teaching and learning tools in one comprehensive, easy-to-use package that can be used with your school’s existing IT setup. Teachers will gain access to a wide variety of targeted language learning exercises that will help students improve their foreign language reading, writing, listening, and especially speaking.
What are 21st century language labs and why use them in teaching?
With Sanako Study 1200 teachers can present versatile and engaging lessons:
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- Utilize the latest multimedia teaching content and allow your students to gain valuable hands-on practice
- Design pedagogically rich language learning activities
- Use model imitation and a wide array of discussion activities to help students with the most difficult-to-teach elements: pronunciation and intonation
- Conduct lessons that combine speaking, listening, and written text - learning by doing that suits all learning types
- Individualize teaching by grouping and pairing students and allowing them to work on exercises at their own pace; monitor and record progress
Teachers can manage class time effectively:
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- Monitor student screens and remotely control student PCs for personalized learning and support for all students
- Use lesson time for interruption-free teaching and learning, thanks to functionalities such as Internet- and application-blocking
Students can learn and practice independently, at their own pace:
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- Study Lite Recorder* can be brought home for independent language learning
- Ability to record their speech enables self-evaluation
- Enables advanced pronunciation exercises, even with audio files that do not have ready-made gaps
* A free, unlimited Study Lite Recorder site license is included with every Study 1200 license. This license can be used to create a self-study area in a school or to install Study Lite on students’ home computers.
More Study 1200 features and benefits - click on the topics to expand them
We recommend these optional components for the best results with Study 1200:
AP Exam
Sanako Study 1200 allows the teacher to administer AP® oral exams. AP Exam activity is specially designed to set up, test and collect student AP® responses. AP is a registered trademark of the College Entrance Examination Board. AP exams are widely used in the United Sates.
Sanako Study Lite Recorder
Read more about the benefits of Lite Recorder
Schools using Study 1200 can allow their students to conduct independent on- and off-campus studies using Sanako Study Lite Recorder.
The Sanako Study Lite Recorder is an application intended for students’ independent language studies. It is a two-track recorder with specialized language learning features aimed at improving pronunciation and speaking skills.
Listening Comprehension
In this activity, the teacher can transfer an audio track to students. Students can access their digital recorders, so that they can work with the source material individually and at their own pace to better comprehend what was said. Teacher may select the students to answer questions to show how well they understood what they heard.
Discussion Activities
The teacher can unobtrusively listen to student conversations, allowing them to feel free to express themselves using their own words, rather than rehearsed textbook responses. In addition to pair and group discussions Study 1200 has a round table discussion that allows teachers to set up small student groups with a designated chairman, who leads the discussion. Teachers can set up a meeting environment to help advanced language learners strengthen their oral presentation skills.
Model Imitation
Students listen to and repeat a model track that the teacher has transferred to them to practice the stress, rhythm and intonation of a foreign language, while their voices are recorded. The recorded model and student audio tracks enable easy assessment and correcting areas that need improvement.
Reading Practice
Reading aloud is a useful way of practicing intonation, rhythm and pronunciation, and is ideal for students’ individual practice. Students read a text which is recorded on the student track, and then practice to improve their proficiency. Everyone in class can read at the same time and at their own pace which saves time compared to the “traditional” reading practice methods, and even the shy students are not afraid to participate.
Voice Insert
In the Voice Insert mode, gaps can be inserted automatically into source material, which means that one does not have to leave silent parts for the answers in the recordings – any audio file can be used. This unique feature allows for the creation of exercises during playback, and for a teacher to give oral feedback on student recordings after a test.
Subtitling
Subtitles work as a link between spoken word and written text creating possibilities for different speech-to-text and text-to-speech translation exercises. With the ability to subtitle files, students will gain additional valuable language practice working with media files.
Sessions
Study 1200 has up to six sessions. The teacher can initiate different activities for the students and use different methods for each session to individualize learning. They can put more advanced students in self-study session while focusing on to the students who require more support. In the Self-Access mode each student works independently of all the other students.
Monitoring Students
Monitoring students allows teachers to listen to selected students’ work and view their screens. Screen monitoring allows the teacher to view the screen activity of multiple student workstations in real time seeing how assignments progress. Student screens can all be viewed simultaneously as thumbnails.
Screen Transfer with Audio and Marker Tool
Study 1200 allows the teacher to share the contents of the teacher screen and talk to the students at the same time, e.g. show a video from the internet. The screen image and audio can be transferred to a single student or the entire class. The Marker Tool allows teachers to highlight screen items in order to make sure that students are concentrating on essentials.
Control of Student PCs
Study 1200 gives the teacher control over student PCs, which allows for guidance and support of the students. The teacher can black out the student screens and/or lock the cursors and keyboards to draw their attention. A blocking feature allows the teacher to block the use of Internet or other applications to help students focus on a given task.
Minimum Requirements
AS PER THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MICROSOFT® WINDOWS® XP, WINDOWS® VISTA OR WINDOWS® 7 OPERATING SYSTEM
- Microsoft® Windows® XP, Windows® Vista or Windows® 7 operating system
- Microsoft .NET Framework® 2.0 SP2, Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0 SP2 or Microsoft .NET Framework 3,5 SP1
- DirectX 9.0c or higher
- 1 GHz processor 512 MB of system memory, 2 GB recommended for Tutor PC
- 100 MB of free disk space for installation *
- 1024*768 display resolution with 16-bit colors
- AC97 or HDA compatible sound card
- Network Adapter, TCP/IP support required
- PC Headset - recommended Sanako models to ensure high quality audio
- QuickTime® 7.0.3 or later is required for displaying certain file types and for the Sanako Study Video Live Module
*) The amount of free disk space required during the use of Study 1200 varies primarily according to the use of the recording functionality - longer recording times require more disk space.
Note: In order to use the OneNote feature, Microsoft OneNote must be installed on the student computers before installing Study Student. Otherwise Study will be unable to connect to OneNote and tutor notes cannot be sent to students' OneNote applications.
Note: Actual requirements may vary based on your system configuration. It is essential to make sure that the operating system runs smoothly on each computer where a Study Tutor or Student application will be installed.