Franklin Language Master LM-6000, User Manual

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cause the phrase “direct object” has its own entry in the dictionary. But you couldn’t
type “transitive verb” or “verb that takes an object after it”, because these phrases
are not separately defined in this dictionary.
You can even use the Grammar Guide to get information about the punctuation
marks on the keyboard. For example, you may wish to know how to use the “;”
(semicolon). You don’t even need to know the name of it — just type it and press
.
If a word is not a special grammatical term like “superlative”, but just an ordinary
word like “albatross” or “relieve”, then pressing
while such a word is se-
lected will bring up just the chapters relevant to that word’s part of speech. If you
see a word in the Grammar Guide itself that you would like to look up in the dictio-
nary, press
to highlight words in the Grammar Guide, move the cursor to
the word you want using the arrow keys, then press .
Grammar Quiz
Some sections of the Grammar Guide have Quiz Exercises to help you sharpen
your grammar skills. A message at the end of the section tells you when these are
available.
Press while viewing the grammar information to see the exercises.
GRAMMAR
GRAMMAR
ENTER
ENTER
GAMES
SPEECH
Speech is a powerful teaching tool with the LM-6000. You may actually listen to the
word you are viewing.
The Language Master has a Dynamic Pronunciation Guide (DPG) which will pro-
nounce the individual sounds of the word you listened to. To make the learning ex-
perience even more complete, examples of a sound’s usage are shown on the
screen.
Type the word
yachting
. Press . In a short while, the word is pro-
nounced and the screen below appears:
SAY