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Learn the Latin name for flowers before you plant

Free Before You Know It® software teaches the proper names of our favorite blooms

Nashua, NH, Apr. 25, 2005 - A list of popular flowers and their Latin names has been published by Transparent Language, a leader in language learning solutions, and is free for both PC and Mac at www.byki.com/flowercards . Complete with colorful pictures of each bloom, this intelligent flashcard software makes learning the common and botanical names for flowers effective and fun, just in time for planting season.

"The intelligent flashcard technology of Before You Know It is widely used in the consumer, education, government and corporate industries to more rapidly learn foreign languages," said Michael Quinlan, president of Transparent Language. "This free flower list is a fun way to demonstrate the effectiveness of Before You Know It."

Sample common and botanical flower names on the list include:
  • Hyacinth/Hyachinthus
  • Daffodil/Narcissus
  • Forget-me-not/Myosotis
With Before You Know It, users will see and hear the common flower name with botanical name pronunciation. The software then leads the user through the Perfect Recall learning cycle. Before You Know It monitors the user's responses and constantly adjusts to focus on the more challenging flowers.

Before You Know It is available for Windows and Macintosh. Visit www.byki.com for other free vocabulary lists and to learn how to create your own, which can be shared for free with others.

About Transparent Language, Inc.

America plays a prominent role in world affairs, and yet our longstanding English-centricity has left us weaker than we should be in our ability to communicate globally. At Transparent Language, we attempt to correct this problem by developing language-learning resources and systems that deliver more rapid, reliable, and engaging language learning to those who need language skills for work or school, as well as those who simply find joy in learning and using other languages. Each day we use our expertise in the research and practice of language learning to build programs that are licensed for use by all personnel of Foreign Service Institute, Defense Language Institute, US Special Operations Command, US Marine Corps, US Navy, and many other government organizations, as well as by thousands of schools, hundreds of public libraries, and millions of individual users.