Learn the Latin name for flowers before you plant
Free Before You Know It® software teaches the proper names of our favorite blooms
Nashua, N.H., April 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.
At Transparent Language, we leverage our expertise in technology and in the research and practice of language learning and teaching to build unique capabilities for use by US Government agencies and organizations, as well as hundreds of public libraries, thousands of schools, and millions of individuals. We care about all languages, regardless of commercial value. We believe that language technology needs to work for all courses and curricula, not just a few courses. It needs to benefit not only individuals, but entire programs. We believe that great language technology not only changes the user experience; it transforms the economics, logistics, and reliability of language learning.