This web-site

 

The Business Interaktiv CDROM was published in 1998 by Stanley Thornes (Publishers) Ltd, Cheltenham, UK (cservice@thornes.co.uk).

This web-site is about the teaching modules and the use of the CDROM.

The project which created the CDROM is described at
Gabrielle has her own web-site, which gives personal information, at
   

 
       

The Modules

 

The CDROM contains nine graded modules taken from course material written by us when we worked together in Oxford, and it has been further developed since we moved to the Universities of Birmingham and Bristol respectively.

Each module aims to teach German language within the context of a particular Swiss or German company and covers topics of economic interest.

 
       
  Web Previews  

There are nine modules each focus on an organisation based in Germany or Switzerland. The organisations are as follows;

  • Der Grüne Punkt, which is involved in recycling waste (- you must have seen the label)
  • KPMG, the management consultants,
  • Kambly, the makers of (very nice!) biscuits,
  • Swissair, the airline,
  • Michel AG, an electronics company,
  • Geistlich AG, a pharmaceuticals company,
  • Deinhard, the producers of fine German wines,
  • Wander, a pharmaceuticals company, and
  • Ackermann, a mail-order company.

We are currently setting up some web-based previews of these modules. They will contain extracts from the modules on the CR-ROM. An example has already been prepared and is taken from the first interview in the Kambly module.

  
       

User forum

  

We are currently setting up a forum where views can be aired....

 
       

Using the modules

  

We are currently producing a report on how we have used Business Interaktiv in our own work .......

  
       
  File downloads  

1. There is a corrupted file KAMBLY2.TBK on the CD-ROM distributed by Stanley-Thornes. The effect is to cause an error in the Kambly interviews 2 and 3. A replacement file can be downloaded from this site. This can only be used in situations where the whole of the contents of the CD-ROM is loaded onto the user's hard disk or on a network server. The file is a large one (5.4Mbyte) and will take a time to download. Click here to obtain the file kambly2.zip. Then unpack the zipped file to obtain the replacement file.

2. There have been some reports of errors in the KPMG interviews. This is caused when the user's computer does not read the file KPMG2.TBK properly. A replacement file can be downloaded from this site and is useful in situations where the whole of the contents of the CD-ROM is loaded onto the user's hard disk or on a network server. The file is a large one (5.6Mbyte) and will take a time to download. Click here to obtain the file kpmg2.zip. Then unpack the zipped file to obtain the replacement file.

3. There is a system fault which arises when Asymetrix Toolbook 4, which is used to display the Business Interaktiv modules, is used on Windows 98. Because of the fault the sound cannot be heard in the movies e.g. the popup movie that is shown in the Kambly sequence. The fault can be rectified by replacing the file MTB40LNL.DLL used in the hard disk option (i.e. the option to install part of the program to the user's hard disk which is effected by running the program SETUP.EXE on the CD-ROM). A copy of the replacement file (183k) can be obtained by clicking here.