Evaluation of a Software Package

 

White smoke 2012 is one of ESL software available online. Its major function is to help language learners to foster their writing skills regarding with spelling and grammar. There are four features or function it provides: writer, translator, dictionary and templates. Each of which would benefit ESL learners to enhance their written English.

Writer, the foremost feature of this software, allows you evaluate why your grammar and spelling are incorrect. The way it works is by firstly writing on the page about anything. Then after clicking the check text  button, you will see on your writing,  a number of underlined words in different color, i.e green, red or blue, indicating that there are some grammatical mistakes or misspelling words that writers should consider.  Above the colored words or phrases, the right spelling will be given as well as the right tenses.  Not only providing with such correction, it will also gives the meaning of the words, their synonyms, and how to use the words in contexts. More interestingly, without having to rewrite the correction, your writing will be automatically “furnished” by clicking the apply changes button. In addition, by simply copying your essays from word processor and pasting them on the software page, you will be surprised at how fast it works in identifying the errors and in providing you the correct words spelling and grammatical issues.

Translator, the second facility of this software, is another exciting function. It works like google translator which allows you translate either words or sentences into a broad range of languages, i.e. from English text Indonesia or conversely. When online, the additional menu of this translating function, human translation button, will connect you to translation companies available in the internet.

The last is template which provides you with different types of writing models in general, medical, legal, and business. This will definitely put you at ease as you already have models to follow when writing, for example, business proposal.

Overall, this software would be a great help if optimally used for writing purposes although by using the free trial version only (www.whitesmoke.com). However, you need to purchase it for longer use.

Note. Clik http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5_L6DBxjDQ to see the demo.