RXL Pulitzer and Creative Multimedia deliver French to Go! on CD-ROM; Learn to speak, read, and understand basic French fast.

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 1996--French to Go! today joins Japanese to Go! and Spanish to Go!, released in 1995, as the third in a series of interactive CD-ROM contemporary foreign language tutorials developed by RXL Pulitzer and Creative Multimedia.

French to Go! combines the best of educational television and multimedia computing technology, providing a customized, self-paced language lab experience.

Master French instructor Dr. Jane Riles appears on the French to Go! disc as the user's personal tutor. Developed by professional educators, the CD-ROM is equivalent to a 12-week curriculum, and contains more than 100 instructional video vignettes and more than 1,000 audio files. French to Go! incorporates the proven Instructional Theory Into Practice (ITIP) teaching strategy, based on clear learning objectives, instructor modeling, student participation, and evaluation. ITIP's emphasis on active participation throughout the learning process accelerates foreign language acquisition and improves retention.

French to Go! is appropriate for executives, students, and travelers wishing to learn introductory French, according to Dennis Bracy, RXL Pulitzer president. Six multi-part lessons comprise French to Go! Each lesson has an enrichment section called La Galerie. La Galerie reinforces language acquisition through interactive practice activities, games, cultural tips, and self-tests.

Dr. Riles is well qualified to serve as personal tutor on the French to Go! CD-ROM, having lived in France for more than a decade, and worked as an educator and director of international education programs in Europe and the U.S. for more than 35 years. Riles earned her doctorate degree in romance languages, and has developed and implemented French language curricula and distance learning programs for all age groups in academic and corporate settings.

French to Go! is available in Windows format; the average purchase price is $49.95. Like other Creative Multimedia titles, French to Go! is available everywhere CD-ROMs are sold, including retail outlets and bookstores in the United States and Canada.

RXL Pulitzer is a high technology company that produces learning products for a wide variety of audiences in the United States and around the world. The multimedia arm of Pulitzer Publishing Co., Morgan Murphy Stations, and the Rockey Co., RXL Pulitzer is an international leader in interactive television, and one of America's foremost producers of educational programs, video and teleconferencing, and interactive CD-ROM products.

Founded in 1987, Creative Multimedia develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes interactive multimedia information for use with personal computers. Creative Multimedia, the leader in lifestyle and leisure interactive media, partners with the nation's leading publishers and entertainers to bring the highest quality name-brand, interactive products to the market. Additional company and product information is located on the World Wide Web at http://www.creativemm.com.

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