Holt Releases Expresate! Online Edition With SoundBooth Video and More Interaction for Students More Tools for Teachers

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Assessment; Classroom Connect; and Harcourt Trade Publishers. Designed to facilitate effective online learning, EN LINEA provides:
* More than 600 exercises and activities that help students build
listening, speaking, reading, writing , and pronunciation skills
* Partner-based activities that help develop oral communication skills
* Rich video content that promotes cultural competency and awareness while
strengthening comprehension skills
* An extensive tutorial function that provides instruction and practice
for grammar and vocabulary study
* Innovative online tools such as an electronic verb wheel, interactive
dictionary, and Web links that help students learn more effectively
* Powerful gradebook features that provide automatic feedback and grading
on activities and allow access to previously submitted work for review
and self-assessment

A world of benefits for students and instructors
EN LINEA allows students to work at their own pace and , unlike book-only
programs, provides innovative online tools that can be referenced as needed to
help reinforce key concepts. Vista Higher Learning is
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"With the online edition of Expresate!, students can take an active role
in their learning and find point-of-use resources to reinforce classroom
instruction ," said Lawrence Haley, vice president of world languages for Holt.
Harcourt Education is part of Reed Elsevier Group plc.vistahigherlearning.

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The Expresate! Online Edition mirrors the approach of the print textbook
and addresses three modes of communication identified by the American Council
on the Teaching of Foreign Languages: presentational, interpretive, and
interpersonal. Teachers can generate and view student test reports by
standard and then diagnose student proficiency, assign intervention, and track
each student's improvement over time.reedelsevier.com), which is a world -leading publisher and information
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The Web-based medium allows students to select over 40 hours of
visual and audio resources at the click of a button.

About Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Holt, Rinehart and Winston is a leading publisher of textbooks and
educational materials for grades six through 12 and is part of Harcourt
Education, a global education provider serving students and teachers in PreK
through grade 12, adult learners, and readers of all ages. EN LINEA's online platform also offers
unprecedented flexibility, allowing students to receive feedback and support
whether working with an instructor, other students, or on their own; and
providing access to all program features whether they are working in a
classroom or at home .

Enrich your Spanish offering
EN LINEA is an ideal language instruction solution for colleges,
universities and post-secondary language schools planning to introduce an
online Spanish curriculum for the first time, or for those looking to enhance
their existing online offerings.

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Using HOA,
teachers can assign pre-loaded tests or upload their own tests through the
One-Stop Planner with Test Generator(R), which then grades the tests
automatically.

Vista Higher Learning Announces August 5 Launch of its EN LINEA Online Spanish Curriculum

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They also can choose
from point-of -use, self-grading workbooks, Holt's exclusive voice recording
feature called Holt SoundBooth, a searchable grammar bank, an Electronic
Notebook, and a travel log Photo Tour for each featured location. It is owned equally by Reed Elsevier PLC (NYSE: RUK) and Reed
Elsevier NV (NYSE: ENL). To learn more about EN LINEA, view
an online demo, visit http://www.

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Innovative Program Offers an All-Inclusive Solution to the Challenge of Online
Language Instruction

BOSTON, Vista Higher Learning, a Boston-based
publisher of Spanish instruction textbooks and educational programs, today
announced the August 5 release of EN LINEA, a dynamic, interactive, online
adaptation of Vista Higher Learning's popular VISTAS Spanish language program.

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Emphasis on these modes of communication and on the national
foreign language standards helps students hone their language skills and
develop a greater grasp of the Spanish language and culture. Holt offers an advanced
three-level Spanish program for heritage speakers and AP students called
Nuevas vistas.

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They can shift between tenses .

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Instruction is more meaningful and
effective with the Expresate! Online Edition because students are actively
engaged in learning about Spanish culture while learning the language.
Grammar is also emphasized in a new way; in Expresate!, Spanish grammar is
presented and compared to English grammar rules to facilitate comprehension
giving students a stronger foundation for learning the language and its
structure.
There are new Web-based teaching materials and tools, including Holt
Online Assessment (HOA), to give teachers a full suite of resources from
lesson planning to evaluation and supplementary instruction.vistahigherlearning. For
more information, please visit http://www.

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For further
information, please call 800-992-1627 or visit http://www.com or
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"We are especially pleased with the visual and audio elements that give
students a chance to experience life in many Spanish -speaking countries.

NOTE TO EDITORS: See Holt at the National Educational Computing
Conference in Philadelphia, June 28-30.

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EN LINEA delivers a proven Spanish language curriculum, rich audio and video
materials, and extensive tutorial capabilities that make learning Spanish more
fun, rewarding , and accessible for students, while maximizing efficiencies and
reducing paperwork for instructors .

A trusted curriculum plus innovative features
EN LINEA combines the industry-leading VISTAS Spanish curriculum with a
range of rich, interactive features for a comprehensive Spanish instruction
program.

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"Expresate! is very communicative," said Erin Bethea, a
Spanish teacher at Revere High School in Ohio. Its enormous flexibility makes it an ideal
language tool for non -traditional students, as well as those enrolled in more
conventional classroom programs.

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The Expresate! Online Edition is the Web-based edition of Expresate!
(C)2006, Holt's newest Spanish program that employs instructional and
multi-sensory learning techniques to connect students to Spanish-speaking
countries, their arts, culture, and people, while teaching them to converse in
Spanish. "I'm seeing the kids advance
by leaps and bounds.harcourt. EN LINEA can be packaged in conjunction with
print materials or as a stand-alone offering, and is an out-of-the-box
solution that requires minimal training.
Our programs are developed after extensive market research and careful
consultation with educators and researchers, as well as publishing and
pedagogical professionals. We bring a fresh new approach to the learning of
Spanish by integrating technology, design, content, and pedagogy to make
learning easier, more practical, and more rewarding.

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Teachers using Expresate! find that the copious interactive and multimedia
elements engage students in their learning and help them build better
communication skills.

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(http://www. A number of colleges and universities
have already committed to adopting the EN LINEA program.

About Vista Higher Learning
Vista Higher Learning develops textbooks, online courseware, and
educational components for the US and Canadian language instruction markets.

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Expresate! is available in Levels 1, 2 and 3 for high -school grades and
Levels 1A and 1B for middle school grades.com.

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AUSTIN , Texas, Holt, Rinehart and Winston today
announced the release of Expresate! Premier Online Edition , a Spanish program
for middle and high school, which offers new interactive and multi-sensory
learning activities for students.
EN LINEA's sophisticated classroom management tools make it easy for
instructors to administer tests and quizzes, distribute grades, and track
student progress, and its online platform means that teachers can teach from
anywhere, at any time.

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