The VLC Explorer Menus and Toolbar

The VLC Explorer has customised menus for navigating each of the English Conversations, Spoken English, Pronunciation Guide, Mind Your Grammar,  Pictorial Idioms and RA Jukebox sections of the VLC.  

The Conversation Menu

The Conversation Menu provides a basic Table of Contents for easy navigation of the VLC English Conversations.

The VLC Spoken English exercises are also included in this menu.  

The Spoken English Exercises Menu

The Pronunciation Menu provides a basic Table of Contents for easy navigation when using the Pronunciation Guide.

The Pronunciation Menu

The Mind Your Grammar Menu provides a basic Table of Contents for easy navigation of the VLC Mind Your Grammar course.

The Mind Your Grammar Menu

The Pictorial Idiom Menu provides a basic Table of Contents for easy navigation of the VLC Pictorial Idioms.

The Toolbar

The VLC Explorer Toolbar has 18 buttons which provide for quick navigation and access to the VLC Explorer functions.

The VLC Explorer Toolbar

The first seven of these buttons duplicate some of the Conversation Menu navigation functions, the next 5 buttons duplicate some of the Pronunciation Menu navigation functions, the next three are for the Mind Your Grammar, Pictorial Idioms and the RA Jukebox start pages,  the other three are for the Net Dictionary lookup, VLC Home Page and opening the Recorder respectively. 

The functions are listed below (going from left to right):

  • Greetings
  • Talking about the weather
  • Asking for and giving directions
  • Conversations in a restaurant
  • Telephoning
  • Travelling
  • Spoken English Exercises
  • Vowels
  • Consonants
  • Diphthongs (complex vowels)
  • Organs of Speech
  • Pronunciation Exercises
  • Mind Your Grammar Start Page
  • Pictorial Idioms Start Page
  • RA Jukebox Start Page
  • Net Dictionary lookup
  • VLC Home Page
  • Open the Recorder Dialog Window

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