How do I use 'Typing mode'?

Tip: Please refer to the article How do I use 'Pronunciation' mode? for a rundown of menu icons available within ImmerseMe.

Instructions

1. Click Start Lesson from the lesson script page (either at the top or on the right side). For our example, we're in French > Bakery > Buying a loaf of bread (Acheter du pain).

   
 

2. Navigate through the Game Settings. Under Game Mode, select Typing. From here you'll also have to set up your preferred Extension. Click Play! once your setup is done.

   
 

3. The lesson starts with the native speaker talking to you and asking you a question. At the bottom of the screen you would see a dialogue box with the sentence that you need to type. You simply need to type it using correct spelling and punctuation EXACTLY as it is shown to you in grey text. This means starting each sentence with a capital letter, using appropriate punctuation like commas, hyphens, full stops, etc. For languages with accented letters like French, you can access a range of options after typing the base letter. For example, typing the letter a will give us the option to use the normal a (press 1), à (press 2), â (press 3), or æ (press 4).

   

   Tip: There are a few alternative ways to select the required accented letter:
   ➤  Use the assigned number from your keyboard (1, 2, 3, 4, etc), as explained above.
   ➤  Click the letter using your mouse.
   Note: If we're missing any variations, please let us know by submitting a feedback via the pink  Feedback  button on the right.
 

4. Once you've successfully typed out the sentence 100% accurate, the video will resume to the next sentence. This time, you would type the response to the question. Often there's more than one possible response, so you can choose which one you'd like to type. In our example below, there's only 1 available response option to type.

   

   Tip: We recommend pressing the play button to listen to the next sentence. Listening practise is highly beneficial to language learning! 
   Note: If it appears like you've typed the sentence correctly and it's not submitting, please let us know by submitting a feedback via the pink  Feedback  button on the right.
 

5. You can also change the input language using the keyboard icon on the left of the dialogue box (shown below). This is useful for languages such as Mandarin Chinese which sometimes have English words within the sentence.

   
 
6. Once you have correctly typed the sentence, the lesson will continue as normal and you will need to continue typing each sentence in the conversation whilst ensuring correct spelling, capitalisation, and punctuation.
   Challenge Question: I have correctly typed this sentence but it doesn't let me go through, why?

   

   Answer: If you look closely, it's because I still haven't entered a full stop to finish my sentence. Once I add the punctuation, the native speaker would automatically respond, and we could then continue typing out the conversation.

   You may ask, what's the point in simply typing the sentences out when it's shown on the screen?

   Good question! This is still called receptive processing of language from one skill (listening) to another (writing). Please refer to our explanation about pedagogy for more information. The other type of writing mode we've developed is the Spelling mode, wherein the text is hidden and the students are required to type out the conversation from memory whilst still ensuring correct spelling and punctuation. This mode is significantly more difficult, but a great progression to make after Typing mode has been successfully completed!

Now you should be ready to progress to Spelling mode or skip to Translation mode. Or feel free to go back and revise Pronunciation mode.

Please see these links for instructions on the other modes: 

• How do I use 'Pronunciation' mode?
• How do I use 'Spelling' mode?
• How do I use 'Translation' mode?