I read the reviews for 2001/2002 version and figured the manufacturer would have addressed the problems by now. Not so. Previous reviewers' comments about poor quality still apply - no test feedback so you can't see what you did right/wrong, lots of multiple choice phrases incomplete because they're too long for the space, arbitrary supply of "weak points" info so you may get something you already know and no search facility to get to your own specific topics like Dative case or word order, "Explanation" boxes with no explanation in them, no point in selecting exam board, e g OCR, when past papers seem to be mostly Welsh board, link to website still lapsed, ....need I go on? A total disappointment, don't buy it - I'm going to try and ... Read More:
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I read the reviews for 2001/2002 version and figured the manufacturer would have addressed the problems by now. Not so. Previous reviewers' comments about poor quality still apply - no test feedback so you can't see what you did right/wrong, lots of multiple choice phrases incomplete because they're too long for the space, arbitrary supply of "weak points" info so you may get something you already know and no search facility to get to your own specific topics like Dative case or word order, "Explanation" boxes with no explanation in them, no point in selecting exam board, e g OCR, when past papers seem to be mostly Welsh board, link to website still lapsed, ....need I go on? A total disappointment, don't buy it - I'm going to try and ... Read More:
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...the contents of the CD were last updated in 1998! As far as I can tell the only thing that is truly updated for 2003-2004 is the packaging.
It is based on the content of the National Curriculum and so is much broader than the current syllabuses, so you might spend time covering unnecessary topics.
If you want to do sample questions (the main reason we bought it) then choose another software package! The paltry number of questions are from past papers at least 5 years old. The FAQs on the GSP website suggest ever so helpfully that if you want to practice on more recent questions then you should ask your teacher to give you copies of past exam papers!
In short your money is best spent elsewhere...
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...the contents of the CD were last updated in 1998! As far as I can tell the only thing that is truly updated for 2003-2004 is the packaging.
It is based on the content of the National Curriculum and so is much broader than the current syllabuses, so you might spend time covering unnecessary topics.
If you want to do sample questions (the main reason we bought it) then choose another software package! The paltry number of questions are from past papers at least 5 years old. The FAQs on the GSP website suggest ever so helpfully that if you want to practice on more recent questions then you should ask your teacher to give you copies of past exam papers!
In short your money is best spent elsewhere...
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...the contents of the CD were last updated in 1998! As far as I can tell the only thing that is truly updated for 2003-2004 is the packaging.
It is based on the content of the National Curriculum and so is much broader than the current syllabuses, so you might spend time covering unnecessary topics.
If you want to do sample questions (the main reason we bought it) then choose another software package! The paltry number of questions are from past papers at least 5 years old. The FAQs on the GSP website suggest ever so helpfully that if you want to practice on more recent questions then you should ask your teacher to give you copies of past exam papers!
In short your money is best spent elsewhere...
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...the contents of the CD were last updated in 1998! As far as I can tell the only thing that is truly updated for 2003-2004 is the packaging.
It is based on the content of the National Curriculum and so is much broader than the current syllabuses, so you might spend time covering unnecessary topics.
If you want to do sample questions (the main reason we bought it) then choose another software package! The paltry number of questions are from past papers at least 5 years old. The FAQs on the GSP website suggest ever so helpfully that if you want to practice on more recent questions then you should ask your teacher to give you copies of past exam papers!
In short your money is best spent elsewhere...
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