Salut!, ¡Hola! and Tag! were written for young beginners.  Initially the programs were intended for starters of below average ability but we find that many schools use them with all beginners. The 36 elements in each language, cover the 10 topics illustrated below, plus days and months. 

Within each topic there are several levels of difficulty, allowing children at different stages to work on the same topic.  Within each level, there is also the choice of  5, 10 or 20 "questions" to cater for different speeds of work. The program creates and practises a practical vocabulary, with sound (in the French and Spanish versions) to help pronunciation and to make the program independent of reading ability. 

The user completes each task with the use of the mouse only, either by clicking on the choices or by dragging objects. No use of the keyboard is involved.

Colours There are 3 levels : any 2 shown from 4 any 4 shown from 8 any 8 shown from 12 colours	Numbers Numbers 1 to 100 in blocks of 10	Weather There are 2 levels : 4 general phrases; 8 specific phrases	Time There are 2 levels :four quarters from the same hour and eight choices from different hours
The Body and Clothes Parts of the Body; The face and head; three levels of clothes	In the Café There is one selection of drinks and three levels of food choices	In the Market Three selections : eight vegetables; eight fruits and sixteen from both	In the Town There are 3 levels : any 4 shown from 8 any 8 from 12 and any 14 from 24