TELL ME MORE® selected by Scottsdale USD

Phoenix, Arizona - August 10, 2009

Auralog, the innovative world leader of language learning software and publisher of the TELL ME MORE suite of programs was selected by the Scottsdale Unified School District (SUSD) in Scottsdale, Arizona to provide language learning technology to students learning both English as well as world languages.

“We are honored to be chosen by SUSD to support their teaching efforts,” explains Christophe Pralong, Vice President and Managing Director of Auralog US. “TELL ME MORE® is a program that students, teachers and parents really love and it produces results. The students enjoy the activities and interactive content; parents and teachers like the assessments, tracking, exercises and multimedia format because the highly interactive learning experience keeps students engaged, focused and learning. It’s a really fun and effective way to learn.”

The Scottsdale Unified School District has 32 schools serving about 26,000 students. More than 3,000 persons are employed by the district, including about 1,700 teachers. The district celebrated its 100th anniversary in 1996. Its boundaries include most, but not all, of the city of Scottsdale, almost all of the town of Paradise Valley, a section of the city of Phoenix and a section of the city of Tempe.

TELL ME MORE will be made available to 5,000+ students per year in grades 6-12 studying English, Spanish, French, Italian, or German in support of the district’s continued focus on supporting a variety of critical language needs.

Adopting a learning tool such as TELL ME MORE is truly in keeping with SUSD’s commitment to excellence. A total of 21 of 31 SUSD schools are designated Excelling — Arizona's highest rating! Additionally, SUSD consistently delivers some of the highest test scores, as much as 30 percent above state averages on AIMS and as much as 43 percent higher on Terra Nova. This is demonstrable proof of the district investing in quality throughout the entire learning experience from the top rated and highly awarded teaching staff to the best possible learning curriculum and wired classrooms.

TELL ME MORE was selected as it was uniquely able to address the varied needs of the learner audience. With up to 2,000 hours of content per language program, TELL ME MORE offers more content than any other solution. Learners will benefit from up to 10 different proficiency levels that cover complete beginner through advanced business levels and from course content developed using authentic materials reflective of each individual language versus the cookie-cutter approach many other companies take in reusing the same content and graphics while only translating the text.

“We look forward to our partnership with TELL ME MORE,” Dr, Ildiko Laczko-Kerr, executive director of Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment. “Continuing to provide our students with the best possible skills to excel in their lives is our goal, and TELL ME MORE is one more tool that will give our students an increased opportunity to learn.”

The TELL ME MORE language learning solution will be delivered in English, Spanish, French, German, and Italian to most learners throughout the district beginning in August, 2009.

TELL ME MORE® is used by leading schools, universities, homeschool students, corporations, governments and discerning consumers throughout the world.

About the Scottsdale Unified School District

Scottsdale Unified School District is one of Arizona's most Excelling school districts, with 22 schools earning the state's highest rating - Excelling. All Scottsdale schools are rated as Excelling, Highly Performing, Performing Plus or Performing by the Arizona Department of Education. For more information about Scottsdale Unified schools, please visit www.susd.org.

About TELL ME MORE®, powered by Auralog

Auralog is a world leader in language learning software and publisher of the award-winning TELL ME MORE®. Auralog incorporates over 20 years of language empowerment experience and advanced technologies including speech recognition, video, role play and spoken language tracking into the TELL ME MORE® suite of language learning software programs. With offices in Phoenix, Arizona, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Mexico, and China, Auralog has more than 350 employees and provides services globally to more than 10,000 organizations and over 7 million learners. Users of TELL ME MORE® include pre-K, K-12, higher and adult education institutions, home school, libraries, individual consumers, and businesses of all sizes. www.tellmemore.com.

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