Rather than the traditional single language, this program attempts to tackle 31. An ambitious project undoubtedly, although it doesn't try to teach every language in full. Instead, a fair smattering of up to 5,000 words is imparted in each tongue.

The languages covered include the usual suspects such as French, German, Spanish and Italian, alongside more minor players like Norwegian, Thai and Korean. And then there are more obscure offerings: Ukrainian, Vietnamese, even Yiddish and Zulu. It's unlikely you'll ever need to say "Hello" in Zulu, but you never know. To see the full list of languages covered, have a look at the Focus site.

The program's content is divided into reference tools and immersion environments. The latter form the main meat of the package, and as the name suggests they wholly immerse you in a particular language. If you travel to the French environment, all the menus and text are in French, aside from the translation at the foot of the screen.

Basic phrases are covered, and with a double-click you can hear them spoken by a native. For those fast and difficult languages (which is most of them), a handy slow-sound button is included. Clicking this slows the pronunciation so you can better hear how words and syllables are formed, which is very useful.

There are reading exercises alongside pronunciation lessons which grade your accuracy in comparison to a native speaker (provided you have a microphone to record your voice with). You're marked quite harshly, and it's difficult to get your words exactly correct, but not impossible. There's also an activities section that presents a number of games.

Here you'll find crosswords with simple clues that feature sentences with missing words, and dictation challenges where you listen to a spoken word and are then asked to type it in. There's also a more difficult version of the latter that does the same with sentences, along with a scramble game that mixes up the words in a sentence, requiring them to be rearranged correctly.

It isn't an earth-shatteringly exciting collection of games, but they're useful learning tools that make matters more fun. Finally, there's a section on conversations that lets you practice dialogues revolving around common activities such as booking into a hotel or asking for directions.

Reference tools are provided for some languages, rather than full immersion environments, and these make use of more basic material such as flashcards, or just screens full of help text, to impart vocabulary. The presentation isn't up to much in this department, but the amount of content here for ten pounds is impressive in itself. As a simple introduction to a number of languages, the program fulfils its function in a workmanlike fashion.

This package covers a swathe of languages and captures the basics pretty effectively, and it does so for a very reasonable price.