Method and system for aiding foreign language instruction
US5697789A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 28, 1994 |
| Grant date | Dec 16, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 28, 2014 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG09B19/06
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for aiding foreign language instruction, comprising a language instruction program that runs on a multimedia computer. The language instruction program uses a story to teach the foreign language by displaying selected frames about the story and dialog balloons that include phrases in the foreign language associated with the frames. Translations of the phrases are also displayed. As a further aid, a pronunciation guide displays an animated representation of a person's lips as the correct enunciation of selected words in the foreign language.
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