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| 20080227062 | Phonetic teaching/correcting device for learning Mandarin - A phonetic teaching/correcting device for learning Mandarin includes a book having a plurality of pages. At least one page includes a Chinese character. Also provided on the same page is at least one phonetic symbol component that constitutes a phonetic symbol combination representing pronunciation of the Chinese character. Also provided on the same page are a first mark in association with pronunciation of the Chinese character and a second mark in association with pronunciation of each phonetic symbol component. A speaker outputs pronunciation of one of the Chinese character and the phonetic symbol component scanned by a reader. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080261181 | System and Method for Learning Languages - A language learning system adapted to facilitate the learning of a language by at least a first of two separated users comprising a web-based system which integrates peer-to-peer communications with Voice over Internet Protocol technology to provide one-to-one communication which enables said users to speak in real-time with the intention of taking part in scripted role-play scenarios in the language to be learned which enables the at least first user to practice skills in this language wherein the text of a selected role-play is displayed before each of said users simultaneously with the said speaking in real-time. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20080274443 | System and method for foreign language processing - The present disclosure relates to foreign language instruction and translation methods. A system is provided which utilizes tonal and rhythm visualization components to allow a person to “see” their words as they attempt to speak a foreign language or a specific regional dialect. The system is also applicable to foreign language translation systems and allows students to improve their pronunciation by responding to visual feedback which incorporates both color and shape. The system may comprise a step-by-step instruction method, along with recording and playback features. Certain embodiments incorporate statistical analysis of student progress, remote access for teacher consultation, and video games for enhancing student interest. | 11-06-2008 |
| 20080280269 | A Homework Assignment and Assessment System for Spoken Language Education and Testing - A language tutor system and method. The system comprising a client module and a server module coupled to the client module. The server module downloads an oral language assignment to the client module to enable a student learning a second language to login to the client module and perform the oral language assignment. The client module provides a benchmark audio sentence in the second language to the student, records a recitation of the sentence from the student, and evaluates the recitation of the sentence from the student by comparing the recitation of the sentence with the benchmark audio. The system provides feedback to the student on the pronunciation and intonation of each word in the sentence. | 11-13-2008 |
| 20080286730 | Immersive Imaging System, Environment and Method for Le - Immersive imaging system for learning a language comprising at least a first level, this first level including:
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| 20080286731 | METHOD FOR TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - Various embodiments of this invention disclose a method for learning a foreign language using a variety of media such as audio-video, audio, and written media. The diverse embodiments of the invention allow the student to learn a foreign language in an accelerated manner that creates a stress-free environment and lowers a student's effective barrier to learning a foreign language. In various embodiments of the invention, the foreign language is taught using audio-video media. The video presents a movie or television presentation. Meanwhile, the original audio portion is replaced with an audio track, which is developed using the principles of the invention. The audio comprises the “phrases or complete thoughts” of the original video that are segmented and presented in alternating sections of native and foreign language. By presenting the native language “phrases or complete thoughts” immediately followed by same “phrase or complete thought” in the foreign language, the student is afforded the opportunity to develop associations between the two. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080293020 | Learner-Controlled Foreign Language Learning Processing Method and System - Learner-controlled foreign language learning method and system are disclosed. The method is performed by a learner's computer and an education server by providing foreign language learning contents to a computer through the Internet, and includes reproducing entire details of a selected foreign language learning content, determining whether there is a request for repeatedly reproducing, and reproducing the entire details of the foreign language learning content again when repeatedly reproducing is requested, processing a repeat-of-pronunciation by reading the details containing the foreign language learning content when the request for repeatedly reproducing is not asked; and processing the learning of the foreign language learning content by providing a question with respect to the details of the foreign language learning content and a request for an answer after the processing the repeat-of-pronunciation, and by comparing a learner's answer with the question. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080293021 | Foreign Language Voice Evaluating Method and System - Disclosed are a foreign language oral test method and a system in which a non-native speaker can evaluate a vocal answer of a learner. An education server of the method includes providing at least one of foreign language questions to a leaner computer and receiving and recording the vocal answer corresponding to the provided foreign language question; displaying a plurality of evaluation references such that a non-specialist for foreign language can evaluate the vocal answer of the learner; reproducing a required vocal answer for the provided foreign language question and the recorded vocal answer of the learner; and storing any one of the evaluation references selected by an evaluator who listens to the required vocal answer and the vocal answer of the learner. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080299523 | TEACHING MATERIAL GENERATION METHODS AND SYSTEMS - Teaching material generation methods and systems to generate teaching material for language learning are provided. The system comprises a plurality of social circumstances, a plurality of contextual situations, a user interface and a processing module. The user interface receives a selection corresponding to at least one of the social circumstances, and a selection corresponding to at least one of the contextual situations. The processing module generates teaching material according to the selected social circumstance and the selected contextual situation. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090023119 | Method for learning a foreign language - A method for learning a foreign language using a learning aid is provided. The learning aid includes a reading manual having a plurality of pages organized into a number of sections which are read in an orderly fashion in order to facilitate incremental advancement and masterfulness concerning the learning of a target language. The method involves building an active foreign language alphabet and language as it is done naturally in user's native language. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090023120 | PROGRAM TO INTENSIVELY TEACH A SECOND LANGUAGE USING ADVERTISEMENTS - An immersion method teaches a student conversational speech aspects of a language (such as a second language) while, in the process, intensively exposing the student to a relevant conversational program (such as advertising) as an integral part of the teaching process. The method may include displaying, to the user/student, portions of video and audio of a conversational program (such as an advertisement in a second language), while causing a textual indication of the displayed audio to be simultaneously displayed (e.g., in the second language and a native language). The user may be prompted for information indicative of comprehension of the program by the user. Particularly in the case of advertising, information indicative of comprehension of the program can be very useful to the advertiser, as well as the prompting process itself serving to reinforce themes presented in the advertisement. | 01-22-2009 |
| 20090047639 | UNIVERSAL AIDS FOR TEXT BASED LEARNING - The invention provides study aids that work in tandem with a preferred format of ancient or foreign texts. In one embodiment, the invention provides an overlay containing a partial or full set of the vowel and punctuation marks. The overlay can be transparent or otherwise fashioned to superimpose the text without being permanently affixed with the text itself. A beginning student can rely on a more comprehensive overlay containing nearly all of the vowel or punctuation markings, and the overlays can be modified to provide levels of assistance to match the skills of the student or the comfort of the parent or instructor. | 02-19-2009 |
| 20090053681 | INTERACTIVE LEARNING METHODS AND SYSTEMS THEREOF - A language learning method is disclosed. The method includes providing a persistent environment such that when a player enters the persistent environment, an interaction between the player and the persistent environment is based on the player's level of a language skill. | 02-26-2009 |
| 20090061398 | Language Teaching Method and Apparatus - A student is taught a language through the introduction of target expressions including features, such as specific words or phrases and language structure. The student is presented one or more reference expressions made up of target expression with one or more of its features altered, while maintaining semantic meaningfulness, and he is prompted with a prompting expression designed to elicit the target expression as a response, in view of the at least one reference expression. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090061399 | EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE WITH EMBEDDED SHELTERED INSTRUCTION - A system, method and a computer readable medium for providing virtual learning of academic topic unrelated to languages in a non-native language of a student. The system includes an input device, which receives user input, a datastore, which stores the academic topic. At least a portion of the academic topic is stored in both native and non-native languages. The system further includes a processor, which obtains the academic topic based on the user input and an output device, which outputs the academic topic provided by the processor to a user. The academic topic is obtained by the processor with sheltered instruction in the non-native language. Upon a user request, the continuous providing of the academic topic is paused and at least one key term of the academic topic is provided in the native language. | 03-05-2009 |
| 20090111075 | Devices and related methods for teaching languages to young children - To help young children and other individuals learn a language while playing and having fun a novel card or device is presented that includes, on one side, a word in a first (e.g., non-English) language on its surface along with a pronunciation guide associated with the word and an image of the word, and on an opposite side a translation (e.g., into English) of the word along with a pronunciation guide associated with the word. The device may also include means to secure it to a physical object similar to that shown in the image. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20090136907 | R.O.C. Syllable System - An English syllable system which uses English words, Partial English Words, and Phonics to teach people how to speak other languages with the accent as if the student were from that country. This system uses the preceding three types of words from the English Language to teach foreign languages. | 05-28-2009 |
| 20090162818 | Method for the determination of supplementary content in an electronic device - The invention relates to a method for replacing subtitle text with occasional word or idiom translations. In the method an initial language skill is determined. A content object is selected for presentation. A content vocabulary associated with the content object is determined. The content vocabulary is reduced based on the initial language skill to produce a target vocabulary. The presentation of said content object is started in the electronic device. The presence of a word in the content object is detected. The translation of the word is displayed on a display of the electronic device, if the word belongs to the target vocabulary. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20090186322 | Method and system for situational language translation - The present invention is a method and apparatus for facilitating an interview where the interviewer and interviewee speak different languages. An important application is to first responder situations during an emergency. The invention implements several improvements over the prior art. A method is provided whereby the interviewee who cannot read can nevertheless specify her language to the interviewer and system. Choices of topics about which the interviewer might want to communicate with the interviewee are ranked by associated probabilities or risks, thereby assisting the interviewer in selecting next steps in the interview and treatment process; the interviewer, nevertheless, retains the discretion to choose other options. Information communicated to the interviewee in detail can be presented to the interviewer in summary form, so that the interviewer can concentrate on higher priority matters. Ordinarily, the interviewer and interviewee wear headsets, but an interviewee headset that can be conveniently converted into speakers allows the interviewer to communicate in the interviewee language to third parties at the scene, such as family members. Other implementations allow the headset to serve as a hub for sensor (e.g., camera, audio recorder, thermometer) data collection, storage, and dissemination. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090191519 | ONLINE AND COMPUTER-BASED INTERACTIVE IMMERSIVE SYSTEM FOR LANGUAGE TRAINING, ENTERTAINMENT AND SOCIAL NETWORKING - This invention is an apparatus and a method for language training and general entertainment and role-playing. It employs a computer that can play back audio or audio-visual program material, using special software to selectively direct the audio of this playback through the computer's speaker system or through a headset, with the user taking the audio routed to her headset—in particular speech—as a model and prompt to repeat this speech audibly. The user plays the role of the person in the program material whose speech is being routed to her headset, and the special software further permits the user to record her dubbing efforts along with the program material, producing a version of the program material with the user's voice recorded in place of, or in conjunction with, the voice of a character in the program material. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20090233261 | EDUCATIONAL TOOL - An educational tool includes a plurality of removable stickers, at least one sticker further comprising at least one word in both a first language and a second language. The stickers may be arranged in sheets and/or a book and are intended to be removably applied to objects in an environment that are representative of the words provided on the stickers. Thus, a user can easily grasp the meaning of the word or phrase from the close proximity of the two versions of the word or phrase and the application of such word or phrase to an object that is representative of such word or phrase. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090239201 | PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION TRAINING DEVICE, PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION TRAINING METHOD AND PHONETIC PRONUNCIATION TRAINING PROGRAM - A phonetic pronunciation training device, phonetic pronunciation training method, and phonetic pronunciation training program is provided wherein pronunciation and sounds in language acquisition can be self-learned and listening skills, spelling skills and vocabulary can be enhanced. The present invention comprises at least a data base for storing phonetic pronunciation data associated with phonetic data and phonetic symbol data indicating this phonetic data, a selection function block for receiving instruction signal from an input means and randomly selecting phonetic pronunciation data, a phonetic pronunciation data reproducing function for reproducing selected phonetic pronunciation data, and a phonetic symbol data correct/error determination function block for comparing phonetic symbol data input by the input means and phonetic symbol data corresponding to the selected phonetic pronunciation data and recording the correct/error result to a memory means. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20090246743 | LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD THEREOF - A language learning system and a method thereof are disclosed. The language learning system comprises at least one teaching material database and a computer apparatus. The teaching material database comprises original video data, original broadcast sequence data and authored learning data. The computer apparatus comprises a language learning module, a text record table and a broadcast rule table. The language learning module has an index module, a broadcast module and a recording module. The index module compares the original broadcast sequence data with the text record table to generate a broadcast sequence table. At least one learning unit is generated from the original video data or the authored learning data based on the broadcast sequence table. The broadcast module broadcasts the learning unit based on the broadcast rule table. In addition, the computer apparatus can automatically download the broadcast rule table, the learning unit and the language learning module to a portable video broadcast apparatus. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090258333 | SPOKEN LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEMS - This invention relates to systems, methods and computer program code for facilitating learning of spoken languages. We describe a computing system to facilitate learning of a spoken language, the system comprising: a user interface to prompt a user of the system to produce a spoken language goal and to capture audio data comprising speech captured from said user in response; a speech analysis system to analyse said captured audio data to determine acoustic or linguistic pattern features of said captured audio data; a pattern matching system to match one or more subsets of said pattern features to a database of pattern features and to determine feedback data responsive to said match; and a feedback system to provide feedback to said user using said feedback data to facilitate said user to achieve said spoken language goal. | 10-15-2009 |
| 20090317776 | Economic Language Learning System - A system of language learning applies economic theory to provide speakers and learners of each of plural languages. Remote users teach the native languages to one another by providing practice time for users seeking to learn such language. A computer keeps track of the value and cost of teaching and learning time in each language. | 12-24-2009 |
| 20100009321 | LANGUAGE LEARNING ASSISTANT - A method for assisting a user in learning a target language is provided. A set of first terms is displayed. The set of first terms enables the user to begin a sentence. A selection of a first term of the set of first terms is received. A first set of child terms is retrieved from a repository based on the selection of the first term and is displayed to the user. The first set of child terms may combine with the first term based on grammatical rules of the target language. A second set of child terms is displayed subsequent to the first set of child terms based on receiving a selection of a first child term and/or completion of the sentence. Selections of the first term, the first child term and subsequent child terms are received from the user to form the sentence. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100015582 | 421 Tunsi-nippon cognations - Four hundred twenty one NIPPON TUNSI Cognates (NTC), are delineated in this auspicious sui generis discovery. One hundred seven root verbs, one hundred seven different root adjectives, as well as two hundred seven separate root nouns, conjunctions, particles etc, are presented in Tunsi and Japanese (Hiragana and Katagana) including an English translation and a Romanized transcription for each Japanese word. The Sumerian alternation, and the Cassidy Code with its trilogy (apocope, alternations, and reverse) will suffice to bridge and reconcile the Regular Differences (RD) between the Tunsi and the Japanese vocabularies. Another brought forward proof that MT is adumbrated in all languages of our planet. This LRC divulges a simple average of one twenty four (1.24) RD, or Degree Of Separation (DOS) in four hundred twenty one NTC. This research reveals that there is one and only language family. Mother tongue is the proto language, and all others are its various languages | 01-21-2010 |
| 20100047748 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STUDYING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE IN A VEHICLE - The present invention relates to a system and method for studying a foreign language in vehicle, including a multimedia terminal checking the ability of foreign language of a user by comparing foreign language study data of the user with foreign language study data of a native speaker which has been stored in advance; and a remote controller sending a study start command, and a study end command to the multimedia terminal through a local wireless communication. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100075281 | In-Flight Entertainment Phonetic Language Translation System using Brain Interface - An in-flight entertainment distribution apparatus distributes audio signals within an aircraft. A connector receives an audio signal, so as to identify any speech signal contained within the audio output of In-flight audible announcements/entertainments. The speech signals are broken down into recognizable phonemes which make up the most basic elements of speech in spoken languages. The sequentially generated phonemes are then regrouped to form recognizable words in one of native languages spoken around the world. While watching the audible program, the activity of language area of user's brain is recorded using electrodes in the cap. The recorded “brain language area activity signals” are analyzed and then compared with “brain language area activity knowledge base” to identify the native language of user. Sentences are formed using the grammatical rules of the native language. Each sentence is then translated into the identified native language and broadcast to the user using a voice synthesizer. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100081115 | Computer implemented methods of language learning - A computer-implemented method of language learning, which displays a three dimensional environment on a user display. A user can navigate a character representation ( | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100167244 | LANGUAGE TEACHING SYSTEM OF ORIENTATION PHONETIC SYMBOLS - A language teaching system of orientation phonetic symbols includes a pronunciation teaching module containing a word bank unit and an identification-conversion unit. The word bank unit includes large Chinese vocabulary, English single word data, and Chinese and English phonetic symbol word data. The arrangement of each English letter marked to English orientation phonetic symbol word is the same as a specified English single word, and the arrangement of each English letter marked to Chinese orientation phonetic symbol word is the same as the Chinese phonetic symbols of a specified Chinese character. A specified letter of the English phonetic symbol word is marked with a pronunciation auxiliary mark at its periphery to represent its sound. The identification-conversion unit collates the Chinese orientation phonetic symbol word and displays it on a screen. | 07-01-2010 |
| 20100190141 | LANGUAGE LEARNING - A language teaching aid includes a phrase or sentence in a first language and, adjacent each word in the phrase or sentence, an exact translation into a second language of that word in the context used in the phrase or sentence. Adjacent the exact translation of one or more juxtaposed words, but fewer than all the words of the phrase or sentence, there is a further translation into the second language to render that word or those words more easily understood by the learner. The language teaching aid may be in the form of a book with sentences which together form a story. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100196862 | METHOD OF TEACHING A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BY APPLYING AWARENESS AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE TOOLS - The present invention relates to a method of teaching a foreign language by applying emotional intelligence tools. The method comprises the following steps: selecting a subject, selecting one or more elements of the language to be learned as linguistic objectives, selecting one or more emotional intelligence objectives to be reached through the subject, and using the elements of the language to be learned by carrying out educational activity which includes identifying a positive gate, classifying words and phrases representing different attitudes, emotions, moods and approaches, and conducting one or more exercises for enhancing the selected emotional intelligence objectives, whereby attainment and assimilation of the foreign language objectives and emotional intelligence objectives are simultaneously and mutually facilitated. | 08-05-2010 |
| 20100216100 | SYNERGETIC TRAINING DEVICE AND A TRAINING MODE - The invention can be efficiently used for intensively learning different disciplines, including foreign languages, and for forming and automating operational skills of professionals in different field of activity. It makes it possible to obtain a technical result and a high-quality intensive training. The use of a training aid is developed according to a synergetic theory in the form of a synergetic training device and makes it possible to provide a synergetic variant of intensive training. The synergetic training device is embodied in a dynamic technical device consisting of several soundproof booths which comprise training facilities and technical means using a sensor system. The synergetic training device makes it possible to intensify and simultaneously diversify the training activity of trainees, to develop an integrated-in-groups training method according to a ‘assistants-tudents’ system consisting in simultaneously training mini-divisions under the guidance of a large group of assistants, including technical assistants. The possibility of simultaneously taking into account all levels of training provides the method with a multi-level character, whilst the possibility of taking into account the peculiarities of the students guarantees the high antropological attitude thereof. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100266996 | Method for teaching a second language using an infant situational approach (D-Blok) - D-BLOK is the name for an oral language teaching method that creates an environment to facilitate oral communication for:
| 10-21-2010 |
| 20100285435 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR COMPLETION OF KEYBOARD ENTRY - A teaching machine generates a list of likely completions of an incomplete typed word, based upon previous keyboard input. This may include not only the incompletely typed word, but a number of completely typed, preceding words, in order have the word completion based upon context. The incompletely typed word is then subjected to a phonetic transcription, or other tests based upon knowledge by the system of the user, to further narrow the prediction list. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100304342 | Interactive Language Education System and Method - An interactive system for improving conversational listening and speaking skills in a target language through interaction between personal communications devices (for example, mobile telephones using cellular or other wireless networks, telephones using PSTN lines, VOIP-enabled communications devices, smart phones, voice-enabled PDAs) and an automated system that provides oral/aural instruction and practice in vocabulary, pronunciation and grammar/syntax, engages the learner in simulated conversations, and provides personalized feedback and suggestions for further practice based on an analysis of the type and frequency of specific pronunciation and grammatical/syntactical errors. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100304343 | Method and Apparatus for Language Instruction - A system is provided for acquiring increased proficiency in a new or target language by enabling frequent repeated hearing and mimicking of discrete audio sound bites in the target language, wherein the sound bites and their frequency of repetition may be easily selected by the user before or during use. The sound bites may be played singly or in sequential groups or user defined groups, and automatically repeated as necessary or desired to achieve audio imprinting of the sound bites by simply listening and repeating the sounds without substantial intellectual effort or attempts at memorization. The system enables user selected or sequential hearing and mimicking of specific sound bites or groups of sound bites repeatedly in each use session in the context of meaning, without requiring dedicated language learning time, and thereby helps reproduce the natural process of initial native language acquisition which occurs without substantial intellectual effort and memorization. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100311020 | TEACHING MATERIAL AUTO EXPANDING METHOD AND LEARNING MATERIAL EXPANDING SYSTEM USING THE SAME, AND MACHINE READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF - A teaching material auto expanding method for expending an input teaching material data having at least one sentence unit into a database in a learning material expanding system is disclosed. The database has multiple subjects and structure information corresponding thereto, each subject having a corresponding subject category and each subject category having at least one corresponding sentence unit. First, subject similarity values corresponding to each subject in the database for each of the sentence units in the input teaching material data are separately calculated wherein each subject similarity value comprises a content similarity value and a structure similarity value. A confidence measurement operation is then performed to obtain confidence measurement values of each of the subjects by using the subject similarity value for each sentence unit. Thereafter, an expanding manner for each sentence unit is determined based on the obtained confidence measurement value corresponding thereto. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100316980 | Foreign Language Teaching Method And Apparatus - Apparatus, method and software for teaching foreign language involving a data processing system having a program executing computer, a data storage device, and an output device; one or more data files containing written information in a user's native language, the written information being of current interest to the user; computer programs executing on the data processing system for: converting lexical blocks of said written information to a desired foreign language to create a mixed language written information; and displaying the mixed language written information on the output device. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100323332 | Method and Apparatus for Improving Language Communication - In a communication between individuals having different levels of skill in a language, communication by the more skilled individual is controlled so as to keep it at a level understandable by the lesser skilled individual. For example, a native speaker's communication with a student learning his language (the target language) is monitored by an interface and compared with a stored model representing the student's knowledge and ability in the language. Should the native speaker communicate in a way that would not be understood by the student, for example, by using vocabulary or a sentence structure beyond the student's ability, the interface will notify the native speaker. The interface might then suggest an alternate word or sentence structure to the native speaker, inviting him to use the alternate communication. The native speaker can then substitute and send the alternate communication. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100323333 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR RANDOMLY PROVIDING LEARNING INFORMATION TO USER THROUGH COMMUNICATION TERMINAL - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for randomly providing learning information to a user through a communication terminal of the user. The present invention has an effect on an improvement of word power of a foreign language or on learning achievement in chemical or scientific formulas for students by providing the learning information through a portable communication terminal held by the user. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110014594 | Adaptive Foreign-Language-Learning Conversation System Having a Dynamically Adjustable Function - An adaptive foreign-language-learning conversation system includes conversation-graded sets, conversation topic units provided in the conversation-graded sets, and conversation modules provided in the conversation topic units and including predetermined conversation sentences, conversation indexes, and conversation routes. The conversation sentences define conversation simulation files and the conversation module is used to generate the conversation sentence and to receive and identify a user's response sentence. A conversation-evaluating unit is provided in the conversation-graded set to connect with output ends of the conversation topic units, and is used to generate an evaluation result. The system is operated to upgrade or downgrade levels of the conversation-graded sets, or to maintain the same level of the conversation-graded sets according to the evaluation result. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110020774 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION - Various embodiments facilitate foreign language instruction. In one embodiment, a foreign language tutor is provided for execution on a receiving device, such as a set-top box. The foreign language tutor facilitates language instruction by enabling a user to view a received program in various languages, even though those languages may not be part of the audio or subtitles of the received program. In particular, the user may view the received program with an audio track in his/her native language and a subtitle track in a foreign language, or vice versa. In addition, the foreign language tutor is configured to obtain and display reference information (e.g., a dictionary definition) for a word of a subtitle track. This abstract is provided to comply with rules requiring an abstract, and it is submitted with the intention that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110027762 | Method and System for Effecting Language Communications - Interaction in a target language among students and native speakers of the language is effected by providing a learning community having a set of language activities in a plurality of languages, including the target language. The activities include communications with others. A student is permitted full access to activities in the target language, while a native speaker in the target language is given access to a subset of activities in a language of his choice in exchange for having carried on a communication with a student in the target language. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110053123 | METHOD FOR TEACHING LANGUAGE PRONUNCIATION AND SPELLING - The system is a comprehensive software application using audio-visual interactive multimedia components that aids users in learning how to effectively speak and write in a new language. The system combines simultaneous audio and video streams, an effective multimedia fusion to help language learners retain auditory and visual information. The system also applies an array of memory-retention techniques aiding the user to accurately comprehend spoken and written language information. The application uses memory-aid techniques such as, but not limited to, color-association, text (word, phrase, sentence) presentation, corresponding image association, humor-driven retention and rhythm. The whole system, therefore, is a powerful and exceptionally effective language teaching tool, a synthesis of sights, sounds and memory enhancing features, creating a rich and complete sensory learning experience. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110053124 | ENGLISH LEARNING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING MEMORIZATION OF WORDS USING PICTURES - Disclosed herein is an English learning apparatus and system for supporting the memorization of words using pictures. The English learning system includes a server for providing a user-created word list, and an English learning apparatus for supporting memorization of words using pictures. The English learning apparatus includes a local storage unit for storing a user-created word list and an English word list. A local communication unit receives the user-created word list from the second server storage unit, and stores the user-created word list in the local storage unit. A schedule management unit divides English words and allocates the divided English words to corresponding dates. A concentrated learning unit performs concentrated learning on individual dates using a method of extracting English words allocated to a selected date, and Korean meanings and images and displaying the English words, the Korean meanings and the images. | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110059422 | Physiological and cognitive feedback device, system, and method for evaluating a response of a user in an interactive language learning advertisement - An embodiment is a physiological and cognitive feedback device, system, and method for evaluating a response of a user in an interactive language learning advertisement. Foreign language lessons are provided at no cost to consumers online in exchange for the consumers' feedback on the products or services embedded in the language lessons. The language lessons may use television advertisements as course material, serving both educational and promotional purposes. Revenues are generated through product placement opportunities as well as consumer survey responses that are a part of the lessons. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110076653 | Systems and Methods for Semantic Knowledge Assessment, Instruction, and Acquisition - Systems and methods for semantic knowledge assessment, instruction, and acquisition are disclosed. In one embodiment a computer-implemented method for language instruction includes determining a lexical recognition ability level of a user within a lexicon of a particular language. This method further includes, based on item recognizability, creating a target list of unknown lexical items. The target list can be sorted by ranking the importance of the unknown lexical items within the particular lexicon. The method also includes generating a personal language learning sequence for the user based, at least in part, on the target list. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110097693 | Aligning chunk translations for language learners - A method and apparatus to align and edit chunks of text and translation. Language learners compare segments of text and translation. Both text and translation are segmented into word groups or “chunks” and related to each other. The related chunks are aligned to facilitate their comparison. For a reader, unfamiliar chunks can be related to more familiar chunks. Constant alignment of text and translation chunks occurs in many variable outputs, including bifocal formats and directly editable alignments. Thus, human edits and improvements input into the system can inform improving machine chunk translation. Both text and translation are editable within one single document, manageable in a wide variety of text editing environments, including common Textarea Input fields. Resulting chunk translations are easily printed on paper and/or displayed electronically. Language learners using the system may include humans and machines. Productions of aligned texts are customized for individual language learners. | 04-28-2011 |
| 20110143323 | LANGUAGE TRAINING METHOD AND SYSTEM - A language training system allows students to receive on-demand training in language skills with remotely situated instructors. The training is provided in diverse languages and topics. A system includes a database of conversations a student may select from. After a conversation is selected, the student also selects an instructor to provide the training. The system established real-time communication between the student and selected instructor and supply a script for the selected conversation. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110159466 | DOUBLE-FUNCTION PICTORIAL INSTRUCTION METHOD FOR CHINESE PHONETIC CURSIVE SYMBOL - A double-function pictorial instruction method for Chinese phonetic cursive symbol is an instruction system using transforming pattern of English alphabets to teach both the pronunciation and writing of Chinese phonetic symbol. Through transforming English alphabets into patterns similar to Chinese phonetic symbols, people capable of reading English will learn to read the Chinese phonetic symbols while seeing the symbols through the learning system. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110159467 | EEG-BASED ACCELERATION OF SECOND LANGUAGE LEARNING - EEG-based acceleration of second language learning is accomplished by measuring via single-trial EEG a learner's cognitive response to the presentation (visual or auditory) of language learning materials and updating a user model of latent traits related to language-learning skills in accordance with the cognitive response. The user model is suitably updated with each trial, each trial being triggered by learner fixation on a portion of visual materials and/or a next phoneme in auditory materials. Additional discrimination may be achieved through the use of saccades or fixation duration features. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110171616 | Method for Loss Prevention by Means of an Online Training Center - An online training center that users are able to log onto to receive supplemental lessons for learning English. The present invention also provides students with different methods of practicing the English that they learned. The present invention aims to spread the English language to promote more understanding between people of different culture. With better understanding between people, there is less conflict and more peace. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110171617 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING PICTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES - In some embodiments, methods and related systems for teaching pictographic languages are disclosed. The touchscreen of a touchscreen keyboard displays the pictographic characters to be learned by a user. The characters can be, e.g., several hundred of the most commonly used characters in that language. The characters are grouped into regions, with each region having characters with similar pronunciations, e.g., a similar first sound. The locations of the regions correspond to the locations of similar sounding letters in a QWERTY keyboard. The characters on the keyboard can be learned one at a time. Region and character selection by a user and/or drills from a learning program allow the user to associate a character with its meaning and usage. Advantageously, the characters and their locations on the keyboard can be standardized, which allows the user to quickly find a character and learn its meaning by a combination of memorization and muscle-memory. | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110195384 | System for enhancing language comprehension and or language learning - The present invention provides assistance for a person to better comprehend the samples of a target language and, simultaneously, it facilitates that the person learns that language better. In order to do that, some modified versions of those language samples are provided to the learner, in such a way that they allow the learner to comprehend the structure of said language samples, which allows to comprehend the meaning. Said modified versions are created by replacing some groups of words by some groups of characters which are called replacing words. Said replacing words allow to summarize subordinate clauses in the language sample, thus simplifying the complexity of the language sample. This allows the learner to focus on one idea at a time, and thus gradually build her comprehension of the language sample. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110207095 | Teaching Language Through Interactive Translation - An application (computer program, an embodiment can be a game) which requires translation as one of its metrics is used to help the user can learn a language while operating the system (in a game embodiment, playing the game). The interaction is carried out only in a foreign language, but the application also includes translation capability. A virtual buddy can be used to translate between the native language and the foreign language so that the user can translate information and eventually learn information about the language by the process of interacting with the system (in an embodiment playing the game). | 08-25-2011 |
| 20110223567 | LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATION SYSTEM - An innovative language system and global/mobile network-based platforms for social networking and messaging is built on a vocabulary of symbols holding a universal meaning that transcends barriers of language and regional dialect through a complete system of cross-referencing and evolution. Individuals can contribute to the language and absorb new aspects of the language as it evolves globally. Furthermore, the symbol vocabulary is faster than standard text-based communications and is intended to communicate broader concepts with fewer keystrokes. The new language and communication system also presents opportunities for commercial benefit. As system use proliferates, commercial entities can sponsor their own symbols, collect real time symbol use data (whether geographically-based or not), and provide promotional benefits to consumers based on the use data. | 09-15-2011 |
| 20110275037 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSLITERATING NAMES BETWEEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - Both a system and method are provided for transliterating a name written in the letters of an alphabet of a source language to a name in the letters of an alphabet of a target language that is different from the source language. The system includes a CPU, a computer readable memory and a computer readable storage media; and first, second and third program instructions. The first program instructions determine whether the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are the same or substantially the same. If so, the second program instructions transliterate the name into the same letters used in the source language alphabet. If not, the third program instructions (1) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the source language that form the name; (2) transliterate the letters of the name in the source language into letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the IPA; (3) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the target language, and (4) transliterate the letters of the IPA form of the name into letters of the target language to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the target language. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110311952 | Modularized Computer-Aided Language Learning Method and System - A modularized computer-aided language learning system utilizing a unique user interface and modularized presentation modules to assist users to learn a language. The system presents a presentation module including a first description of a presentation subject and a placeholder indicating that a second description of the presentation subject is missing from the presentation module. Each of the first description of the presentation subject and the second description of the presentation subject is one of a textual type, a visual type and an audio type. Separated from the presentation module, the system presents the second description of the presentation subject, and receives a user input indicating an association of the presented second description to presentation module related to the presentation subject. Feedback is provided indicating the correctness of the association. The disclosure also describes a unique program design approach to form training programs using the presentation modules. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20120028226 | System and Method for Learning Chinese Character Script and Chinese Character-Based Scripts of Other Languages - System and method for learning scripts of Chinese character-based languages includes forming a list of user-recognized symbols in a Chinese character-based language, each of the symbols having an associated key with a respective bridge. A complex Chinese multi-character to be learned and added to the recognized list is identified. A set of the user-recognized symbols within the multi-character is recognized. A mnemonic in a language known to the user is formed for recalling the written form of the multi-character. The mnemonic is based upon the keys and bridges associated with the recognized set of symbols within the multi-character. The mnemonic is used to remember the multi-character and, thereby, add the multi-character to the recognized list. Chinese radicals can be sources associated with icons having a logical similarity thereto. The source has the bridge in upper case and three icons use two combinations of lower/upper case and two lower case letters. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120034581 | LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM, LANGUAGE LEARNING METHOD, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT THEREOF - A language learning system including a storage module, a feature extraction module, and an assessment and diagnosis module is provided. The storage module stores training data and an assessment decision tree generated according to the training data. The feature extraction module extracts pronunciation features of a pronunciation given by a language learner. The assessment and diagnosis module identifies a diagnosis path corresponding to the pronunciation of the language learner in the assessment decision tree and outputs feedback information corresponding to the diagnosis path. Thereby, the language learning system can assess and provide feedback information regarding words, phrases or sentences pronounced by the language learner. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20120070807 | Accelerated language acquisition accelerated ability acquisition - An improved method for increasing listening comprehension in one's own or a foreign language, and hence, conversational ability. This method improves learners' listening comprehension by starting them at speeds at which they can successfully process auditory data. Then processing ability is improved by increasing flow rate and phonemic discrimination. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120070808 | TEACHING SYSTEM COMBINING LIVE AND AUTOMATED INSTRUCTION - Just prior to a scheduled session with a live instructor, a student is presented with an automated lesson which prepares him for the live instruction. The automatic lesson presents and practices skills that will be needed for the live lesson. Thus, when the instructor appears, the student is entirely prepared for the live lesson and optimum use may be made if the instructor's time. After the live lesson is complete, the student may be returned to an automated debriefing, which helps imprint major aspects of the live lesson of the students of mine. Thus, the learning process is improved through the combination of live and automatic instruction. | 03-22-2012 |
| 20120082965 | "AD LITTERAM" METHOD - A method to teach a language may include the steps of selecting a predetermined letter sound to be evaluated, providing a first predetermined word which exhibits the predetermined letter sound, adding a first predetermined diacritic character to the first predetermined word and generating a predetermined word deleting the letters having the first predetermined diacritic character. The predetermined letter sound may be a short vowel, and the predetermined letter sound may be a long vowel. The predetermined letter sound may a long I, the predetermined letter sound may be a closed A. The predetermined letter sound may be a closed O, and the predetermined letter sound may be a vowel pronounced as a schwa. The predetermined letter sound may be the letter O, and the predetermined letter sound may be an alternate consonant. The predetermined letter sound may be a silent letter. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120107777 | Methods For Generating Personalized Language Learning Lessons - Novel methods for generating language learning lessons. A learner is allowed to speak out loud a sentence in a foreign language while an instructor types down exactly how the sentence is spoken in a first column on a lesson sheet. The instructor then writes out a correct sentence marked with symbols noting the incorrect word and missing word in a second column parallel to the first column. Unfamiliar word is then placed in a third column and mispronounced word is placed in a fourth column. Words in third column and fourth column is further practiced in homework and in next lesson by using them to make new sentence by the learner. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120115112 | LANGUAGE TRAINING SYSTEM - One example embodiment includes a system for teaching a user a target language. The system includes a media repository, where the media repository is configured to store media in the target language. The system also includes a text repository, where the text repository is configured to store one or more lines of text from the media stored in the media repository. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120115113 | METHOD FOR PLAYING DYNAMIC ENGLISH GRAPHICS OPTIMIZED TO VISUAL PROCESSING PATTERNS OF BRAIN - Disclosed is a substantial playing method of merging actions or piping actions or moving actions in accordance with Universal Grammar, wherein the brain is stimulated through vision, and particularly, the deficient English-understanding mechanism parts of each user are stimulated more. In the early stages, the present invention stimulates the left-brain side which is in charge of quickly understanding sequential and consecutive English sentences more, and in the later stages, the invention stimulates both eyes and both brains together like a person who uses English as a native language more, thereby ultimately lowering the operating load per unit time in each side of the brain and increasing an English reading processing capacity per unit time and reading speed. The invention includes: a step D for deriving early visual processing pattern values; a step E for setting dynamic change directions of individual language elements that induce merging actions or piping actions or moving actions according to the early visual processing pattern values; a step F for deriving latter visual processing pattern values; and a step G for changing a dynamic change speed or the dynamic change directions of the individual language elements from the latter visual processing pattern values. If the steps are efficiently played, in the brain visual processing patterns of the user, the ability to quickly and consecutively interpret the medium and short sentences and the ability to comprehensively interpret the entire long sentences at a glance are uniformly developed. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120122061 | ONLINE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM WITH MULTIPLE NAVIGATIONAL MODES - A web-based educational system comprising at least one area of skill, interest, or expertise, a plurality of activities associated with each area of skill, interest, or expertise, and at least three navigational modes, wherein the navigational modes comprise a sequenced navigational mode, a guided navigational mode, and an independent navigational mode. Optionally, the learner can switch between available navigational modes. | 05-17-2012 |
| 20120141959 | CROWD-SOURCING THE PERFORMANCE OF TASKS THROUGH ONLINE EDUCATION - A method and system of crowd-sourcing the performance of tasks through online education. In some embodiments, a method accesses content in a first language and identifies multiple segments within the content. Each of the multiple segments are provided to multiple users, who are requested to translate the segment from the first language to a second language. Multiple translations are received for each of the multiple segments. A correct translation is determined for each segment based on the multiple translations associated with the segment. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120156658 | METHODS FOR TEACHING AND/OR LEARNING CHINESE, AND RELATED SYSTEMS - A method for teaching how to read and/or write Chinese, includes first, teaching each component in a group of components, and then, teaching how to combine one or more of the components in the group with one or more of the other components in the group to form a Chinese character. The group of components includes a component that is not identified as a Bùsh{hacek over (o)}u, and each component in the group is combinable with one or more other components in the group to form a Chinese character. By first teaching each component and its semantic meaning, a student can become knowledgeable and familiar with each component. The student can then use this depth of understanding to quickly and efficiently recognize and understand Chinese characters—including ones that he may not have previously memorized, or previously memorized and subsequently forgot. Thus, the components in the group of components become similar to the letters in an alphabet of a phonetic language. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120156659 | FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING METHOD BASED ON STIMULATION OF LONG-TERM MEMORY - Disclosed herein is technology for learning a foreign language based on the stimulation of long-term memory. The foreign language learning method based on the stimulation of long-term memory comprises associative learning which is based on image content and keyword information related thereto, learning which allows a learner to listen to and speak foreign language sentences that comprise keyword information and are related to the image content, learning which allows the learner to repeatedly listen to and speak words constituting a foreign language sentence in such a way as to sequentially add words one by one in a sequence that the words appear in the sentence, and learning which allows the learner to naturally speak sentences with which a specific image is associated when viewing the image, so that the learner habitually memorizes each foreign language sentence or remembers it as one episode, thus providing efficient learning. | 06-21-2012 |
| 20120164607 | Application system of multidimensional chinese learning - A multidimensional Chinese learning application system includes a main computer, a data storage device installed in the mainframe computer, and an input device, characterized by said data storage device comprises: a PinYin module including an initial study unit, a single-final study unit, a multiple-final study unit, an overall reading unit and an exercise unit; a character recognizing module including a stroke unit, a stroke order unit, a structure unit, a component unit, an encoding unit and a game unit; a dictionary searching module, including an input unit, an inquiry unit and a display unit. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120164608 | METHODS AND SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY REPRESENTING A RATE OF WRITING A PLURALITY OF IDENTICAL CHINESE CHARACTERS FOR AT LEAST ONE USER ON A DISPLAY - There are provided methods and a system for visually representing a rate of writing a plurality of identical Chinese characters for at least one user on a first portion of a display, with the visual representation having both a discrete movement component and a rate of activity component. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120164609 | Second Language Acquisition System and Method of Instruction - A system for second language acquisition that trains the user's brain's auditory processing area to recognize phonemes, syllables, and words of a foreign language, by presenting videos of a word or phrase spoken at a slow rate and at a normal rate, and an interface for the user to enter the phonemes, syllables, and words that he or she has heard, with immediate responses indicating correct or incorrect entries. Additionally, said system for second language acquisition teaches simplified vocabulary and grammar; enables users to add additional vocabulary and languages; teaches via auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic (movement) methods; and can be used on small mobile devices such as cellular telephones. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120178057 | Electronic English Vocabulary Size Evaluation System for Chinese EFL Learners - Electronic English Vocabulary Size Evaluation System for Chinese EFL Learners constructs a word frequency table from the British National Corpus, and randomly extracts sample words from the word frequency table to construct productive and identification items. With the data from over 1,000 test takers, the modern test theory, Item Response Theory, is introduced to carry out the model fit test. The model fit probability value is taken as the standard to pick out items. Simultaneously, the three major parameters of the items are calculated. The qualified items are divided into ten grades and stored in the item bank. Then they are randomly extracted to form the test paper by applying the normal distribution theory. Finally, the confidence limit and interval estimation principles are used in the system to evaluate Chinese EFL learners' productive and identification English vocabulary sizes. Therefore, the system has a higher reliability, maneuverability and technicality. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120178058 | CHINESE / ENGLISH VOCABULARY LEARNING TOOL - In a method for teaching a vocabulary, a computer receives a user selection of a chapter from a plurality of chapters in a Chinese-English textbook, a user selection of a language in which to display questions in a user interface, wherein the language in which to display the questions is one of English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Pin Yin, and a user selection of a language in which to receive answers to the questions in the user interface, wherein the language in which to receive the answers is another of the one of English, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, and Pin Yin. The computer determines a question including a vocabulary word in the chapter and in the language in which to display the questions. In response to receiving an answer to the question in the language in which to receive the answers, the computer determines if the answer is correct. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120178059 | METHOD FOR CREATING COMBINED CHARACTERS IN A CHINESE CHARACTER LEARNING GAME - A method for creating a combined character in a Chinese character learning game includes a first step of creating a portion representing a pronunciation of a combined character as a graphic character; a second step of a portion representing a meaning of the combined character as an additional graphic character(s); and a third step of disposing the graphic character(s) representing the meaning and the graphic character representing the pronunciation according to the positional relationship of the combined character. In the method, a graphic character of the combined character is formed by combining the two or more graphic characters. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120276504 | Talking Teacher Visualization for Language Learning - A representation of a virtual language teacher assists in language learning. The virtual language teacher may appear as a “talking head” in a video that a student views to practice pronunciation of a foreign language. A system for generating a virtual language teacher receives input text. The system may generate a video showing the virtual language teacher as a talking head having a mouth that moves in synchronization with speech generated from the input text. The video of the virtual language teacher may then be presented to the student. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120322034 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION USING VISUAL AND/OR AUDIO PROMPTS - A system and method for language instruction for implementation on a language instruction system that includes a computer system, is disclosed, wherein the method may include identifying a speech segment in a target language, that is susceptible to mispronunciation by language learners; selecting an auditory attribute for use in playing the identified speech segment by the language instruction system; altering a level of the auditory attribute to differ from a naturally occurring level of the attribute; and playing a first text sequence by the language instruction system, including at least one instance of the identified speech segment, using the altered level of the auditory attribute. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120329013 | Computer Language Translation and Learning Software - A software program is used to translate, define, phonetically pronounce and teach contextual use of select document text to a user. A broad range of computer documents may be manipulated, highlighted, or flagged for immediate use in the program. Tools within the program are used to save selected words, phrases, and passages into user-defined lists. The lists may be further manipulated by adding, deleting, or flagging select list members to enhance user memorization and learning. Multiple languages and dialects may be selected within the program translation tools. The program is especially effective in assisting foreign employees in perfecting language skills and enhancing productivity. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20130029299 | REVERSIBLE LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM - A reversible written language learning system uses sets of related words, where each word in the set is represented in a first and second language and has an associated picture. Each word and picture is displayed on its own tile. Some tiles displaying words in one language or associated pictures are displayed in a grid. Corresponding tiles having words in the other language or associated pictures are kept apart from the grid and displayed one at a time as tiles to be matched. A user matches the tile to be matched with a corresponding tile in the grid. Upon a successful match, the grid tile selected is flipped over or grayed out, and a new tile to be matched is displayed. The tiles in the grid and the tiles kept apart are easily swapped. The system lends itself to any language pair, but particularly to Sino-Tibetan/Indo-European language pairs. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130065205 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GENERATING VOCAL ORGAN ANIMATION - The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for generating a vocal organ animation very similar to a pronunciation pattern of a native speaker in order to support foreign language pronunciation education. The present disclosure checks an adjacent phonetic value in phonetic value constitution information, extracts a detail phonetic value based on the adjacent phonetic value, extracting pronunciation pattern information corresponding to the detail phonetic value and pronunciation pattern information corresponding to a transition section allocated between detail phonetic values, and performs interpolation to the extracted pronunciation pattern information, thereby generating a vocal organ animation. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130115580 | Learning another Language through Song - This application is for the purpose of obtaining a Utility Patent titled “ | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130115581 | MULTI-LEVEL COLOR BASED COMMUNICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A method for performing multi-level color based communication includes the steps of creating a plurality of individual color patterns, associating each of the plurality of individual color patterns with a known language character, and composing a message containing one or more of the individual color patterns. | 05-09-2013 |
| 20130122473 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRANSLITERATING NAMES BETWEEN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES - Both a system and method are provided for transliterating a name written in the letters of an alphabet of a source language to a name in the letters of an alphabet of a target language. The system includes instructions to determine whether the letters of the alphabets of the source and target languages are the same. If so, the instructions transliterate the name into the same letters used in the source language alphabet. If not, the instructions (1) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the source language that form the name; (2) transliterate the letters into letters of the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) to create a same or similar sounding name in the letters of the IPA; (3) determine the sound associated with each of the letters of the target language, and (4) transliterate the letters of the IPA form into letters of the target language. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130130209 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION VIA A TOUCH INTERFACE - Methods and apparatus for foreign language instruction. In one exemplary aspect, a “cascading” user interface is used for foreign language instruction in limited form factor devices. The cascading user interface is based on a “multiple choice” type selection, where each selection is further “modified” in subsequent selections. By cascading multiple steps for each translation step, the device can represent a significantly larger set than would otherwise be possible, given the limitations of the user interface. Proper (and improper) selection may be indicated e.g., via a chime, animation, etc. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130210 | LANGUAGE TEACHING SYSTEM THAT FACILITATES MENTOR INVOLVEMENT - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language immersion teaching systems, products, programs, and methods comprising a digital processing device and a computer program that creates a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises: a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language; a software module for providing voiceover audio in said target language; and a software module for providing translation of said voiceover and/or text from said target language to a specified language, wherein said translation is both written and voiced, and wherein said software module for providing translation of voiceover and/or text is adapted for use by a mentor to a learner of said target language. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130211 | COMPUTER-BASED LANGUAGE IMMERSION TEACHING FOR YOUNG LEARNERS - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language immersion teaching systems, products, programs, and methods for learners aged about 3 to about 10 years comprising a digital processing device and a computer program that creates a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language, and wherein said plurality of activities comprises: at least one learning activity based on a taxonomy of phonemes; at least one learning activity selected from: songs, chants, books, poems, puzzles, games, art activities, and printable activities; voiceover audio in said target language; and a software module for recording said learner's pronunciation and comparing it to one or more model pronunciations. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130130212 | LANGUAGE PHONEME PRACTICE ENGINE - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language phoneme practice systems, products, programs, and methods comprising a digital processing device and a computer program that creates a language phoneme practice engine, wherein said engine comprises: a taxonomy of phonemes of a target language; a software module for providing an interface for practicing each said phoneme in said taxonomy, wherein said interface allows a learner to optionally access a visual representation and an auditory representation of each said phoneme in said taxonomy; and a software module for providing an interface for practicing each said phoneme in the context of the beginning, middle, and end of words of said target language, wherein said interface allows a learner to optionally access a visual and an auditory representation of each said word and each said phoneme in each said word. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130143183 | REVERSE LANGUAGE RESONANCE SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - Reverse Language Resonance methods are described for instructing a target language to a learner who speaks a native language. The methods may include providing to the learner a predetermined lesson comprising a lesson text of a plurality of lesson words that are exclusively in the target language. The methods may further include priming implicit memory of the learner. The methods may further include displaying the lesson text on a display and playing a recorded version of spoken words of the lesson text on an audio output while the lesson text is displayed. The methods may further include instructing the learner to perform Concurrent Triple Activity including simultaneously reading the lesson text on the display, listening to the spoken words from the audio output, and repeating the spoken words along with the recorded version into an audio input while the recorded version is playing. | 06-06-2013 |
| 20130149680 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TEACHING A NON-NATIVE LANGUAGE - A method and system for teaching language prosody includes audibly conveying a phrase or sentence; audibly conveying a non-lexical version of at least a portion of the phrase or sentence; prompting a language learner to repeat said at least portion of said phrase or sentence in a non-lexical form; determining in a computer process whether said non-lexical phrase or sentence repeated by said language learner was performed correctly; and indicating to said language learner whether said non-lexical phrase or sentence repeated by said language learner was performed correctly. | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130196292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MULTIMEDIA-BASED LANGUAGE-LEARNING, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM THEREFOR - A multimedia-based language learning method and system which includes implementing via one or more processors the steps of—receiving an input of multimedia content, where the multimedia content comprises a plurality of component tracks; separating the multimedia content into multimedia sections in which the plurality of component tracks share a same start and end time; retrieving a user model representing a learner's knowledge and/or interest in a foreign language; automatically assigning one or more learner-specific evaluations to the multimedia sections by evaluating one or more of the component tracks based on the user model within each of the multimedia sections; and adapting the multimedia content within the multimedia sections based on the assigned learner-specific evaluations to render the multimedia content more useful to the learner for learning the foreign language. | 08-01-2013 |
| 20130252212 | Language learning assistant - A system and method for learning a language includes displaying set of first terms that enables the user to begin a sentence. A selection of a first term of the set of first terms causes a first set of child terms to be retrieved based on the selection of the first term and is displayed to the user. The first set of child terms may combine with the first term based on grammatical rules or semantic conventions. A second set of child terms may be displayed based on the first set of child terms and/or completion of the sentence. The meaning of the sentence may determine at least one of (a) a subsequent display of first terms, (b) modification of a previously presented display of terms, (c) subsequent display of a question or dialog that is responsive to the formed sentence, and (d) subsequent display of a narrative element. | 09-26-2013 |
| 20130295534 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF COMPUTERIZED VIDEO ASSISTED LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION - A computerized method of language instruction which relies on language annotated video, such as popular third party videos which may be downloaded or streamed from third party servers or other sources. Here the language instruction service will generate instruction scripts containing native language text and translated text of the video, along with various computer instructions. This instruction script may then be read by script interpreter software which may run within a web browser. The system can interpret user GUI commands, such as mouse hovering commands to control playback of the third party video and annotate this playback with various language instruction tools and games. | 11-07-2013 |
| 20140080103 | Method for teaching a second language using an infant situational approach - Learning a language and speaking a language are two completely different processes which are in no way related. Learning a language is cognitive, linking it to cause and effect, reasoning, and intelligence. Speaking a language is not cognitive and therefore is in no way related to cause and effect, reasoning, and intelligence. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140087338 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TRANSLATION - Latin-derived letters may be converted into Arabic letters by performing processing associated with causing, with a display module in communication with a processor circuit and a display, the display to display a wheel comprising a Latin-derived letter and a corresponding Arabic letter; performing processing associated with receiving, with a UI module in communication with the processor circuit and an input device, a selection of a Latin-derived letter via the input device; and performing processing associated with causing, with the display module, the display to display an Arabic letter corresponding to the Latin-derived letter in a window on the wheel. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140120502 | LANGUAGE LEARNING USING ELECTRONIC BOOK - A language learning method utilizing an interactive electronic book. The interactive book may display two identical pages, one page displaying text in the user's native language and the corresponding page displaying the appropriate translation in the target language. Selection of native-language text results in hearing the material as it normally or casually spoken in the target language. Illustrations may supplement the text and reinforce understanding of the depicted actions. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140120503 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM PLATFORM OF DUAL LANGUAGE ELECTRONIC BOOK FILE GENERATION - The system platform and methods of the present disclosure brings the dual language concept to electronic books in a manner enhanced for both visual and aural learners. A method can include creating a correspondence between a first language text and a second language text. The method can include creating a correspondence between the first language text and an audio recording of the first language text. The method can include generating a dual language electronic book file comprising the first language text, the second language text, the correspondence between the first language text and the second language text, and the correspondence between the first language text and the audio recording of the first language text. An application for electronic book reading devices displays the text while playing the audio recording, maximizing the number of fragments of the first and second language texts based on one or more display variables. | 05-01-2014 |
| 20140127653 | LANGUAGE-LEARNING SYSTEM - A language learning system and method for facilitating learning of a foreign language by a human reader having relative fluency in a familiar language. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140134576 | PERSONALIZED LANGUAGE LEARNING USING LANGUAGE AND LEARNER MODELS - A two-model personalized language learning system and method that facilitates the learning of a new language (or a language not native to the learner) in a customizable way that is deeply personalized to the learner. Embodiments of the system and method define a learner model including personalized information about the learner and define a language model that describes language information specific to the language. A combination of the learner model and the language model are used to help the learner learn the language. Specifically, the learner and language models are used to create content for flashcards that are displayed to the learner. Responses from the learner are used to update both the learner and language models. Embodiments of the system and method also allow the learner to play skill-based games that teach and reinforce a particular language skill that the learner desires to master. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140147816 | INTRALINGUAL SUPERTITLING IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION - A technique for facilitating language instruction employs speech recognition technology to convert spoken content from a teacher in a target language to corresponding text in the target language, substantially in real time, and to project the converted text for viewing by the students. Students are thus able both to hear the spoken content from the teacher and to see the corresponding text, thus enjoying a multi-sensory, intralingual language learning experience that combines both listening and reading. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140147817 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONDITIONING A CHILD TO LEARN ANY LANGUAGE WITHOUT AN ACCENT - A system for conditioning a child to learn any language without an accent, contains a memory and a processor configured by the memory to perform the steps of: separating from a full International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) set, a native language IPA, resulting in a derivative set, wherein the native language is at least one native language of the child; sequencing the derivative set according to aspects of the derivative set, wherein aspects are selected from the group including consonants, vowels, and tones, resulting in a sequenced derivative set; selecting words in foreign languages that use at least one aspect of the sequenced derivative set each; embedding the selected words in an easy to follow format, in the native language of the child; and playing the easy to follow format with the embedded words according to the prior determined sequence of the sequenced derivative set. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140170611 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING PICTOGRAPHIC LANGUAGES - In some embodiments, methods and related systems for teaching pictographic languages are disclosed. The touchscreen of a touchscreen keyboard displays the pictographic characters to be learned by a user. The characters can be, e.g., several hundred of the most commonly used characters in that language. The characters are grouped into regions, with each region having characters with similar pronunciations, e.g., a similar first sound. The locations of the regions correspond to the locations of similar sounding letters in a QWERTY keyboard. The characters on the keyboard can be learned one at a time. Region and character selection by a user and/or drills from a learning program allow the user to associate a character with its meaning and usage. Advantageously, the characters and their locations on the keyboard can be standardized, which allows the user to quickly find a character and learn its meaning by a combination of memorization and muscle-memory. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140170612 | Computer Program Method for Teaching Languages which Includes an Algorithm for Generating Sentences and Texts - A method for computer program for studying a foreign language, which includes an algorithm that automatically generates words, word conjugations, word combination, sentences and texts in the relevant foreign language to provide the learner with a wide variety of words, word conjugations, word combinations, sentences and texts that may be used to practice the language. | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140170613 | Language Learning System Adapted to Personalize Language Learning to Individual Users - A learning system and a method adapted to personalize language learning to individual users. An output device generates and presents learning related data to a user associated with a user ID. An input mechanism receives, in response to the learning related data, response data from the user indicating the users response to the learning related data. A processor associates the learning related data to the response data to couple the response from the user to the learning related data. A database including a storage space associated to the user ID is used for storing the learning related and the associated response data and generates an individualized language knowledge database for the user. The processor is adapted to issue a true (t | 06-19-2014 |
| 20140205974 | STATISTICAL MACHINE TRANSLATION FRAMEWORK FOR MODELING PHONOLOGICAL ERRORS IN COMPUTER ASSISTED PRONUNCIATION TRAINING SYSTEM - Methods and systems for teaching a user a non-native language include creating models representing phonological errors in the non-native language and generating with the models non-native pronunciations for a native pronunciation. The non-native pronunciations may be used for detecting phonological errors in an utterance spoken in the non-native language by the user. The models can include a native to non-native phone translation model and a non-native phone language model. | 07-24-2014 |
| 20140248590 | KEYBOARD FOR ENTERING TEXT AND LEARNING TO READ, WRITE AND SPELL IN A FIRST LANGUAGE AND TO LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE - A novel keyboard made up vowel daisies is used to learn to read, write and spell in English. A story is presented in which a specific set of words that can be generated emphasized. Upon hearing the story, a user enters a response which is received by the device when the specific word is highlighted in the story. A letter configuration, such as a hexagonal ring of letters corresponding to the specific word is displayed on the device. A phonic data relating to a letter in the specific word is manifested at the same time as another characteristic or attribute of the letter, specifically the shape of the letter, is also displayed or manifested to the user. These are done concurrently with displaying the letter configuration that corresponds to the word, wherein the letters are all in the same daisy array. | 09-04-2014 |
| 20140255885 | Language Study System and Method Employing Multifaceted Block Device Representation System - A composition in the target language is parsed into plural different linguistic components, including sound level, grammar level and at least one functional grammar level component. The linguistic components are then expressed on different facets of an n-sided block device representation system according to predefined sets of rules. The facets of the block device may then be selectively examined by the learner to visualize how the target language functions to express the composition with respect to the way sounds, grammar and functional grammar are used. The block device representation system may be computer-implemented, rendering the facets on display panels associated with physical blocks, or as computer-generated images upon a display device. | 09-11-2014 |
| 20140272819 | COMPUTER-IMPLEMENTED LANGUAGE HEURISTICS - A linguistic phrase including a plurality of adjacently positioned characters arranged in a first sequence may be displayed. A first command may be received to obscure the linguistic phrase by separating the plurality of adjacently positioned characters into constituent characters In response to receiving the first command, the constituent characters may be displayed separate from each other to obscure the linguistic phrase. A second command may be received to combine at least two of the constituent characters to form a particular linguistic phrase including a number of adjacently positioned characters arranged in a particular sequence. Validity of the particular linguistic phrase may be evaluated. Upon determining that the particular linguistic phrase is valid, the particular linguistic phrase may be displayed including the number of adjacently positioned characters arranged in the particular sequence. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272820 | LANGUAGE LEARNING ENVIRONMENT - A method of providing a language learning environment comprises accessing media content, and identifying a number of content objects associated within the media instance. An apparatus for providing a language learning environment, comprises a processor, and a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, in which the memory comprises of metadata for the media, and in which the processor executes computer program instructions to, access media, and identify a number of content objects associated within the media instance. A computer program product for providing a language learning environment comprises a computer readable storage medium comprising computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising computer usable program code to, when executed by a processor, access media, computer usable program code to, when executed by the processor, identify a number of content objects associated within a media instance. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140272821 | USER TRAINING BY INTELLIGENT DIGITAL ASSISTANT - The method includes receiving, from a user, a first speech input spoken in a first language; inferring a user intent based on at least the first speech input in the first language; based on the inferred user intent, generating one or more alternative expressions of the first speech input in the first language; and providing feedback to the user introducing the alternative expressions as a more preferred input to express the inferred user intent than the first speech input provided by the user. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140295383 | PROCESSES AND METHODS TO USE PICTURES AS A LANGUAGE VEHICLE - I disclose processes and methods that by combining pictures in specific ways could boost, enforce, and optimize language learning. Herein I disclose the combination of several pictures all of them related to the same word in order to elicit said word in the observer. Also, by showing a word together with several photos, and by having to choose the photo/s related to the word, the observer can enforce the word learning process. Moreover, I describe the replacement headers of classical multi-choice questions with a photograph. I also show that by intermingling pictures and words, photos can become language units in the same token as conventional words. Finally as a practical embodiment of this method, I provide a game that can be both entertaining and educational. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295384 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CALCULATING TEXT DIFFICULTY - Disclosed are systems, methods, and products for language learning that automatically extracts keywords from resources using various natural-language processing product features, which can be combined with custom-designed learning activities to offer a needs-based, adaptive learning methodology. The system may receive resources having text and then determine a text difficulty score that predicts how difficult the resource is for language learners based on any number of factors, including any number of semantic and syntactic features of the text. Training resources labeled with metadata may be used to train a statistical model for determining difficulty scores of newly received text. Resources may be grouped based on difficulty score, and groups of resources may correspond to language learners' proficiency levels. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295385 | SPEED READING BOOK FOR LEARNING CHINESE CHARACTERS - Provided is a speed reading book for learning Chinese characters, which enables students to learn various Chinese characters while receiving speed reading training by writing figures in Chinese characters, the speed reading book including: study pages that include: a training element for the enlargement of a perceptible visual field; and an element for utilizing Chinese radicals. According to the speed reading book for learning Chinese characters of the invention described herein, since the students may repetitively perform training for seeing a Chinese radical which is the basis for studying Chinese and relevant Chinese characters whose radical is a Chinese radical in a lump, the students can have an enlarged visual perception field, can strengthen their concentration and reading ability, and can remember the Chinese characters for a long time because the Chinese radicals of the relevant Chinese characters are acquired as images through repetitive studying. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140295386 | COMPUTER-BASED LANGUAGE IMMERSION TEACHING FOR YOUNG LEARNERS - Disclosed herein, in certain embodiments, are computer-based language immersion teaching systems, products, programs, and methods for learners aged about 3 to about 10 years comprising a digital processing device and a computer program that creates a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language, and wherein said plurality of activities comprises: at least one learning activity based on a taxonomy of phonemes; at least one learning activity selected from: songs, chants, books, poems, puzzles, games, art activities, and printable activities; voiceover audio in said target language; and a software module for recording said learner's pronunciation and comparing it to one or more model pronunciations. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20140302463 | MNEMONIC-BASED LANGUAGE-LEARNING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The current document discloses computer-based methods and systems that employ mnemonics for teaching foreign languages to students of foreign languages. The currently disclosed computer-based and mnemonics-based language learning system is, in the described implementation, a distributed computational system that provides a collaborative computational environment in which students of foreign languages create, edit, discuss, and use mnemonics-based dictionaries and language-learning resources. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140302464 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LEARNING FOREIGN LANGUAGE OVER A SECURED SOCIAL NETWORK BASED ON BILINGUAL MESSAGING - A system and method for encouraging communication in different languages over a secured network that connects social circles (e.g., schools, kindergartens, etc.) and remote participants who are engaged in learning from each other's native languages as foreign languages are provided. | 10-09-2014 |
| 20140308630 | MULTILINGUAL TRANSLATION DEVICE DESIGNED FOR CHILDHOOD EDUCATION - Portable, real time voice translation systems, and associated methods of use, are provided. The systems include a translation system for use on a single unit, portable computing device and operable for accessing a multilanguage database, selecting a source language from a plurality of source languages and a destination language from a plurality of destination languages, inputting a source phrase, transmitting the source phrase to a speech recognition module, a translation engine, and a template look-up engine for finding the phrase template associated with the destination phrase from among the multiple languages. The spoken translation is then output in the selected destination language. The translation system has a total time between the input of the source phrase and output of the destination phrase that is no slower than 0.010 seconds, and a communications interface operable for communicating with a second computer system. | 10-16-2014 |
| 20140356820 | LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIAL CUSTOMIZING SYSTEM, LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIAL CUSTOMIZING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A language teaching material customizing system is provided in which a user can customize a language teaching material content freely. Specifically, the language teaching material customizing system of the present invention includes a client apparatus which produces customization data and a server apparatus which produces language teaching material content data. The server apparatus includes a storage section which stores an original sentence text, a translation sentence text, an original sentence sound source, a translation sentence sound source and a segment sound, and a control section which produces the language teaching material content data based on the customization data. The client apparatus includes a display section which displays a customization screen, an input section which receives an input from the user, and a control section which produces the customization data based on the input of the user. | 12-04-2014 |
| 20150010889 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING FOREIGN LANGUAGE ACQUIREMENT STUDYING SERVICE BASED ON CONTEXT RECOGNITION USING SMART DEVICE - According to the method of the present invention for providing a foreign language acquisition and learning service based on context awareness by using a smart device, a service provider server receives user information from a user terminal, extracts foreign language learning content by using the user information, and transmits same to the user terminal, thereby providing the foreign language learning content that is tailored to the context of the user and the information of the user. | 01-08-2015 |
| 20150017617 | System and Method for Language Teaching - As one implementation example, a system is described which comprises a display media adapted to display a plurality of known words, which form a first grammatical unit, and a plurality of unknown words, which form a second grammatical unit. The plurality of known words and the plurality of unknown words are associated with each other on a word per word basis by a code. | 01-15-2015 |
| 20150044644 | Training Apparatus and Method for Language Learning - A training method for language learning is provided, which includes: building user data of a user in a storage unit; retrieving target contents from a CTC database to a UTC database of the storage unit in accordance with difficulty levels of the target contents and the acquired level; setting a test by selecting test contents of the target contents in the UTC database as questions of the test; scoring the user's answers to the questions; performing an AL adjustment for the acquired level in accordance with a score of the test; performing a DL adjustment for the difficulty levels in accordance with correctness of each answer to the respective question in the test; and uploading the target contents with changed difficulty levels to the CTC database to update the target contents in the CTC database. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150056580 | PRONUNCIATION CORRECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention provides a pronunciation correction method for assisting a foreign language learner in correcting a position of a tongue or a shape of lips when pronouncing a foreign language. According to a implementation of this invention, the pronunciation correction method comprises receiving an audio signal constituting pronunciation of a user for a phonetic symbol selected as a target to be practiced, analyzing the audio signal, generating a tongue position image according to the audio signal based on the analysis results, and displaying the generated tongue position image. | 02-26-2015 |
| 20150064664 | Method And Apparatus For Teaching The Pronunciation of Alphabet Characters Of An Unfamiliar Language - Method and apparatus for teaching a student the pronunciation of alphabet characters of an unfamiliar language include providing a group of distinct sequential narrative media segments, each narrative media segment including a partial transliterated narrative text comprising words of a base language known to the student formed by base characters of a base alphabet, and wherein a number of target characters comprising a subset of the target alphabet are substituted in the text for corresponding base characters of the base alphabet, the sequential media segments containing successively increasing numbers of target characters of the target alphabet substituted for corresponding base characters of the base alphabet; and displaying each narrative media segment to the student sequentially. | 03-05-2015 |
| 20150079553 | Language Teaching - The present invention provides a method and system for teaching a language to a user. An index with expression records is accessed. Each expression record has at least one image search expression. One of the expression records in the index is examined to identify at least one image search expression for the examined record. A translated expression is acquired. At least one image associated with each identified image search expression is sought. The translated expression and at least one of the images are displayed to the user. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150079554 | LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM AND LEARNING METHOD - Disclosed herein are a language learning system and a language learning method. A language learning system includes a user terminal configured to receive utterance information of a user as a speech or text type and to output learning data transferred through a network to the user as the speech or text type, and a main server which includes a learning processing unit configured to analyze a meaning of the utterance information of the user, to generate at least one response utterance candidate corresponding to dialogue learning in a predetermined domain to induce a correct answer of the user, and to connect a dialogue depending on the domain and a storage unit linked with the learning processing unit and configured to store material data or a dialogue model depending on the dialogue learning. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150099247 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AIDING LEARNING - Apparatus for aiding learning by a person comprises a cover or shield ( | 04-09-2015 |
| 20150118660 | System for and methods of teaching and learning foreign languages online using spreadsheets created by web-based document creating software - Novel systems/methods for generating language learning lessons is disclosed in the present application. A learner is allowed to speak out loud a sentence in a foreign language while an instructor types down exactly how the sentence is spoken in a first column on an instruction sheet. The instructor then types a correct sentence marked with symbols noting the incorrect word and missing word in a second column parallel to the first column. Unfamiliar word is then placed in a third column and mispronounced word is placed in a fourth column. The present invention further has other features to allow the learner(s) to see his/her verbal mistakes, become conscious of these mistakes and thereby control his/her way of using those words in the correct way much more efficiently. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20150125834 | Real-Time Interactive Collaboration Board - A real-time interactive collaboration system is provided, the system including at least: a collaboration board electronically connected between and amongst an instructor and one or more students, wherein the instructor and students are able to interact in real-time with previously uploaded objects that are part of a learning activity; means for the instructor and students to simultaneously share a predetermined view of the collaboration board; and means for the instructor and students to simultaneously share a portion of a predetermined view of the collaboration board at the discretion of the instructor. Methods of use for the foregoing system are also provided. | 05-07-2015 |
| 20150325145 | Method and Apparatus for Teaching Language - A language teaching or learning apparatus comprises a memory, a display, an input device, and a controller. The memory device stores target language characters or words in text, images and animation video clips showing meanings of the plurality of characters or words, and intonation graphic symbols showing intonations for the characters or words. The input device allows a user to input control signals or commands. The controller activates the input device such that the user inputs control signals to select one or more target language characters or words and display the selected target language characters or words and corresponding images or animation video clips along with corresponding intonation graphic symbols on the display in a predetermined manner. The user watch the target language characters, the images and animation video clips, and the intonation graphic symbols in ways controlled by the controller. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20150339950 | System and Method for Obtaining Feedback on Spoken Audio - A system and method of administering a language learning system. A software application is run that generates a language lesson plan. The language lesson plan presents audible response queries to a user. The software application prompts a user to provide spoken answers to the audible response queries. The software application also enables an evaluator to listen to the spoken answers and assess the accuracy of the spoken answers. The evaluator sends feedback to the first computer device of the user. In this manner, the user can have feedback on how well they answered the audible response query. | 11-26-2015 |
| 20150356887 | Method And System For Learning Languages Through a General User Interface - A language learning system is provided. The language learning system includes a computing device and a language learning file. The computing device includes a general user interface and a central processing unit. The language learning file is run by the central processing unit and includes multilingual data, a language display module, and a language learning module. The multilingual data includes a graphical constant element and dynamic lexical elements corresponding to the graphical constant element and having native language data and secondary language data translating from the native language data. The display module displays the graphical constant element and a native language element of the native language data through the general user interface in juxtaposed position. The language learning module switches between displays of the native language element with a secondary language element of the secondary language data. | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160005330 | DEVICE FOR TEACHING THE AMHARIC LANGUAGE - A device designed to teach the Amharic language and standardize its script, including a computer keyboard containing a number of keys, including: an initial group of n biunivocal keys corresponding to n most frequent consonants or main consonants shown in the order 6; a second group of biunivocal keys, with a ≦n corresponding respectively to the main consonants presenting under order 1; a third group of biunivocal keys corresponding respectively to consonants other than the main consonants or secondary consonants presenting under order 6; and a keypad of eight silent keys corresponding respectively to eight orders, where pressing one of the silent keys on this keypad before pressing a biunivocal key corresponding to a main consonant or a secondary consonant will result in printing the main or secondary consonant under the order corresponding to the silent layer. | 01-07-2016 |
| 20160027333 | COMPUTER SYSTEM METHODS FOR GENERATING COMBINED LANGUAGE CONTENT - Natural language learning in context is provided by generating combined text of a user's native tongue and language to be learned. The combined text is generated based on elements of code-switching including syntax and semantics. Combining text based on elements of code-switching maximizes the learnability or the likelihood of retaining certain text of a foreign language. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160027334 | LANGUAGE LEARNING EXCHANGE - Systems and methods for identifying and connecting complementary users of a language learning exchange are provided herein. One aspect includes registering through a computing device one or more users in a user community of an online language learning platform, the one or more users associated with profile information comprising user name, native language, and language of interest elements; receiving search terms associated with a first user; matching the first user with a complementary user based on the search terms and profile information; and presenting the first user and the complementary user with a learning exchange interface via which they each use local devices to communicate over a network. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160035249 | TARGETED REPETITION AND TARGETED REINFORCEMENT IN A LANGUAGE LEARNING SYSTEM - A computer-based language learning system uses targeted repetition to familiarize a student with words and language governing rules. Targeted repetition presents practice-sentences made up of specific words and rules the language learning system has targeted for practice, with the intervals between encounters of targeted words and rules varying based on prior incorrect, correct and partially correct responses to the rule-items. Targeted reinforcement determines manner of response to practice-sentences. Learning records for each word and rule track information used in calculating an up-to-the-moment ‘need to practice’ rating for the rule-item. Learning records also track each prior response to the item, allowing the language learning system to determine the aspects of the word or rule-item of which a student lacks mastery. The language learning system provides targeted reinforcement by drilling the student on the particular aspect of the rule needing practice, along with the practice-sentence incorporating it. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160035250 | LANGUAGE LEARNING EXCHANGE - Systems and methods to enable users to communicate via a language learning exchange are provided herein. One aspect includes registering through a computing device one or more users in a user community of an online language learning platform, the one or more users associated with profile information comprising user name, native language, and language of interest elements; accessing language content for use by the one or more users; matching the one or more users with one or more complementary users; and making the language content available to the users via a language learning exchange interface. | 02-04-2016 |
| 20160042661 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TEACHING A TARGET LANGUAGE - In one aspect, a method for teaching a target language to a user is disclosed including: (i) selecting visual representations from a visual representation database corresponding to instructional-language text or images to be displayed on a user interface device; (ii) generating one or more instructions configured to cause the user interface device to display instructional language text or images based on the selected visual representations; (iii) selecting target language audio forms from an audio form database corresponding to respective ones of the selected visual representation; (iv) generating one or more instructions configured to cause the user interface device to play one of the selected audio forms; (v) receiving a user selection of a visual representation from the user interface device; and (vi) determining if the user selection of the visual representation correctly corresponds to the audio form played in step (iv). | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160042662 | System and Method of Learning the Chinese Written Language - A system and method for learning the Chinese language is disclosed. The system and method includes selecting and translating at least one character from the Chinese language into a different language. The characters of the translated word are then rearranged to resemble the Chinese character. | 02-11-2016 |
| 20160055763 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS, PRONUNCIATION LEARNING SUPPORT METHOD, AND PROGRAM STORAGE MEDIUM - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a display and a processor. The processor executes a process of displaying on the display a word which a user is prompted to pronounce; acquiring speech which the user uttered by pronouncing the displayed word; and analyzing a pronunciation of the acquired speech, determining a part of the word, with respect to which a pronunciation relating to the word is incorrect, acquiring, as a word for practice, word which includes the part of the incorrect pronunciation and is shorter than the displayed word, and displaying on the display the word which is acquired as the word for practice. | 02-25-2016 |
| 20160117954 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATED TEACHING OF LANGUAGES BASED ON FREQUENCY OF SYNTACTIC MODELS - Disclosed are systems, methods and computer program products for automated teaching of languages. In one example, a method includes receiving a text content in a natural language; parsing the received text content into one or more sentences; determining a syntactic model of the each sentence; determining a frequency of occurrence for each syntactic model based on a number of sentences associated with each syntactic model in the text content; sorting the one or more syntactic models based on each respective frequency; and generating one or more language teaching exercises, wherein an exercise includes one or more sentences selected based on the frequency of associated syntactic model. | 04-28-2016 |
| 20160133154 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING THROUGH FILM - A computer-assisted system and method for foreign language instruction. A motion picture having audio dialog in a target language is stored, in a computer-readable form, with chapter divisions, scene subdivisions and dialog sequence sub-subdivisions. In an Engage Mode, the motion picture is played on a display screen sequence-by-sequence, scene-by-scene, and chapter-by-chapter for a student listening to the audio dialog on a speaker. Interlinear target and source language subtitles are provided with interactive capabilities accessed through cursor movement or other means. The interlinear subtitles may be semantically color-mapped. After selecting a scene to view, the student is progressed through a series of modules that break-down and dissect each dialog sequence of the scene. The student studies each dialog sequence before moving to the next scene. Likewise, all scenes in a chapter are studied before moving to the next chapter and ultimately completing the motion picture. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160133155 | APPARATUS FOR LEARNING VOWEL REDUCTION AND METHOD FOR SAME - Disclosed are an apparatus and a method for providing analysis information on vowel reduction. An apparatus for learning vowel reduction comprises: a vowel reduction predicting unit extracting text characteristics information including predicted pronunciation and predicted stress information related to a word in a text, through prediction of the text, and generating vowel reduction information of the text based on a pre-saved vowel reduction prediction model DB, by using the text characteristics information; a vowel reduction detection unit extracting speech characteristics information including detected pronunciation and detected stress information, by analyzing a speech of a user corresponding to the text, and generating vowel reduction information of the speech based on a pre-saved vowel reduction detection model DB, by using speech characteristics; and a vowel reduction feedback unit for generating and providing vowel reduction difference information by comparing the vowel reduction information of the text and vowel reduction information of the speech. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160155357 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF LEARNING LANGUAGES THROUGH VISUAL REPRESENTATION MATCHING | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160170612 | METHOD, SYSTEM AND RECORDING MEDIUM FOR PROVIDING CONTENT TO BE LEARNED | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160180730 | METHOD FOR AUTOMATICALLY GENERATING BLANK FILLING QUESTION AND RECORDING MEDIUM DEVICE FOR RECORDING PROGRAM FOR EXECUTING SAME | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160180741 | PRONUNCIATION LEARNING DEVICE, PRONUNCIATION LEARNING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM STORING CONTROL PROGRAM FOR PRONUNCIATION LEARNING | 06-23-2016 |
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