Method and apparatus for language instruction
First Claim
1. A method of using a computer to instruct a student to learn the English language comprising the steps of:
- a) configuring a software program with a plurality of English sentences, each English sentence being entered by the steps of;
i) parsing the English sentence into a plurality of predefined English sentence parts;
ii) entering each of said predefined English sentence parts into a corresponding input field of a computer program user interface;
wherein the computer program is adapted to;
display each input field for each sentence entered and concatenate the plurality of input fields to provide a resultant English sentence field for display to a user;
b) presenting the student with the user interface of the software program, the software program configured to allow the student to select any of the input fields with an input device;
c) the student selecting a desired input field for a desired sentence entry;
d) displaying to the student in a display field of the user interface the entirety of the sentence part contained by the selected input field;
e) displaying to the student in a sentence display field the concatenated sentence parts obtained from each of the input field for the selected sentence.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus to help English language learners to acquire the customs to think in English with a program built in the apparatus. The program contains typical sentences divided into five parts, each of which is put in one of five cells in a line using a spread sheet. When words and phrases in one of the five cells are displayed in the calculation column, the learner can not see other words and phrases in remaining four cells, hence is given an opportunity to think about them with 5W1H (who, what, where, when, why, how and other words for questions). The apparatus is made up of a display to show the words and phrases in each cell and the whole sentence in additional cell, with some more cells on the same line to show either the photo or animation equivalent to the sentence, or, to give its translation into his own language, for native speakers to give typical pronunciation to the sentence, to add some grammatical notes when each of these cells is clicked. It is also equipped with simple keyboard to point cells in all directions.
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36 Claims
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1. A method of using a computer to instruct a student to learn the English language comprising the steps of:
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a) configuring a software program with a plurality of English sentences, each English sentence being entered by the steps of;
i) parsing the English sentence into a plurality of predefined English sentence parts;
ii) entering each of said predefined English sentence parts into a corresponding input field of a computer program user interface;
wherein the computer program is adapted to;
display each input field for each sentence entered and concatenate the plurality of input fields to provide a resultant English sentence field for display to a user;
b) presenting the student with the user interface of the software program, the software program configured to allow the student to select any of the input fields with an input device;
c) the student selecting a desired input field for a desired sentence entry;
d) displaying to the student in a display field of the user interface the entirety of the sentence part contained by the selected input field;
e) displaying to the student in a sentence display field the concatenated sentence parts obtained from each of the input field for the selected sentence. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus for instructing a student to learn the English language comprising:
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I) a housing suitable for being held in the hand of a student;
II) a display screen attached to the housing III) computer processing means integrated within the housing, adapted to;
a) store a plurality of English sentences and predefined sentence parts into a plurality of input fields of a computer program;
b) display to the student the user interface of the software program, the software program configured to allow the student to select any of the input fields with the input means;
c) display to the student in a display field of the user interface the entirety of the sentence part contained by the selected input field;
e) display to the student in a sentence display field the concatenated sentence parts obtained from each of the input field for the selected sentence. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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