Teaching Language Through Interactive Translation
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1. A method, comprising:
- executing an application environment in which a user interacts with at least portions of the application in a second language, and in which the application environment has capability to translate between the second language and a first language; and
accepting certain information within the application, only when said certain information is in the second language.
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Abstract
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).
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1. A method, comprising:
executing an application environment in which a user interacts with at least portions of the application in a second language, and in which the application environment has capability to translate between the second language and a first language; and
accepting certain information within the application, only when said certain information is in the second language.- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer, comprising:
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a user interface, including at least a microphone; and
a processor, executing an application which requires interaction with the user, where the application is intended to operate in an environment in a source language, but accepts certain information in the only a target language different from the source language, said processor also executing an application which receives speech from the microphone, and checks said speech to determine if said speech is in said target language and properly pronounced and having proper syntax, and allowing said speech to interact with the application only when said language meets said tests. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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executing an application which requires interaction with a user;
in a first mode, requiring the user to interact by a speaking into a microphone in a target language, different than the user'"'"'s native language, detecting whether the speech into the microphone is proper in the target language, and if so, interacting with the user;
responsive to said interacting in said first mode, providing a first score to the user;
in a second mode, allowing the user to interact in the source language, and providing a second score to the user, wherein said second score is less favorable to the user than the first score; and
providing a translator which enables translating between said source language and said target language, for use by the users. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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