Learner-Controlled Foreign Language Learning Processing Method and System

• US 20080293020A1
• Filed: 03/22/2007
• Published: 11/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sung-Ok Jang
• Original Assignee: Sung-Ok Jang
• Inventors: Jang, Sung-ok
• Application Number:
  US12/097,268
• Publication Number:
  US 20080293020A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/157
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/06 Foreign languages with audible presentation of material to be studied G09B5/04
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 7/02 of the type wherein the student is expected to construct an answer to the question which is presented or wherein the machine gives an answer to the question presented by a student

Abstract

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.

Claims

1. A learner-controlled foreign language learning method carried out by a learner'"'"'s computer and an education server to providing a plurality of foreign language learning contents to the learner computer through the Internet, comprising:

reproducing entire details of a foreign language learning content selected from the plurality of foreign language learning contents by a learner;

determining whether there is a request for repeatedly reproducing after the reproduction of the foreign language learning content, and reproducing the entire details of the foreign language learning content again when the request for repeatedly reproducing is asked;

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 processing the repeat-of-pronunciation, and by comparing a learner'"'"'s answer with the question.

2. The learner-controlled foreign language learning method according to claim 1, wherein the processing the repeat-of-pronunciation comprises:

providing a request for a repeat of pronunciation together with the details contained in the foreign language learning content selected, among the plurality of the foreign language learning contents that contain at least one of motion pictures containing a plurality of English voices, by the learner to the learner computer;

receiving a repeated pronunciation of the learner and converting the received repeated pronunciation into text by a predetermined voice tool to compare the provided details of the foreign language learning content with the repeated pronunciation of the learner converted into the text;

providing a voice file of the learner to the learner computer and outputting a reproduction command when the learner correctly repeated as a result of the comparison, and providing the details of the foreign language learning content for a set number of times again when the learner does not correctly repeat and requesting for a re-repeat of pronunciation; and

providing the details of the foreign language learning content and next details of the foreign language learning content when the set number of times is exceeded.

3. The learner-controlled foreign language learning method according to claim 1, wherein the processing of the learning-by-questioning-and-answering comprises:

providing the question with respect to the details of the foreign language learning content and the request for an answer after processing the repeat-of-pronunciation and accessing a plurality of expected answers containing a required answer with respect to the provided question;

receiving a vocal answer of the learner with respect to the question and converting the received vocal answer into text by a predetermined voice tool to compare the vocal answer of the learner converted into the text with the required answer;

providing a voice file of the vocal answer of the learner to the learner computer and outputting a reproduction command when the vocal answer of the learner accords with the required answer as a result of the comparison in the receiving of a vocal answer; and

determining whether there is the learner'"'"'s answer that accords with any one of the plurality of expected answers except for the required answer when the learner'"'"'s answer does not accord with the required answer, and providing the question and/or the required answer to the learner computer according to the result of the determination.

4. The learner-controlled foreign language learning method according to claim 3, wherein the determining comprises:

determining whether the learner'"'"'s answer accords with any one of the plurality of expected answers when the number of times where the learner'"'"'s answer does not accord with the required answer is one, and providing different comments together with the question again according to the determination;

determining whether the learner'"'"'s answer accords with any one of the plurality of expected answers when the number of times where the learner'"'"'s answer does not accord with the required answer is twice, and providing different comments together with the question and a request for a repeat of the required answer according to the determination; and

providing a voice file of a repeated pronunciation of the learner to the learner computer when the repeated pronunciation of the learner received from the learner computer according to a request for a repeat of pronunciation and outputting the reproduction command, and providing the required answer again and a next question when the repeated pronunciation of the learner does not accord with the required answer.

5. A learner-controlled foreign language learning system comprising:

a learner computer; and

an education server to provide a plurality of foreign language learning contents to the learner computer through the Internet, the education server comprising;

a contents database including a contents memory to store the plurality of foreign language learning contents, a question memory to store a question relating to the details of the respective foreign learning contents, and an expected answer memory to store a plurality of expected answers with respect to the question containing a required answer corresponding to the question;

a voice recognizing unit to recognize a voice of the learner inputted by the learner computer through the Internet;

a voice processing unit to convert the voice of the learner recognized by the voice recognizing unit into text; and

a controlling unit comprising;

a learning-with-contents processing unit to access the foreign language learning content selected by the learner from the contents memory to reproduce entire details of the foreign language learning content and to reproduce the foreign language learning content again when there is a repeated reproduction command;

a repeat-of-pronunciation processing unit to read the details contained in the foreign language learning contents to provide the details together with a request for a repeat of pronunciation to the learner computer, to determine whether or not a repeated pronunciation transmitted from the learner is correct to determine a learning stage, and to provide the details and the request for a repeat of pronunciation according to a choice of the learner again; and

a learning-by-questioning-and-answering processing unit to provide the question with respect to the details and a request for an answer to the learner'"'"'s computer, to compare the question with a learner'"'"'s answer to determine the learning stage according to the comparison, and to provide the question and the request for an answer according to the choice of the learner.