Group foreign language teaching system and method
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1. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions configured to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
- deliver a video presentation simultaneously to a plurality of users;
produce a plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams, the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams including a first mixed known language-foreign language stream having a first grammar syntax and a second mixed known language-foreign language stream having a second grammar syntax; and
deliver simultaneously the first mixed known language-foreign language stream to a first user from the plurality of users and the second mixed known language-foreign language stream to a second user from the plurality of users, the first user having a proficiency different than a proficiency of the second user, each of the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams corresponding to the video presentation.
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Abstract
A method and system for teaching a foreign language to a user who has knowledge of a base language is disclosed. The method and system may include delivering a video presentation simultaneously to a plurality of users. The method and system may also include simultaneously delivering a plurality of mixed known language-foreign language audio and/or text streams to the plurality of users, each of the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language audio and/or text streams corresponding to the video presentation.
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1. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions configured to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
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deliver a video presentation simultaneously to a plurality of users; produce a plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams, the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams including a first mixed known language-foreign language stream having a first grammar syntax and a second mixed known language-foreign language stream having a second grammar syntax; and deliver simultaneously the first mixed known language-foreign language stream to a first user from the plurality of users and the second mixed known language-foreign language stream to a second user from the plurality of users, the first user having a proficiency different than a proficiency of the second user, each of the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams corresponding to the video presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A system, comprising:
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an entertainment module configured to deliver a video presentation to a display device to simultaneously display the video presentation to a plurality of users, the entertainment module configured to deliver a plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams to a plurality of output devices configured to simultaneously deliver the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams to the plurality of users, the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams including a first mixed known language-foreign language stream having a grammar syntax associated with a known language and a second mixed known language-foreign language stream having a grammar syntax associated with a foreign language, each of the plurality of mixed known language-foreign language streams corresponding to the video presentation, the entertainment module configured to selectively deliver one of the first mixed known language-foreign language stream or the second mixed known language-foreign language stream to an output device from the plurality of output devices associated with a user based, at least in part, on a proficiency level of the user associated with the foreign language. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions configured to cause a processor to perform a process, the code comprising code to:
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deliver simultaneously a video presentation to a first video screen associated with a first user and a second video screen associated with a second user; select a first mixed known language-foreign language stream associated with the first user based, at least in part, on a proficiency level of the first user associated with a foreign language, the first mixed known language-foreign language stream having a first grammar syntax; select a second mixed known language-foreign language stream associated with the second user based, at least in part, on a proficiency level of the second user associated with the foreign language, the second mixed known language-foreign language stream having a second grammar syntax different than the first grammar syntax; and deliver simultaneously a text portion of the first mixed known language-foreign language stream to the first video screen and a text portion of the second mixed known language-foreign language stream to the second video screen. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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