Education and demonstration – Language
Reexamination Certificate
2006-05-30
2006-05-30
Harris, Chanda L. (Department: 3715)
Education and demonstration
Language
C434S157000, C434S167000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07052278
ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides a system and method for language teaching that involves training to an automatic level a set of core vocabulary items, and then presenting learned items in combination as a means of implicitly teaching grammar. In one aspect, a method for teaching a language, consistent with the invention, comprises: (a) while displaying to a learner a graphical representation of a vocabulary item comprising at least one word, playing to the learner an audio recording comprising the spoken form of the vocabulary item; and (b) while displaying to a learner both a graphical representation of the vocabulary item and the written form of the vocabulary item, playing to the learner an audio recording comprising the spoken form of the vocabulary item.
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Johnson Carol M.
Nicol Janet L.
Harris Chanda L.
Lawrence R. Oremland, P.C.
Renaissance Learning, Inc.
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