Education and demonstration – Language – Foreign
Patent
1994-11-28
1997-12-16
Cheng, Joe
Education and demonstration
Language
Foreign
434156, 434307R, 395154, 36441901, G09B 1906, G09B 1908
Patent
active
056977891
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for aiding foreign language instruction, comprising a language instruction program that runs on a multimedia computer. The language instruction program uses a story to teach the foreign language by displaying selected frames about the story and dialog balloons that include phrases in the foreign language associated with the frames. Translations of the phrases are also displayed. As a further aid, a pronunciation guide displays an animated representation of a person's lips as the correct enunciation of selected words in the foreign language.
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Sameth James E.
Sullam Bert S.
Cheng Joe
Softrade International, Inc.
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