Education and demonstration – Language – Foreign
Patent
1986-07-30
1988-03-29
Grieb, William H.
Education and demonstration
Language
Foreign
281 42, 281 45, 283 46, G09B 1908
Patent
active
047340363
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a method and device for learning the meaning of symbolic indicia (e.g., words of a foreign language), and it particularly relates to a learning aid containing corresponding sets of indicia, one translating, transliterating, interpreting, or paraphrasing the other, and to a method for using the learning aid.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
In teaching a foreign language, and particularly for building a vocabulary, it is a common practice to use learning aids that match words or phrases in the foreign language with their counterparts in a student's native language. Most often used are simple cards having the foreign word or phrase written on one side and its translation written on the other side. It is also common to use parallel lists, either on a single sheet or on separate sheets. The list in the known language is usually covered while the words in the foreign language are studied. When unsure of the meaning of a word in the foreign language list, the student will briefly uncover the adjacent list in the known language to compare the foreign word with the known word.
For more advanced students, the parallel list concept has been expanded to complete books, in which the text is printed in one language in alternate columns or on alternate pages, for example on the even-numbered pages, and a translation of this text is printed in adjacent columns or on the alternate facing pages, for example on the odd-numbered pages. The translated text is positioned substantially opposite to the text in the first language, so that the counterpart words and phrases can be found by looking across from one column to the adjacent column or from one page to the opposite facing page.
Whether used for lists of characters, discrete words and phrases or for continuous coherent text, such as a story, the side by side arrangement described above requires the reader to shift focus laterally from one column or page to an adjacent column or page to check the meaning of words he does not know or has forgotten. The shifting of visual attention is a distraction, particularly when reading coherent text, so that much of the potential reinforcement to be obtained from the use of a duplicate text format is unrealized when using the side by side arrangement.
When presented with the side-by-side translation, the student will, after trying to comprehend the foreign-language text, inevitably come to rest his eyes on the version he is most familiar with, i.e., the translation. The side-by-side layout distracts the student from his initial intent which is to comprehend or study the foreign-language text.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a learning aid comprising corresponding texts, one translating, transliterating, or paraphrasing the other, and a method of using the learning aid that takes advantage of persistence of vision to achieve better comprehension and quicker leaning than is possible with prior art learning aids, and with minimum visual effort and clutter, thereby permitting the reader to concentrate on the learning process.
This and other objects are obtained by means of a teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn the meaning of symbolic indicia. The teaching aid comprises: indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format; comprising a translation of the symbolic indicia marked on the upper sheet and in substantially exact registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet; and corresponding portion of the edge of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed above the corresponding indicia on the base sheet, whereby lifting the upper sheet away from the base sheet will reveal the translation marked on the base sheet, with corresponding indicia of the upper and base sheets in substantially the same position. corresponding portion of the edge of the base sheet preferably comprises a temporary binding means such as an elongated channel-shaped plastic binding clamp removably attached to corresp
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