JP2002251131A - System consisting of language-learning data and speech reproducing device therefor - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To learn a language according to a degree of progress by using a device provided with a function capable of recognizing punctuation marks when reproducing the broadcast contents or transmitted data with the punctuation marks pre-inserted therein in a language learning through a language study broadcast or the Internet. SOLUTION: In this system, broadcast speech or data are edited to be added with marks and are transmitted via the broadcasting or the Internet so as to repeatedly listen to them before and after the native pronunciation, so that the speech reproduced from the broadcast speech or the data obtained from the Internet can be repeatedly listened to only in a part of a pronunciation or a sentence as often as desired and immediately as they are. Further, the broadcast contents or the data, are received or downloaded to reproduce them by the device provided with the function of discriminating the added marks, thereby learning the language repeated by desired times or skipping unnecessary parts.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

The present invention relates to a method for editing language broadcast audio or data from the Internet for the purpose of learning a language, and a method for reproducing the broadcast contents or data to a level of a language learner. It relates to a system that enables language learning to be performed at a combined rate.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when learning while listening to native pronunciation in language learning, the user listens to a language broadcast from an NHK television or radio or downloads and reproduces audio data from the Internet.

[0003] However, the sound obtained when the sound obtained from the broadcast or the data obtained from the Internet is reproduced is a series of sounds from the start to the end of the course, and only a partial pronunciation or sentence is heard a desired number of times. The operation to fix it was troublesome. Also, depending on the learner's learning level, he had to listen to parts that he or she did not need to understand or heard. The broadcast or Internet data did not match the level of the learners, and it was average uniform.

Until now, there has been a system for learning a language, but it is necessary to purchase a dedicated device for a language course and a dedicated textbook, which is expensive and difficult for ordinary people to purchase and use. An object of the present invention is to provide an inexpensive language learning system using the Internet or broadcasting, which can be learned according to a student's learning progress.

[0005] NHK language courses are generally set to 30 minutes for TV broadcast courses and 20 minutes for radio broadcast courses. There are various courses, and the time of public broadcasting should be used effectively. To further increase the number of courses, it has become necessary to shorten the time of each course.

[0006]

The problem to be solved is that, in the conventional method, the sound obtained when reproducing the content obtained from the broadcast or the data obtained from the Internet has a partial pronunciation or sentence as it is. The point is that it is not possible to immediately repeat the desired number of times.

[0007]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is characterized in that a broadcast content or data is edited and added with a delimiter mark, and then transmitted via broadcast or the Internet. The present invention provides a system in which language learning can be learned at a progress level suited to a learner's level by receiving or downloading the broadcast content or data and reproducing the broadcast content or data with a device having a function of determining an added mark. .

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to allow a learner to listen to a part that was not well understood, a part that is difficult to pronounce, or a part that is really necessary, as many times as possible, a mark indicating a native pronunciation or a break before and after a sentence is provided. Edit broadcast audio or Internet data. As a matter of course, this mark can be identified only as an electric signal of the reproducing apparatus so that the learner cannot recognize it. When playing back the voice, the native pronunciation can be heard repeatedly as many times as it is played back by a device having a function of determining the mark.

[0009]

FIG. 1 schematically shows conventional broadcast contents or Internet data. The general content of language broadcasting is conversation (skit), conversation on the day, vocabulary pronunciation, grammar learning, practice exercises, repetition of conversation on the day, and finally, there is a whole conversation and a series of broadcast time 1 It is a fact. Because of this, some parts of the native conversation,
Or, in order to hear a part of the pronunciation repeatedly, it is troublesome to return the recorded data to a predetermined position. That is, when it is necessary to listen again to a part that the user does not want to hear because of returning too much, it is troublesome to rewind and rewind. Therefore, it has been devised that editing is performed so that a delimiter mark 2 is inserted in the data before and after a native sentence or word as shown in FIG. Thus, the sentence or pronunciation break can be determined, and the learner can listen repeatedly as many times as desired. Of course, it also has a pause function after a word or sentence is pronounced.

The broadcast content or data mark of the present invention is not limited to one type but may be a plurality of types. For example, as shown in FIG. 3, the mark at level 2a is before and after the pronunciation of an individual word or sentence, the mark at level 2b is a group of words or sentence pronunciations, and the level 2c is a group of levels 2b. It is also conceivable to assume that: Which level to select depends on the operation of the playback device by the learner.

As a device for reading a delimiter mark, use of bilingual broadcast, use of stereo broadcast, or use of text broadcast can be considered. In downloading data from the Internet, it is conceivable to use a delimiter signal used in a mini disc (MD).

[0012]

As described above, the language learning system of the present invention has a small number of parts where the transmitted voice or data is repeated as a series of broadcast contents, and is an unnecessary part for a person who cannot easily take time for language study. You can skip and listen to only the parts that are appropriate for you, so you can learn effectively and save time. As an example, the time for NHK language broadcasting, which is a public broadcast, will be shortened, which will allow time to be allocated. At present, NHK's language broadcast time is 30 minutes on TV and 20 minutes on radio. In fact, it has been found that eliminating the repetition part can reduce the average by about 30% for television and 40% for radio. By adopting the present invention, it has been found that it is possible to reduce the time required for a language broadcast on television to about 20 minutes and for a radio to about 12 minutes. FIG. 4 schematically shows the degree of shortening of the broadcast time when the repeated part of the radio language course is eliminated. Further, as an effect, the learning time is changed depending on the level of the learner, and the learning is advanced by the initiative of the language learner without being restricted by the broadcast time. For those who do not have the time to learn a language, the effect is enormous in that they can understand the contents in a short time. Further, it is not necessary to take an interval (blank time) for the learner to pronounce after the native pronunciation, which also contributes to shortening the time.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a conventional language broadcast content.

FIG. 2 is a diagram schematically showing edited contents in which a delimiter mark is added to broadcast contents or data according to the present invention. (Example 1)

FIG. 3 is a diagram schematically showing editing contents with a delimiter mark when there are a plurality of delimiter marks. (Example 2)

FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a language broadcast content when a repeated portion is excluded according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 Language broadcast audio or download data 2 Delimiter mark 3 Repeated movement

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. In radio or television language broadcasting, broadcast content edited with a delimiter mark so that native pronunciation or sentence can be repeated. 2. Data edited with a delimiter mark so that native pronunciation or sentence can be repeated in language learning on the Internet. 3. After a language learner obtains the broadcast content of claim 1 or the data of claim 2, the language learner uses a sound reproducing device having a function of recognizing the delimiter mark, and learns by learning operation by the learner. A language learning system in which a necessary part can be repeatedly heard a desired number of times or an unnecessary part can be skipped.