JP2003050536A - System for language learning database service - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a student, a teacher and a school manager with a system for language learning database service which can offer information for language learning. SOLUTION: A server computer 1 is stored with a database where information of student's attribute including the name of each student, information of language learning history and teaching materials used of each student, information of teacher's attribute including the name of each teacher, information of learning evaluation of the student in the teacher's charge and state of progress of a class in the teacher's charge, etc., and information of the name of each class, contents of learning, degree of difficulty, texts used, etc., are related to one another and recorded. The computer 1 is connected with a student's personal computer 3, a teacher's personal computer 4, and a school manager's personal computer 5 through a communication network 2. The student, teacher and school manager can access information in the prescribed area in the database of the server computer 1 from each personal computer through the communication network 2.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a data database of information for managing the learning progress and grades of students and the evaluation of teachers by a school in a foreign language conversation classroom such as an English conversation school or a classroom for teaching Japanese. , A system of language learning database service that provides a curriculum information database for teachers to individually teach students and a database related to students' own past, present and future learning scopes and learning goals through a personal computer and a communication network. Regarding

[0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Language acquisition is a complex process that requires considerable length of learning. In addition, it was quite difficult for the teaching side to properly inform the students of the degree of achievement (completion degree) of the students. Of the many classes offered by the school, if each individual student can determine which class is most suitable for his or her current degree of study, he / she can perform appropriate learning.
In the past, it was impossible for the school and teachers to prepare such information for individual students, and even if it was possible, the rough guidelines that were subjectively predicted by the mind from the past experience of the school and teachers At present, there is no database that can provide comprehensive information for concrete and objective learning, which is only enough to talk to students.

Further, in order to improve the language, especially the conversation ability, it is essential for the teacher to face the learner, but the burden of labor costs on the school side and the work load of the teacher are problems. It is a point. Teachers with a large number of students should provide students with individualized learning guidance and information for learning, but the reality is that the teacher does chores that are not directly related to education other than such proper work. It is the current situation that some of the eager teachers of the work spend their time working and volunteer activities outside the hours, and many of them say that their ideal educational activities are not sufficient. It is a common recognition among teachers, and it is a great concern. In addition, even though the school side has the ideal to have the teacher concentrate solely on the lessons and student guidance, there is a problem that it is not possible for the teacher to afford due to problems in school management.

In the current language learning, the teacher remembers how far the textbook has progressed, or writes it in a logbook, etc., and refers to it as appropriate to carry out the lesson according to a prescribed curriculum. I recommend it. Students only need to follow the teacher's one-way course, and the course is uniform and fixed, and there is no flexibility. The school has just established a class organization that appropriately assigns a uniform curriculum, and does not prepare an appropriate class that suits the learning level and purpose of the students.

[0005]

In order to solve the above problems, it is effective for students, teachers and school managers to practice a common language education for practical language education. Providing an information database. Thereby, the following advantages will be obtained. Accurately and quickly perform academic affairs and general affairs at educational institutions. Teachers can focus on more creative educational services by freeing teachers from cumbersome tasks, with learners doing their own curriculum and personal assessments. The language education operator can manage efficiently by accurately grasping the degree of education and education history of the teacher and the learner respectively. The purpose of the present invention is to enable teachers and students to easily select optimal lesson content and objective policies for such students through a personal computer, and also for the school side to properly manage students and teachers. It is to provide a system of language learning database service that can provide information that can be done to students, teachers and school administrators.

[0006]

The language learning database service system according to the present invention includes student attribute information including the name of each student, information about the history of language learning of each student and teaching materials used, and The attribute information of the teacher including the name of the teacher, the information about the learning evaluation of the responsible student and the progress status of the responsible class, and the information such as the class name of each class, learning content, difficulty level, texts used, etc. should be correlated with each other. A server computer in which the recorded database is stored is connected to a communication network such as the Internet or a LAN, and computers of students, teachers and school managers are further connected to the server computer via the communication network. The student, the teacher and the school administrator individually and individually through a predetermined input procedure such as password input from each computer via a communication network to a predetermined data area (teacher, student) in the database of the server computer. , And the information that can be accessed depending on the school administrator is restricted.) By sharing and using such a language learning management service system among teachers, students, and school administrators, the service provider is paid a fee for using the service.

[0007]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of a language learning database service according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual block diagram of the system of the present invention. 1 is a server that stores a database, which is usually prepared by a vendor who provides a language learning management service,
Install. In this database, names that identify a plurality of teaching materials related to language learning, item information of the language learning lesson, titles of each chapter of the teaching material, main learning words used in the teaching material and lessons, and teaching materials An individual including teaching material information including the lesson and the index indicating the learning difficulty of each of the chapters, the learning history of each chapter and each lesson of the student, and the learning performance evaluation of the student scored by the teacher An area in which learning information is recorded is set.

Reference numeral 2 is the Internet or a communication network such as a LAN. Communication network 2
A personal computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer) 3 of a student, a personal computer 4 of a teacher, and a personal computer 5 of a school administrator are connected to the computer. In the figure, only one computer is shown for easy understanding, but since there are actually multiple students and teachers, it should be noted that multiple computers are connected. . When a plurality of different schools commonly use this system, a plurality of personal computers 5 of administrators of some schools will be connected.

Students learning a language, teaching teachers, and administrators who provide schools subscribe to this system.
The system provider contracts with the school and receives class information and student and teacher information from the school, builds this database system, and connects the server 1 to the network 2. The school pays the system provider the basic fee and maintenance fee for the maintenance and management of the server database. When teachers and students also use this database, the system may be charged according to usage time.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the basic concept of the database system of the present invention considered by the present inventor. "When""Whichschool""Whichclassroom""Who""Who""Whichmaterial""Which part of the teaching material (Unit or Page
e) ”,“ what content ”and“ result ”data are basically stored in a database that stores numerical data such as identification numbers so that they can be searched at high speed, and a common database is used for teachers, learners, and management. If the person in charge accesses the interface of this database system and asks questions individually, he / she creates a teaching plan, a learning plan, and an operation plan, and outputs them on the screen of the personal computer.

By the way, the present inventor organizes, based on the level order of the grammar acquisition items, "hearing", "reading", "writing", and "speaking" the matters to be learned accompanying a certain level of grammar. We have created a database system that can provide students and teachers with data that allows them to learn all the items at the same time, focusing on the acquisition of grammatical knowledge by arranging them from the viewpoints of "," and "words." Despite the various deficiencies in the language texts currently available, there is no doubt that they are huge learning material assets, so there is no reason not to use them as a database. In order to do so, it is necessary to clarify the correspondence between the existing text items and the corresponding points in the basic English learning procedure information, and encourage students, teachers, and administrators to systematically understand the teaching and learning methods. By constructing a database so that the relationship between basic English learning information and all materials (texts) can be referenced, it is possible to identify the specific content of what was done in the lesson.

Next, the use of the project management method available in the database examined by the inventor in the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. In the database of the present invention, the method used in project management, the precedence diagram method (Precedence Diagram) is included as one of the functions to be added to it, which includes information on grade management and its usage.
ming Method, PDM), critical path method (CP)
M) may be made available on the computer. The introduction of such a method has never been used for schedule management of learners, teachers, and learning managers.
An example (PND) of the learning plan of the learner is shown in FIG. In the following example, the box is designed to be taken in one lesson in each classroom. For example, A1 indicates the difficulty level of the textbook, and A2 in parentheses indicates the second chapter of the text A. First, assuming that the learner (student) proceeds with the learning in ascending order of the learning level, the steps A1, A2, A3 are performed. A2 has 5 boxes, but is assumed to have the following constraints.

A2 (A3) can be learned after A2 (, 2) ends.・ A2 (E1) cannot learn unless both A2 (A2) and A2 (D3) have finished. Assign the earliest start date (ES), the earliest end date (EF), the latest start date (LS), and the latest end date (LF) to each work, calculate the float (margin day) of each work, and set the critical path. locate. For example, suppose that the total time of preparation, lesson, and review (including homework) spent on one class is as follows. These values shall be decided by the teacher and the person in charge of management based on the difficulty of the teaching material and the ability of the learner. A1 (A1) 2 hours A2 (C5) 7 hours A2 (A2) 4 hours A2 (D3) 2 hours A2 (A3) 4 hours A2 (E1) 5 hours A3 (D3) 2 hours In this case, A1 (A1) → A2 (A2) → A2 (E1)
→ Float does not occur in the work on A3 (D3), so it can be seen that this path is a critical path.
It is expected that such analysis will enable learners to learn efficiently in time. Further, when the work is disassembled in this way, the progress status and cost (in this case, the tuition fee, but the cost may change depending on the level of the piece and the number of students) can be defined. EVMS, a technique for evaluation and cost evaluation
(Earned Value Management
BCWS (Budgeted) in System
Cost Work Schedule) etc. become easy to calculate.

An example of the use of this database system will be described below by taking an English conversation classroom as an example, but the present invention is not limited to English, but other foreign languages such as French, German, Spanish and Italian. In addition to the fact that it can be applied to conversation classes in other foreign languages including Chinese, etc., it can be applied to Japanese language classes that teach Japanese to foreigners and other various language education. Keep it. FIG. 4A shows the content of the teaching material information stored in the memory of the server 1. In FIG. 4A, 10
Indicates teaching material information. The textbook information is textbooks,
In addition to book materials such as reference books, media such as videotapes, newspapers, and magazines used in the classroom,
Free Conversation (abbreviated by the symbol F / C.) It is a name or title that identifies the content item of the lesson. The free conversation (F / C) lesson is a lesson form in which a teacher and a student practice a conversation about an arbitrary topic or subject in a free atmosphere without using a specific textbook. In such a free conversation lesson, the subject of the conversation and the words and phrases used may be presented in advance by the teacher. Free conversation classes topics and materials are also a type of teaching material. Other forms of lessons include games, quizzes, and questions (between teachers and students, or students), which are also one of the teaching materials. Is this information recorded in the database from PCs 4 and 5 of teachers and school administrators?
Alternatively, it can be stored when the database is constructed by the service provider based on the materials obtained from the school.

Each time a new teaching material or free conversation (F / C) item is adopted in the lesson, the information is input from the keyboard of the teacher's personal computer 4 and stored in the memory device of the server 1. The teaching material information 10 includes the name 11 of the lesson teaching material “text A, B, C, F / C ...”.
, And the contents of the teaching materials are described in chapter units. here,
The “chapter” may be called “section” or “lesson”. The description is based on the language type of the target material 12,
It is the publisher of the teaching material 13, the chapter number 14, the learning theme (topics) 15 of each chapter, and the main important English words 16 appearing in that chapter, or the idioms and syntax. When the name 11 of the teaching material is F / C, the chapter number 14 may be omitted. When the name 11 of the teaching material is a video tape, a newspaper or a magazine, a title identifying the content of the teaching material may be entered in the section of Chapter 14. 1
7 is an index showing the chapter of the teaching material or the difficulty level of the word. The indicator 17 may be displayed in a specific manner in the language classroom, or may be shared by a plurality of schools. For example, A-1 is a teaching material or word that is most suitable for beginner level students, and A-2 and A-3
Furthermore, the index may be such that the levels become higher in the order of B, C, D and E. The teaching material provider (publisher) or the teacher or manager in the classroom may decide which teaching material or word corresponds to which difficulty index.
Even if the same word is used, the difficulty level may change depending on the content of the chapter.

Reference numeral 20 in FIG. 4 (B) is the individual learning record data of each student in the database stored in the memory device of the server 1. The content of the learning record data 20 includes the student member number 21, student name 22, attendance date and time 23, lesson theme 24, text name 25 used, student's evaluation 26 in the lesson judged by the teacher, such as understanding level and grades. including. This evaluation 26 is indicated by a number such as a score A,
It may be a symbol such as B or C, or may be an advisory commentary sentence from the teacher. Also, the name of the teacher who gave the lecture and the work evaluation of the teacher can be described. 27
Indicates the difficulty level of the lesson.

Next, FIG. 5 shows a flow chart for the teacher to output the learning management report of the student using the database according to the embodiment of the present invention. In step 30, the operator or teacher enters the password for accessing the database and then the student's name. Using the keyboard or mouse of the teacher's PC 4, enter the English words related to the subject that the student is interested in. Alternatively, it can be an English word or syntax related to the theme of the lesson the teacher is about to do. Further, the output command of the learning management table (report) is input. As the output command, a command may be input from the keyboard, or an instruction key for outputting a learning report indicated by a GUI icon on the screen may be clicked with a pointer.

For example, assume that "Kitarou Suzuki" is input as the name of a student, the subject of English conversation that the student is currently interested in is overseas travel, and he wants to learn a theme related to lodging at a hotel. It is assumed that a typical English word "RESERVATION" on such a theme is input. Next, in step 31, the server computer 1 searches the database for text (textbook) information 10 of the teaching material information using the input English word "RESERVATION" as a keyword. Search the text information 10 and enter the English word entered in step 30 "
The text name 11, the chapter 14, and the difficulty level 17 in which "RESERVATION" appears in the text are extracted.

Further, the individual learning record data 20 in the database is searched by using the extracted text name "text A" and the chapter "second chapter" as keywords, and the attendance date / time 23 of the student is judged by the teacher. The student's evaluation 26 in that class, the difficulty level 27, and the name of the teacher who gave the lecture are read if necessary.

As a result, the server computer 1 is shown in FIG.
The student learning management table (report) 40 as shown in FIG. The output may be the display screen of the teacher's personal computer 4, or may be transferred to a printer connected to the personal computer 4 or another personal computer connected to the communication network 2, or printed by a printer connected to it. Also, both may be used. However, from the viewpoint of security of information or protection of privacy, it is necessary to input a specific password in order to read the information from the database. The password is known only to the specific teacher or administrator approved by the school.

The management table of FIG. 5 shows a student name 41, all text names 42 hit as a result of the search, their topics (themes) or chapters 43, main words used or subject items 44, and evaluations 45. The teacher name 46 and the difficulty level 47 are displayed in the form of a list. What kind of items are displayed in this management table depends on the teacher's computer 4
Alternatively, it can be arbitrarily set from the personal computer 5 of the school administrator. That is, items other than the items shown in FIG. 6 may be added, or unnecessary items may be excluded.

By looking at this management table, students can
It is possible to understand concretely by difficulty whether or not there is another textbook that has a word or syntax that I have not learned yet, or a similar theme. Then, in order to fulfill my future wishes, the school can give specific consultations about which teachers and what kind of lessons they would like to have in the next lesson. The school side also uses this management table
Considering the student's ability and the difficulty level of the teaching material to the student's concrete goals and wishes, how to develop the lesson, what kind of subjects and teaching materials to choose, and which teacher to assign It is possible to quickly and accurately judge and present to the students a suggestion as to whether or not the optimal learning effect that matches is obtained.

Since this management table can be transferred to another computer by the communication network 2 as described above, it can be used as a database common to a plurality of classrooms located at distant places. Moreover, even if the teacher in charge changes, the data in the management table is inherited as it is, so the student can take a lesson with continuity.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and those skilled in the art can make various modifications and improvements based on the disclosure of the present specification.

[0024]

As described above, according to the language learning database service of the present invention, it is effective for shared language learning for practicing practical language education for students, teachers and school administrators. A comprehensive information database.
By using this database, academic affairs and general affairs of educational institutions can be performed accurately and quickly,
By allowing learners to do their own curriculum and personal assessments, freeing teachers from tedious tasks, teachers can focus on more creative educational services. The language education operator can manage efficiently by accurately grasping the degree of education and education history of the teacher and the learner respectively. Then, the teacher and the student can easily and accurately select or decide the optimum lesson content and policy necessary for the student, and the flexible lesson that is most suitable for the individual student can be developed.

[0025]

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of a language learning database service system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram for explaining the basic concept of the database system of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram for explaining an example of use of a project management method that can be used in the database of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a part of information contents of a database according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart for outputting a learning management table in the database system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a specific example of a learning management table obtained by the language learning database system according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Database server computer 2 communication network PC of 3 students 4 teacher's computer PC of 5 school managers 10 teaching material information 20 Individual learning record information 30 Flowchart 40 Learning management table

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. Attribute information of each student, information about history of language learning and teaching materials of each student, attribute information of each teacher, learning evaluation of each student and progress status of each class. , A server computer (1) storing a database in which information such as class name of each class, learning content, difficulty level, usage text and the like are recorded in a mutually related manner, and the server computer (1) and a communication network ( A student personal computer (3) and a teacher's personal computer (4) connected via 2),
A system provider prepares a database system consisting of a school administrator's personal computer (5), and the student, teacher, and school administrator individually access the communication network from individual personal computers by a predetermined input procedure. A language learning database service system, characterized in that information in a predetermined data area in a database of the server computer can be accessed via the server computer. 2. The database includes a name for identifying a plurality of teaching materials related to language learning, item information of the language learning lesson, a title of each chapter of the teaching material, the teaching material and the lesson used in the lesson. The main learning words, teaching material information including the teaching material, the lesson and the index indicating the learning difficulty of each chapter, the learning history of each chapter and each lesson of the student, and the score An area in which personal learning information including student learning performance evaluation is recorded is set, and a command for designating an arbitrary learning word and displaying a student learning management table is input from the teacher's computer. Accordingly, the learning information stored in the storage device is searched based on the designated learning word, and the teaching material and the chapter and the teaching material and the lesson item that use the designated learning word,
2. The language learning database service system according to claim 1, wherein a learning management table showing the indicators of the degree of difficulty and the individual learning history of the designated student is generated and output on the display screen. 3. The system according to any one of the student, the teacher and the school administrator accessing the database of the server computer from the individual personal computer through the communication network by the predetermined input procedure. The language learning database service system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a fee is paid to the provider.