JP2006208863A - Language mastering system and language mastering kit - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a language mastering system and a language mastering kit whose operations to master a language are not complicated and which make a learner interested in mastering the language and also keep the user interested in mastering the language long, and enable the user to efficiently master the language in a joyful atmosphere. <P>SOLUTION: The language mastering system comprises stimulation to one sense selected from the sense of hearing, the sense of sight and the sense of touch or a means of giving the stimulation and stimulation to the sense of smell or a means of giving the stimulation. The language mastering kit may have the same constitution. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a language acquisition system capable of efficiently acquiring a language, and in particular, a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory, visual, and tactile senses or a means for giving the stimulus, and a means to give a stimulus to the olfactory sense or the stimulus. It is related with the language acquisition system comprised at least. In addition, the present invention relates to a language acquisition kit that can efficiently acquire a language, and in particular, a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory, visual, and tactile senses or a means for giving the stimulus, and a stimulus to the olfactory sense or the stimulus. A language acquisition kit characterized in that it is composed of at least one means, among which at least one selected from language speech production means, a character sheet, and a photorealistic sheet, and a fragrance-containing article, About language acquisition kits.

  There have been many studies on language acquisition, and many research reports are known. In recent years, there have been many reports on language acquisition technology using so-called IT technology (see, for example, Patent Documents 1 and 2). It is devised how to learn a language, and it can be said that it achieves a certain effect, but those systems are interested in the operation and complexity of language acquisition. It is difficult to say that it is a satisfactory language acquisition system, such as giving up the intention of language acquisition before learning the language because it is difficult to keep the interest for a long time. In particular, language skills such as infants, young people, those who want to learn languages other than their native language, and those with intellectual disabilities, hearing impaired people, visually impaired people, people with aphasia, etc. Those points are remarkable for those who are inferior to those.

Therefore, it has been desired to develop a language acquisition system and a language acquisition kit that can be interested in the language learning operation and can maintain the interest for a long time without complicating the language learning operation.
Note that scented writing instruments are already known, and olfactory-related techniques using printed sheets are also known (see Patent Documents 3, 4, and 5), but there is no information on language acquisition there. It has not been.

JP 2004-240462 A JP 2003-195734 A JP 56-41273 A JP-A-2005-289 JP 2004-433 A

An object of the present invention is to develop a language acquisition system and a language acquisition kit in which an operation for learning a language is not complicated, can be interested in the operation, and can maintain the interest for a long time. Furthermore, it is to develop a language acquisition system and a language acquisition kit that can efficiently acquire a language in a pleasant atmosphere.

While trying to learn a language by showing pictures, characters, figures, etc. to those who want to learn a language, the present inventors pay attention to a scent that has nothing to do with words and try to learn a language It was surprisingly found that people who are trying to learn a language are more motivated to learn the language and can learn the language efficiently. This has also acquired knowledge that this also applies to people with ordinary intellectual abilities or highly educated people, and further studies have been made in consideration of these points, and the present invention has finally been reached.

That is, the present invention is as follows.
The invention of claim 1 of the present invention is a language acquisition system comprising at least a stimulus to the following sensation or a means for giving the stimulus. The sense in the language acquisition system is at least one sense selected from auditory sense, visual sense and tactile sense, and olfactory sense. Here, a typical example of auditory stimulation is language speech.
A representative example of the visual stimulus is at least one selected from a character, a colored figure, an actual object or a model thereof, a picture, a printed matter, and a photograph, and may be an electronic image that is frequently used recently. In particular, characters, colored figures, actual objects or models thereof, pictures depicting actual objects or models thereof, characters, colored figures or objects or models thereof, and printed materials printed with the pictures, and characters, colored figures or objects or models thereof, In addition, at least one selected from photographs with the picture or printed matter as the subject is effective. Images and mosaic images displayed on televisions, screens, personal computers and monitors are also effective.
In the present invention, there is a real object or a model thereof as a representative example of the tactile stimulus.
A typical example of olfactory stimulation is a fragrance (hereinafter sometimes referred to as flavor or fragrance).
The language learning system of the present invention may be configured by means for giving a stimulus to the sense to a person who wants to learn a language.
Typical examples of means for giving a stimulus to the sensation are as follows. The means for imparting auditory stimuli is the means for producing verbal speech, and the means for imparting visual stimuli is directly applied to at least one selected from characters, colored figures, real objects or models thereof, pictures, printed materials, and photographs. A means for presenting or a means for displaying on a display surface of a computer (hereinafter referred to as a personal computer), a means for giving a stimulus to a tactile sensation is a means for directly presenting a real thing or a model thereof, and a means for giving a stimulus to an olfactory sense A means for presenting a perfume-containing article (claim 2).
The invention of claim 3 is characterized by comprising at least a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory, visual and tactile senses or a means for giving the stimulus, and a stimulus to the olfactory sense or the means to give the stimulus. Language learning kit. Here, the stimulus to the sense or the means for giving the stimulus is as described in the language acquisition system.
As a more specific language acquisition kit, there is a language acquisition kit composed of at least one selected from a speech and speech production means, a character sheet, a photorealistic sheet, and an actual product, and a fragrance-containing article (Claim 5). Here, the character sheet is a sheet on which characters or colored figures are printed, or a picture depicting them or a photograph of them. The photorealistic sheet is a sheet on which an actual object or a model thereof is printed, or a picture depicting them or a photograph of them. Moreover, a fragrance | flavor containing article means the article | item which contains a fragrance | flavor and can volatilize a fragrance | flavor when needed. Preferably, the perfume-containing article is a container containing a perfume or a rod-like body containing a perfume and a pigment (Claim 6), and is an openable / closable container containing a carrier impregnating the perfume, more preferably the container Are arranged (claim 7). A preferable rod-shaped body containing a fragrance and a pigment is a molded body made of a composition containing a fragrance-containing microcapsule, a pigment and an excipient (claim 8).

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail.
In the language acquisition system of the present invention, a language means a symbolic system used to express and communicate a person's thoughts, feelings and intentions using letters as means, and in particular, words, combinations of letters, combinations of words, A phrase that is a combination of words and characters, a combination of phrases or a clause that is a combination of phrases and words or characters, a combination of clauses, or a sentence that is a combination of clauses and phrases or words or characters can be exemplified.
The language acquisition system of the present invention includes a language acquisition training system and a system for improving language acquisition. In the present invention, language acquisition and language acquisition are synonymous.

The language acquisition system according to the present invention includes at least a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory sense, visual sense, and tactile sense or a means for giving the stimulus, and a stimulus to the olfactory sense or a means to give the stimulus. Among these, it is more effective to use in combination with a stimulus to the auditory sense or a stimulus thereof, a stimulus to the visual sense or the stimulus thereof, and a stimulus to the olfactory sense or the stimulus thereof.
Speech can be cited as an auditory stimulus. Here, examples of the language include characters, words, phrases, clauses, and sentences. Language speech is the speech of a language.

As a means for giving a stimulus to hearing, a means for uttering a speech sound can be mentioned.
Means for uttering speech is already known, and the means is not particularly limited. Specifically, the recorded language can be reproduced as voice and uttered via a loudspeaker. It is also possible to play back the recorded language as audio, install software programmed to generate it on the computer, and generate the audio using the loudspeaker provided on the computer. it can. Usually, human voice is recorded, but synthesized voice may be recorded. In addition, a person may read a language.
A person who intends to learn a language by using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention listens to these sounds and tries to learn the language. The language learner of the present invention is intended for persons who have the ability to recognize the sound of characters and words, and can recognize the sound of characters and words separately from other sounds such as the sound of music. To do.

There are no particular limitations on the visual stimulus as long as the person who wants to learn the language is excited through the vision. For example, the real thing. The actual object is not particularly limited as long as it is an actual object existing on the earth, but an object that is interested in a person who wants to learn a language, an object that is close to a person who wants to learn a language, and the like are preferable. For example, real objects such as fruits and flowers, real objects such as fruits, and articles such as cups and pencils can be exemplified. Moreover, these real models may be used, or real models or models may be designed. Furthermore, it is a human creation and may be a fantasy creation. The real model is the above-described real model, and the material of the model, the pigments and coloring agents used are not particularly limited.
Visual stimuli may be letters or colored figures. Here, the character as a stimulus includes the character itself, or a word, a phrase, a clause, a sentence, and the like including characters and punctuation marks.
The colored figure includes an arbitrary figure that is partially or entirely colored.
The visual stimulus may be a picture or picture book including a line drawing, a printed matter or a photograph. Moreover, what is called an electronic image, such as an image displayed on a television, a personal computer or a monitor, or a mosaic image, may be used. The images here include character images, graphic images, real images, real model images, and the like.
In the present invention, the visual stimulus and the visual stimulus may be used in combination.
There are no particular restrictions on the object to be drawn on the picture, the object to be printed on the printed material, the object to be photographed on the photograph, or the shape of the image displayed as an electronic image, but the above-mentioned characters, colored figures, and actual objects are preferable.
Here, as concrete examples, fruits and vegetables such as apples, strawberries, tangerines, peaches, pears, grapes, bananas, watermelons, cucumbers, tomatoes, seafood such as yellowtail, saury, tuna, squid, octopus, roses , Plants such as lily, glaze, pine, coffee, tea, cocoa, green tea and containers in which they are poured, beverages such as lemon water and lemon water containers, beverage containers, incense sticks, aromatic tools, pencils, ballpoint pens, crayons, Stationery such as notebooks, confectionery such as candy, caramel, drop, gum and chocolate, dairy products such as yogurt, butter and cheese, milk-containing dessert foods such as pudding, bavaroa and cream, various fruit drinks, ice cream, lacto ice, shaved ice Processed meat products such as ice confectionery, ham, sausage, perfume, soap, shampoo, body Such as cosmetics, such as Npu can be exemplified.
In the present invention, the character as a visual stimulus is typically one character, a plurality of characters, or a word, but may be a phrase, a clause, a sentence, etc. It can be used and combined as appropriate according to the learning situation, the ability to understand the language, and the desire to learn the language.

As a means to give a stimulus to vision, the real thing, its model, and the design of those are presented directly to the person who wants to learn the language, and the stimulus to the vision such as characters, colored figures and the real thing is given. Presenting the printed matter on the sheet surface, combinations of the printed matter, pictures, picture books, photographs and photo books directly to those who want to learn the language, stimulating the visual sense of characters, colored figures, real objects, etc. This can be done by presenting printed materials on the sheet surface, pictures, photos, etc. to those who want to learn the language on a personal computer. Further, the printed matter or the picture may be processed. For example, it is advantageous to perform a processing process such as providing a projection on a part or the whole of a printed matter or an image such as a picture. Further, when displaying an electronic image on a personal computer or the like, it is advantageous because the image can be appropriately processed according to the person who wants to learn the language. In particular, it is preferable to display electronic images on a personal computer or to create software that programs the order in which electronic images are displayed on a personal computer and to operate the software on the personal computer. Note that the above programs and software also fall within the category of visual stimulation in the present invention.
In the present invention, it is also advantageous to use a means for giving a stimulus for hearing and a means for giving a stimulus for vision in order to produce a preferable result.
In the present invention, it is described as being on a sheet, but it is not limited to a sheet, and any substrate can be used as long as it has a displayable property such as on a card. The sheets and cards may have any size as long as there is a space necessary for displaying the stimulus. In particular, it is better if there is a space where different information can be displayed in addition to the space necessary for displaying the stimulus. A known method may be used as a technique for printing on these sheets and cards.
A person who wants to learn a language using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention will endeavor to learn the language through these visual stimuli.
Furthermore, the language can be learned more efficiently by touching or tracing with the palm or finger of the hand presented by the means for giving visual stimulation. In this case, it is more efficient to use a means for giving sound together.

Examples of stimuli to the tactile sensation include real objects such as the fruits or models thereof.
In the present invention, examples of means for giving a tactile sensation include means for directly presenting a real object such as the fruit or a model thereof to a person who wants to learn a language.
By touching the real object or its model, it is possible to stimulate the tactile sensation of a person who wants to learn a language. This is especially useful for those who want to learn a language with poor vision.

A fragrance is mentioned as an olfactory stimulus. Any fragrance can be used, but a fragrance having a fragrance that gives a favorable impression or a fragrance having a specific fragrance is preferred. Furthermore, in addition to a specific image when a person smells a fragrance, a fragrance that can recall the name of a specific one, a fragrance that can recall daily activities such as daily movements, a specific A fragrance that can recall the name of a country, a fragrance that can recall the name of a specific place, and a fragrance that can recall emotions such as joy are preferable. In other words, when a person smells the fragrance, a fragrance that can recall a specific thing such as a natural product such as fruits and flowers, such as confectionery, coffee and other food and drink is suitable.
These fragrances can be prepared by a known method or can be easily obtained from a fragrance manufacturing company. The form and shape of the fragrance are not particularly limited. Further, it may be a single fragrance or a blended fragrance in which a plurality of fragrances are combined. They can be prepared as appropriate, or commercially available products may be purchased.

Examples of fragrances include floral fragrances that are easy to imagine fragrances such as roses, jasmine, lavender, narcissus, sunflowers, plums, cherry blossoms, gardenia, guinea pigs, lilies, carnations, freesia, cyclamen, heliotrope, lilac, ylang ylang.
In addition, there are fragrances such as lemon, grapefruit, orange, strawberry, blueberry, pineapple, mango, banana, muscat, kyoho, melon, pear, kiwi, apple, peach, orange, apple, banana, strawberry, peach, Fruit fragrances such as grapes that are easy to imagine aroma are more preferred.
Food flavors include coffee, tea, cocoa, green tea, various fruit juices, vegetable juice, cola, cider, ramune and other carbonated drinks, fruit juice drinks, milk drinks and other flavors, caramel drops, chocolate, Fragrance used for chewing gum, baked confectionery, confectionery such as fresh confectionery, fragrance used for ice cream, lacto ice, frozen confectionery such as ice confectionery, fragrance used for livestock meat processed products such as ham, sausage, etc. Perfumes used for chicken and beef made from protein hydrolysates, and spices such as garlic, onion, and curry can also be used. In addition, fragrances used in soaps, detergents, toothpastes, oral preparations, bath preparations, indoor and automobile fragrances, and the like are also preferable fragrances because they can imagine everyday life.

In the present invention, one of the great features is that the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit employs a stimulus to olfaction or a means for applying the stimulus. Examples of means for imparting an olfactory stimulus include presenting a fragrance-containing article such as a fragrance-containing rod-shaped body or a fragrance-containing container.
The fragrance-containing container may be in any form as long as it can contain a fragrance and can give a scent to a person who wants to learn a language by releasing the scent. For example, a container such as a bottle, a box, or a bag, or a sheet may be used, but the shape is not limited. Among them, a shape that does not diverge the scent into the outside air and can smell the scent of the fragrance when necessary is preferable.
The method for accommodating the fragrance in the scent diffuser is not particularly limited, and a known method may be used. As a suitable method, for example, a perfume is made of a porous material such as paper, non-woven fabric, cotton, silica gel, calcium silicate, ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer (EVA), polyethylene (PE), polyvinyl chloride (PVC), etc. And soaking in a synthetic resin.

In this invention, you may employ | adopt a fragrance | flavor containing rod-shaped object for a language acquisition system or a language acquisition kit. The fragrance-containing rod-shaped body is not particularly limited as long as it can temporarily retain the fragrance and volatilize the fragrance so as to give the fragrance to those who want to learn the language. For example, fragrance-containing colored rods such as fragrance-containing crayons and fragrance-containing lipstick rods are preferred. In addition, the fragrance is not easily volatilized from the fragrance-containing rod itself, and when it is moved while pressing on the surface of an arbitrary substrate such as a sheet to form a fragrance-containing thin layer on the surface of the substrate, the fragrance can be easily removed from the surface of the thin layer. It is preferable to have a function that can volatilize.
The perfume-containing colored rod-shaped body can be prepared by utilizing a known technique for producing a colored rod-shaped body. For example, it can be prepared by adding a step of adding and blending a fragrance in a conventional method for preparing a colored rod-like body. Specifically, for example, in the step of melting the raw material composition of the colored rod-shaped body, it can be prepared by adding and blending a fragrance and then cooling. It is preferable that the raw material composition is composed of ingredients that are harmless even if eaten.
In the present invention, the scent can be stimulated by smelling a person who wants to learn the scent using a fragrance-containing container, a fragrance-containing rod-like body, or the like.
A major feature of the present invention is that language is acquired through stimulation to the olfactory sense.

In the present invention, a language acquisition system or a language acquisition kit can be obtained by appropriately combining the stimuli to the sensation or means for applying the stimulus. Using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention not only recognizes and memorizes characters and words, understands their meanings, but also allows you to pronounce and write characters and words. You will be able to have a concrete image. In addition, you can understand and write phrases and sentences by combining letters and words, and understand other people's (partner's) stories, so you can talk and communicate with other people (partners). become able to.
In other words, by combining the content of stimuli to the senses, and by devising the degree of the content of the stimuli, those who wish to learn languages other than infants, young people, native languages, and those with intellectual disabilities For people who have poor language skills compared to normal people, such as people with aphasia and aphasia, not only their native language but also foreign languages other than their native language maintain an ambitious attitude You will be able to learn.

With the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention, it has become possible to achieve ambition while having an interest in language acquisition. That is, the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention can promote and improve the willingness of a person who wants to learn a language, particularly the willingness to learn a language. By using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention, it is possible to learn the language and language easily and effectively even for ordinary people or highly-educated people. Effective in acquiring language for children with intellectual disabilities and children with delayed language development, aphasia, autism, dementia, hearing impaired, visually impaired, and acquired language disabled, and the present invention is extremely practical. It is a thing.

EXAMPLES Hereinafter, although this invention is demonstrated using an Example, a test example, and a comparative example, this invention is not limited to these Examples.
Example 1 Preparation of Language Acquisition Kit Example 1a Creation of means for giving visual stimulus A plurality of fruits are randomly displayed one by one on the display of a personal computer, and a voice button is displayed when one fruit is displayed. Click to create a program in which the Italian pronunciation of the fruit displayed on the screen is uttered once, and when you click the voice button again, the Italian pronunciation of the fruit displayed on the screen is uttered once again, Software including the program was installed on a personal computer. In addition, six kinds of strawberry, grape, peach, orange, grapefruit, and apple were selected as fruits. The order in which the six kinds of fruits are displayed one by one on the computer is randomized, and five different series are created.
Example 1b Preparation of a perfume-containing container A lidded polypropylene bottle integrated with a bottle body through an elongated piece is prepared. A small amount of cotton was pushed into the fragrance containing part inside the cotton detachment preventing part of the bottle, and strawberry flavor (M10392: manufactured by Takasago Fragrance Industry Co., Ltd. (including strawberry essence)) was added to the medium chain fatty acid triglyceride (MCT). ) Was diluted to 10% by weight. Immediately, the integrated lid was pressed against the opening of the bottle to block the inside of the bottle from the outside air. The lid can be easily opened from the bottle, and the flavor inside the bottle can be easily sniffed. In addition, 5 bottles are prepared separately and operated in the same manner as above, and each bottle has five flavors (peach, orange, grape, grapefruit, and apple) (manufactured by Takasago International Corporation; including fruit-derived essences) ) Received one flavor selected from. The side of each bottle is clearly labeled with the contained flavor.
The five types of flavors are as follows.
Momo Flavor (M10394: Takasago Fragrance Industry Co., Ltd. (including peach essence) diluted to 10% by weight with MCT), Orange Flavor (M10391: Takasago Fragrance Industry Co., Ltd. (including orange essence) with MCT Grape flavor (M10393: Takasago International Corporation (including grape essence) diluted to 10% by weight with MCT), Grapefruit flavor (M10395: Takasago International Corporation (Grapefruit) Diluted with MCT to 10% by weight), apple flavor (M10387: manufactured by Takasago International Corporation; includes apple essence)
Example 1c Preparation of Language Acquisition Kit A fragrance-containing container containing the six flavors of Example 1b in each bottle was placed near the personal computer hardware where the program of Example 1a was input.

Test example 1 Italian word acquisition training and confirmation of correct answer rate (Italian word acquisition training)
A subject who wanted to learn Italian words performed language acquisition training using the language acquisition kit of Example 1.
This will be described with reference to FIG. A subject (not shown) sitting in front of a computer (not shown) where the program is input clicks a training start button (not shown), and the strawberry (1) displayed on the display is displayed. Look and select a perfume-containing container (not shown) containing the perfume of the fruit. Record the time from the recognition time of the display display image so far until the fragrance-containing container is obtained (5).
Remove the lid of the fragrance-containing container, lightly press the side of the fragrance-containing container, and sniff the fragrance contained in the opening of the fragrance-containing container several times, and press the voice button (21) displayed on the lower right on the PC display. I clicked and listened carefully to the Italian pronunciation of strawberry uttered from my computer. The subject continued to imitate the pronunciation he heard. The subject repeatedly practiced pronunciation until it was permissible to finish. The subject smells the fragrance and then covers the fragrance-containing container as appropriate.
Record the time from the opening of the fragrance-containing container to the end of the speech practice (first conversation practice 6).
Next, open the lid of the fragrance-containing container and lightly push the side surface, and then click the voice button (22) while sniffing the scent of the strawberry fragrance contained from the opening of the fragrance-containing container several times (second time) Listening carefully to the Italian pronunciation of the strawberry uttered from the computer, the subject then imitated the pronunciation. The subject practiced pronunciation until it was permissible to finish. Record the time from the opening of the second bottle lid to the end of the second speech practice (second conversation practice 7).
In this training, subjects trained using one type of sequence in which the order of the fruits was random, and then repeated learning in a sequence in a different order. Which series was used was random. These practice times were measured by the study manager. In addition, no restrictions were imposed on the subject's pronunciation practice. The subjects were 10 general university students who had no learning experience in Italian.

(Examination to know the effect of subject language acquisition training)
This will be described with reference to FIGS. When six voice buttons are displayed on the personal computer (FIG. 2) and the subject clicks on the voice buttons from 1 to 6, the Italian word corresponding to the voice button is pronounced once. The subject who heard the pronunciation determined which fruit the pronounced word was displayed on the inspection sheet (FIG. 3) and circled the corresponding fruit on the inspection sheet. Separate the inspection sheet with columns 1 to 6 for each column. The test subject is given a separate test sheet in the same number row as the voice button pressed, so the test subject does not know which number on the test sheet has already been circled.
The order of fruits pronounced in Italian on the test screen on a personal computer is random. In this test, five different sequences were prepared in advance.
The practice time and the percentage of correct answers are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.

表中の練習時間の単位は秒である。
香りの併用有無での平均値の差の検定(ｔ-検定)を行うと、発話練習1回目では、0.5%以下で有意(t=5.15,df=5)であり、発話練習２回目では５％以下で有意(t=2.44,df=5)であり、香りを併用した方が明らかに練習時間が長かった。
この結果から、香りを併用することで、より積極的に発話練習に臨み、自発的な発話が多くなされ、このことが正解率の高さをもたらしたと言える。 (Comparative Test Example 1)
In Test Example 1, a fragrance-containing container was not used, and language acquisition training was performed in the same manner as in Test Example 1 except that. The test subjects were 10 general university students who had no Italian language learning experience and were different from the test subjects.
After performing language acquisition training, a test was conducted to know the effects of language acquisition training of the subjects.
The practice time and the percentage of correct answers are summarized in Tables 1 and 2.

(Table 1) Practice time

The unit of practice time in the table is seconds.
When the test (t-test) is performed on the difference between the average values with and without the use of fragrance, the significance is 0.5% or less (t = 5.15, df = 5) in the first utterance practice, and 5 in the second utterance practice. % Was significant (t = 2.44, df = 5), and the practice time was clearly longer when the fragrance was used together.
From these results, it can be said that by using the scent together, utterance practice was more aggressive, and many spontaneous utterances were made, which led to a high accuracy rate.

正解率の比率の同質性の検定(ｔ-検定) を行ったところ、０．１％水準で有意(χ²=10.91, df=1)であった。香りを併用した方が併用しない場合よりも、正解率が高く、言語習得効果が明らかに向上していた。 (Table 2) Correct answer rate

A homogeneity test (t-test) of the ratio of correct answers was significant (χ ² = 10.91, df = 1) at the 0.1% level. The correct answer rate was higher and the language acquisition effect was clearly improved when the scent was used together than when the scent was not used.

Example 2 Preparation of Language Acquisition Kit Example 2a Preparation of means for giving visual stimulus A sheet on which a line drawing of an apple was printed was prepared. In addition to apples, banana and orange fruits, coffee containers, and rose flowers (FIG. 4) were selected, and sheets on which each line drawing was printed were prepared.
The letter “rose” was printed in the blank space of the rose flower line drawing.
Example 2b Preparation of fragrance-containing rod-shaped body Each of (1) to (3) in the following prescription examples was weighed, melted and mixed, and then (4) and the following fragrance were added in a predetermined amount and mixed well. It was. Subsequently, the mixture was poured into a mold and cooled to prepare five kinds of fragrance-containing rod-like bodies (hereinafter referred to as fragrance crayons).
Formulation example (1) 13 g of paraffin
(2) Liquid paraffin 1g
(3) Beeswax 2g
(4) Pigment 4g
(5) Fragrance 1g
In addition, the fragrance | flavor of (5) is as follows. Apple flavor (same as the above apple flavor), Banana flavor (M10388: Takasago Fragrance Co., Ltd. diluted with MCT to 10% by weight), Orange flavor (The orange flavor was diluted with MCT to 10% by weight), Coffee Flavor (M10390: Takasago Fragrance Industry Co., Ltd. diluted to 10% by weight with MCT) and Rose Fragrance (M10389: Takasago Fragrance Industry Co., Ltd. diluted to 0.25% by weight with MCT)
Example 2c Adjustment of Language Acquisition Kit The line acquisition picture printing sheet of Example 2a and the fragrance crayon corresponding to the picture were selected to adjust the language acquisition kit.

Test example 2 Word acquisition training (word acquisition training)
The following vocabulary acquisition training was conducted for children whose language development was delayed.
As a line drawing picture printing sheet of Example 2a, a rose line drawing picture printing sheet (FIG. 4) was placed on a desk, a rose floral fragrance-containing crayon corresponding to the picture was selected, and the line drawing picture was painted. While smelling the scent from the scented crayon, the name of what was drawn in the line drawing was imitated by the pronunciation of a language auditor who attended.
Next, I traced the letters on the sheet printed with the name of the fruit drawn on the line drawing with my finger. The language hearing person spoke to the subject in various ways and asked questions.
This training was conducted after the following comparative training, and it took about one hour when the two trainings were combined.
While observing the facial expressions and behaviors of the subjects, the facial expressions and behaviors were evaluated. In addition, the expression and behavior of the subject were recorded with an IC recorder.
(Analysis method of word acquisition training)
From the IC recorder, the recorded speech auditors and children's utterances were transcribed and organized every second.
When using a scented crayon, speaking from the language hearing person to the child (passive), speaking to the child from the language hearing person but not answering (no answer), or speaking spontaneously from the child The number of (spontaneous) was counted.
Two evaluators evaluated the children's facial expressions and behavior when using fragrance crayons from the IC recorder.
The results are shown in Table 3. The spontaneous rate and the no answer rate were calculated from the results and are shown in Table 4.

Test example 3 Word acquisition training (word acquisition training)
A word acquisition training was performed in the same manner as in Test Example 2 for a child whose language development delay was different from Test Example 2.
(Analysis method of word acquisition training)
The word acquisition training was analyzed in the same manner as in Test Example 2, and the facial expressions and behavior of the children were evaluated from an IC recorder.
The results are shown in Tables 3 and 4.

Comparative Test Examples 2-3
In Test Examples 2 and 3, the same language acquisition training as in Test Examples 2 and 3 was conducted except that the scent-containing crayon was not used. The subject in Comparative Test Example (hereinafter referred to as Comparative Example) 2 is the same child as the subject in Test Example 2. Comparative Example 3 and Test Example 3 are the same children.
(Analysis method of word acquisition training)
The word acquisition training was analyzed in the same manner as in Test Example 2, and the facial expressions and behavior of the children were evaluated from an IC recorder.
The results are shown in Tables 3 and 4.

Table 3
Teacher → Child (A) Teacher → Child (No answer) (B) Child → Teacher (C)
Test Example 2 129 106 51
Test Example 125 125 46 84
Comparative Example 2 75 70 7
Comparative Example 3 89 52 36

When the scent crayon was used (test example) and the ordinary crayon was used (comparative example), the total number of utterances increased due to the use of the scent crayon. In addition, children's facial expressions when using fragrance crayons are “fun”, “interesting”, “interesting”, “active”, “concentrated”, “motivated”, “exciting” ”And the like, the facial expression when using an ordinary crayon was low or hardly evaluated.

Table 4
No answer rate B / (A + B) Spontaneous rate C / (A + C)
Test Example 2 0.4510 0.2833
Test Example 3 0.2690 0.4019
Comparative Example 2 0.4828 0.0854
Comparative Example 3 0.3688 0.2880

When the scent crayon was used (test example) and the ordinary crayon was used (comparative example), the ratio of spontaneous scent crayon was higher. When this result and the results in Table 3 were combined, it was found that by using the scent together, the child became active and spontaneously practiced speaking.

From the above description, the present invention can be described as follows.
(1) A language learning method comprising a method for giving a stimulus to a sense as a constituent element, wherein the method for giving a stimulus to a sense is a method for giving a stimulus to an olfactory sense.
(2) A language acquisition method comprising a method for giving a stimulus to a sense as a constituent element, wherein the method for giving a stimulus to a sense is a method for giving a stimulus to an olfactory sense, and improves the willingness to learn a language Language acquisition method.
(3) In a language acquisition method comprising a method for giving a stimulus to a sensor as a constituent element, the method for giving a stimulus to the sensor gives a stimulus to at least one sensor selected from auditory, visual and tactile senses; A language acquisition method characterized by combining with a method of giving an olfactory stimulus.
(4) In a language acquisition method comprising a method for giving a stimulus to a sense as a constituent, the method for giving a stimulus to the sense gives a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory, visual and tactile senses; A language acquisition method characterized by improving language appetite by combining with a method for giving stimulation to olfaction.
(5) One language acquisition method selected from the above-mentioned (1) to (4), wherein the method of giving an olfactory stimulus is a method of presenting a fragrance-containing article.
(6) A language acquisition method comprising a method for producing a language voice, a method for providing at least one selected from a character sheet, a photorealistic sheet, and an article, and a method for presenting a fragrance volatilization body.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating an example of language acquisition using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a diagram showing an example of a personal computer display screen when testing the effect of language acquisition using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an example of an inspection sheet used when testing the effect of language acquisition using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a print sheet (photograph sheet) that stimulates vision used when learning a language using the language acquisition system or language acquisition kit of the present invention.

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Real thing that appears on the display of a personal computer 21. Voice button on PC display 22. Voice button on the computer display Total recognition time and bottle selection time appearing on the computer display 1st speech practice time 2nd speech practice time

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A language acquisition system comprising at least a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory, visual, and tactile senses or a means for giving the stimulus, and a stimulus to the olfactory sense or a means for giving the stimulus. The auditory stimulus is verbal speech, the visual stimulus is at least one selected from characters, colored figures, the real thing or a model thereof, a picture, a printed matter, and a photograph, and the tactile stimulus is the real thing or a model thereof. Olfactory stimulus is a fragrance, auditory stimulus means is utterance of linguistic speech, and visual stimulus is text, colored figure, real thing or model, picture, printed matter , And a means for displaying at least one selected from photographs on a computer, a means for giving a tactile stimulus is a means for presenting a real thing or a model thereof, and a means for giving a stimulus to a sense of smell is a fragrance-containing article The language acquisition system according to claim 1, wherein the language acquisition system is a means for presenting. A language acquisition kit comprising at least a stimulus to at least one sense selected from auditory, visual, and tactile senses, or a means for giving the stimulus, and a stimulus to the olfactory sense or a means for giving the stimulus. The auditory stimulus is verbal speech, the visual stimulus is at least one selected from characters, colored figures, the real thing or a model thereof, a picture, a printed matter, and a photograph, and the tactile stimulus is the real thing or a model thereof. A means for displaying on a computer at least one selected from letters, colored figures, actual objects or models thereof, pictures, printed materials, and photographs as a means for imparting stimuli to the sense of smell. 4. The language learning kit according to claim 3, wherein the means for giving tactile stimulation is a means for presenting a real thing or a model thereof, and the means for giving stimulation to olfaction is a means for presenting a perfume-containing article. A language acquisition kit comprising at least one selected from a language voice utterance means, a character sheet, a photorealistic sheet, and an actual product, and a fragrance-containing article. 6. The language learning kit according to claim 5, wherein the fragrance-containing article is a container containing a fragrance or a rod-like body containing a fragrance and a pigment. 6. The language learning kit according to claim 5, wherein the fragrance-containing article is an openable and closable container that accommodates a carrier impregnated with the fragrance. The language learning kit according to claim 6, wherein the rod-like body containing a fragrance and a pigment is a molded body made of a composition containing a fragrance-containing microcapsule, a pigment and an excipient.

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