JP4914808B2 - Word learning device, interactive learning system, and word learning program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a word learning device, an interactive learning system, and a program for effectively learning a foreign language word.

In general, as a method of memorizing words in foreign languages, it is considered that a learning method in which words are repeatedly written in a notebook while a word is pronounced to learn spelling is effective. However, in this conventional learning method, when storing words, it is necessary to learn not only the spelling of words but also the pronunciation and meaning at the same time, so this complex work is effective for any learner. It could not be said that it would affect. As a more effective learning method, for example, in Patent Document 1, words are learned from various angles by putting spellings of English words, speech, meaning (illustrations related to meanings), examples, etc. in one booklet. Technologies that make this possible have been proposed.
JP 2004-198818 A

By the way, among learners, there are people who have “dyslexia”. Reading and writing disorders are learning disorders (Learning Disability; LD) that are very difficult to read and write, even though there is no problem with general intelligence development such as conversation and exercise. It is said to be a central symptom of developmental disorders. The number is said to be more than 10% of the total population in Europe and the United States, and 5-10% in Japan. As a symptom, even if it can be read in character units, it does not know that it is a word, that is, it cannot recognize characters as a group (word). In other words, learners who tend to have reading and writing disabilities are not good at the processing that is essential for foreign language learning to connect the symbols of letters and their meanings, and that causes them to lose their willingness to learn foreign languages. Not a few.
The present invention has been made in view of the above-described circumstances, and does not require the work of repeatedly writing a word in a notebook, so that not only a healthy person but also a learner who has a tendency to read / write disorder can learn a word reliably. A problem to be solved is to provide a word learning device, an interactive learning system, and a word learning program.

In order to solve the above-described problem, a word learning device (electronic device) according to the present invention is a word learning device for learning a word composed of a plurality of phoneme character strings, and a specified two-dimensional coordinate position on a screen. A segmentation phoneme character string data that designates a phoneme character string that constitutes a segment when each segmented word is divided into a plurality of parts including one or a plurality of phoneme characters. And storage means for storing the categorical phonetic character string data specifying the phonic character string in which the pronunciation of the classification is expressed by one or a plurality of phonic characters, and a word to be learned are designated Then, the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data corresponding to the word are read from the storage means, and the phoneme character of the word is based on the read segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data. Column A control unit that controls the display unit to display a phonetic character string that describes the pronunciation of the word, and the storage unit, when the minimum unit of pronunciation in the pronunciation of the section is the minimum pronunciation unit, The segmented phoneme string data and the segmented phonetic string data are stored in association with each minimum pronunciation unit, and the control unit stores the phoneme string and the phonetic sound in parallel with a first direction. And the center of the phoneme character string in the arrangement direction of the phoneme character string and the center of the phonetic character string in the arrangement direction of the phonetic character string for each minimum pronunciation unit, The phoneme character string of the word and the phonetic character string describing the pronunciation of the word are displayed on the display unit so as to be positioned on the same straight line orthogonal to the first direction. Preferably, the sound of the minimum pronunciation unit is determined so as to correspond one-to-one with one or a plurality of phonetic characters representing the sound.
Here, the minimum pronunciation unit is the minimum unit of sound when the pronunciation is divided, and the sound of the minimum pronunciation unit cannot be further divided. Specifically, the sound of the minimum pronunciation unit is “one phonetic character” (for example, “ki”), “one phonetic character + 1 stuttering” (for example, “ca”), “one phonetic character + 1 long vowel”. (For example, “key”), “one phonetic character + 1 prompting sound” (for example, “Kit”), “one phonetic character + 1 chorus + 1 long vowel” (for example, “car”), “one phonetic character + 1” It can be expressed by either “sound + +1 sound” (for example, “ka”) or “1 phonetic character + 1 sound + long vowel + 1 sound” (for example, “ca”).
Furthermore, the present invention can be understood as a word learning program for causing a computer of an electronic device to function as the above-described means.

  According to the word learning device and the word learning program of the present invention, it is possible to divide a word into a plurality of sections and store a word for each section, and to make one sound for each section. The phonetic character string is expressed only by the notation method described above, so that the learner can easily store the correspondence between the phoneme character string and the pronunciation. Furthermore, according to the present invention, the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data are stored in association with each minimum pronunciation unit, and the center of each phoneme character string and the phonetic character string in each arrangement direction is the same. Because it is located on a straight line, when the horizontal axis (X-axis) direction of the screen of the display unit of the electronic device is the first direction, the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string are aligned vertically for each minimum pronunciation unit. Is displayed. Therefore, the correspondence between the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string is clearly displayed for each minimum pronunciation unit. Therefore, a high learning effect can be obtained by executing word learning using the word learning device (or causing the computer to execute a word learning program). In particular, learners who are prone to reading and writing disorders may find it difficult to learn words with long spelling, which may cause them to lose their willingness to learn foreign languages. However, according to the present invention, it is possible to divide a word into a plurality of sections and visually learn the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation of the sections. Compared with, you can remember words more reliably. The stress of memorizing words is alleviated.

In a preferred aspect of the present invention, the storage means further stores segmented speech data corresponding to the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data, and the word learning device stores the segmented speech data in the segmented speech data. An audio output unit that outputs audio based on the display unit, the display unit including a touch panel, and the touch panel can detect a pressed position when a user operation is performed on the screen; In addition, it is possible to detect a depressing release position when the screen is released from a depressed state at a position different from the depressing position, and the control unit can detect one or a plurality of the segmented phoneme character string data. If a user operation is performed while is displayed, among the one or more segmented phoneme character string data, the depressed position and the On the basis of the lowered release position to said identified partitioning phoneme string data indicated by the user operation, and outputs the division voice data corresponding to the specified division phoneme string data from said sound output unit.
According to the present invention, when a user operation is performed on the touch panel, the segmented speech corresponding to the segmented phoneme character string designated by the user operation (that is, the pronunciation of the selected segment) is output. Not only can you visually learn the pronunciation of a section represented by a phonetic character string, but you can also learn by listening to it by voice. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the learner from learning the pronunciation of katakana reading and to acquire a more natural English pronunciation. Preferably, the user operation is an operation of tracing the phoneme character string image with a finger in the arrangement direction of the character string, and the learner can use the touch feeling of the hand and classify the phoneme character string and the corresponding phonetic character string. Can be visually recognized, and the pronunciation of the section can be heard with the ear. Therefore, the learning effect is further increased.

  In another preferred aspect of the present invention, the storage means stores character unit image data (character piece data) representing each of the plurality of phonemic characters as a character unit image (character image) for each of the sections. And further storing character order information in the section of the plurality of character unit images, and the control unit displays the plurality of character unit images included in the section at different positions on the screen of the display means. And prompting the user to rearrange the plurality of character unit images, and when the plurality of character unit images are arranged in the first direction, whether the arrangement order matches the character order information. Determine whether or not. According to this aspect, the user can perform the operation of rearranging the character unit images for each word segment, and can reliably store the character arrangement of the phoneme character string in each segment.

In addition, in order to solve the above-described problem, the interactive learning system of the present invention learns a word composed of a plurality of phonemic character strings between a server device and a user terminal that can communicate with the server device. An interactive word learning system capable of executing learning processing, wherein the server device configures each division when each of the words divided into a plurality of parts including one or more phonemic characters is classified A storage for storing the phoneme character string data specifying the phoneme character string to be associated with the phonetic character string data specifying the phonetic character string in which the pronunciation of the category is expressed by one or more phonetic characters. When a word to be learned is designated from the means and the user terminal, the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data corresponding to the designated word are read from the storage unit, and the user Transmitting means for transmitting to the terminal, wherein the user terminal includes a display unit for displaying data at a specified two-dimensional coordinate position on the screen, and the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic sound from the server device. Receiving character string data, display control means for arranging the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string on the display unit, and the storage means of the server device has a minimum pronunciation in the pronunciation of the category When the unit is the minimum pronunciation unit, the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data are stored in association with each minimum pronunciation unit, and the display control unit of the user terminal The phoneme character string and the phonetic character string are arranged in parallel with the direction of 1, and the center of the phoneme character string in the arrangement direction of the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string for each minimum pronunciation unit of The phoneme character string of the word and the phonetic character string describing the pronunciation of the word so that the center of the phonetic character string in the column direction is located on the same straight line orthogonal to the first direction. Control to display on the display unit.
According to the present invention, since the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data are stored in the storage unit of the server device in association with each other, the load on the storage capacity of the user terminal is reduced. In addition, the stored contents can be easily updated on the server device side. Furthermore, when the storage capacity of the server device is larger than that of the user terminal, various word books are stored, and the user can access a desired word book to learn words, so that the learning range is wide. spread.

Embodiments according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the accompanying drawings.
A: First Embodiment FIGS. 1A and 1B are perspective views showing an appearance of a word learning device 100A according to a first embodiment. As shown in FIGS. 1 (a) and 1 (b), the word learning device 100A includes a plurality of character pieces 20 each having an alphabet displayed thereon, and a rectangular case 10 for housing these character pieces 20. Is provided. The case 10 is composed of an upper box 10A and a lower box 10B. The upper box 10A and the lower box 10B are connected by hinges (not shown) of the long sides facing each other among the edge portions. It can be opened and closed freely. When the case 10 is fully opened, the hinge is such that both the upper box 10A and the lower box 10B are substantially horizontal with respect to the arrangement surface of a desk or the like on which the learning instrument is arranged in use (ie, 180 degrees). The upper box 10A and the lower box 10B are joined together (so that they can be spread up to). In addition, on the other long side of the side edges, locking tools 30a and 30b are provided at the substantially central portion, thereby engaging the upper box 10A and the lower box 10B with the case 10 closed. Stop.

  In this embodiment, there are 3 sets of 26 lowercase alphabetic characters, 1 set of 26 uppercase alphabetic characters, and 5 vowels (a, i, u, e, o), 4 characters each, for a total of 124 character pieces 20. In the case 10. Each character piece 20 and the case 10 are made of wood that is comfortable to touch, the character piece 20 is approximately 3 mm in thickness and 1.5 cm square, and the case 10 is a rectangle of 15 cm × 23 cm in the upper box 10A and the lower box 10B. Each preferably has a depth of about 1 cm (ie, the length of the short side of the inner side surface is about 1 cm). Note that the material and size of the character piece 20 and the case 10 are not limited to the above-described modes, and may be any material that allows the learner to handle the word learning method described later using the learning tool. It is preferable that the thickness and size of the character piece 20 be easily turned over and easily searched. Furthermore, it is better if the activity of the brain can be further activated by the touch of the hand.

FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the flow of the English word learning method using the word learning device 100A.
First, the learner opens the locking tools 30a and 30b of the case 10, puts the case 10 in a spread state as shown in FIG. 1B, and places all 124 character pieces in the upper box 10A. In the following description, it is assumed that a professor teaches a learner a word using the word learning device 100A of the present embodiment.
First, the basic flow of the learning method will be described with reference to FIG. First, in steps S1 and S2, the professor searches the character pieces 20 placed in the upper box 10A for the alphabet that forms the spelling of the word to be learned, and arranges them in order on the bottom surface of the lower box 10B while sounding. . In this example, the word “pencil” (reading: pencil, meaning: pencil) is learned. Specifically, in step S1, the character piece 20 in which each of “p”, “e”, “n”, “c”, “i”, and “l” is described is searched, and in step S2, “pen ... These character pieces 20 are arranged on the inner bottom surface of the lower box 10B of the case 10 in the correct character order. In FIG. 2, the step of searching for the character piece 20 (S1) and the step of arranging while sounding (S2) are described as separate steps, but one character piece 20 is searched one by one in the order of spelling. You may be made to pronounce while arranging one by one. FIG. 1 (b) shows an example in which the direction substantially parallel to the long side of the case 10 is arranged as the arrangement direction of the word character pieces 20.

  Next, in step S3, the professor repeats pronunciation while tracing the lower side of the arrangement of the arranged character pieces 20 in the drawing. At this time, the meaning of the word is introduced orally. Next, in step S4, the character pieces 20 are shuffled and the learner is instructed to rearrange them. The learner arranges the shuffled character pieces 20 while sounding them (step S2) and arranges them in the correct order. Next, while repeatedly tracing the lower side of the arrangement of the arranged character pieces 20 with the hand, it is repeatedly pronounced and memorized (step S4). The professor shuffles the character pieces 20 arranged again (step S4), and instructs the learner to rearrange them. Then, when the rearrangement is completed, an instruction is given to pronounce the word string while tracing it by hand. Thus, steps S2 to S4, S5; NO are repeated a predetermined number of times (for example, three times). If the predetermined number of times has been exceeded (step S5; YES), in step S6, the professor checks whether or not the word to be learned is remembered. As the confirmation method, for example, spelling is made on paper, the meaning is asked, and the like. If it is not possible to confirm that the word has been memorized (step S6; NO), the professor instructs the learner to rearrange the shuffled character pieces 20 again (step S2). The professor repeats steps S2 to S5 as long as the determination in step S6 is negative, and when it becomes affirmative, it finishes learning the word.

Incidentally, the spelling of English words, or contain silent letters such as "g" in "Forei g n", or consonant characters are used successively as "a dd re ss", also " There are cases where a plurality of vowel characters represent different vowels such as “ou” in “trend ou s”. In order to memorize words that contain these non-regular character combinations, the learner can only memorize the spellings of the words. For this reason, it has been a common practice among English learners to write and memorize the spelling and translations of a word over and over again while pronouncing the word. However, the learner may have “dyslexia”. A literacy disorder is a disorder in which it is very difficult to read or write letters, even though there is no problem with general intelligence development such as conversation and exercise. Learners who have a tendency to read and write are not good at processing that is essential for learning foreign languages, such as recognizing letters as a group (word), or linking the meaning of a letter and its meaning. For such learners, particularly when memorizing long spelled words, the conventional memorizing method of writing and remembering spells on a notebook may not work effectively.

  Therefore, in the word learning device 100A of the present embodiment, when learning a word, a method of dividing the spelling into a plurality of parts and learning the spelling in the divided division units is used. For example, as shown in FIG. 1B, in step S2, the professor divides the learning target word “pencil” into two parts, “pen” and “cil”, and lower box 10B Line up on the bottom of the. That is, as shown in the figure, a character piece is arranged with a space between “n” and “c”. In step S3, pronunciation is introduced for each segment. That is, the pronunciation “pen” corresponding to “pen” and the pronunciation “sul” corresponding to “cil” are separately introduced. Therefore, since the learner can store the spelling divided into the sections in correspondence with the pronunciation, the correspondence between the pronunciation and the spelling is compared with the case of memorizing through the long spelling. Easy to recognize and easy to fix in memory.

  The spelling of the word need not be captured by the conventional syllable separation method. For example, “pe” (pe), “n” (n), “si” (su), “l” (le) And may be divided into units that are larger than the syllable (that is, the number of characters is larger). Since there are differences in the number of characters that can be stored at a time depending on the individual, it is better to divide 3 to 4 characters into categories suitable for the learner based on the number of characters in each category. According to the word learning device 100A of this embodiment, since each character is displayed on the independent character piece 20, the spelling division of the word can be changed as appropriate according to the ability of the learner, and the professor Makes it possible to provide detailed instruction to teach words by classifying the spelling of words in categories suitable for learners. The professor does not need to be a teacher who specializes in English, but may be a teacher who specializes in other subjects, or a father or mother in home study. Therefore, the professor may reproduce and listen to the natural pronunciation of words by a native speaker or the like stored on a CD-ROM or cassette tape.

  The word learning device of the present embodiment can also be used as a device for single learning where a learner learns alone. FIGS. 3A and 3B show examples of words displayed on a printed material that is used supplementarily when learning alone. In the example shown in FIG. 3A, the word “pencil” to be learned is divided into two parts “pen” and “cil”. In the example shown in FIG. 3B, “tremendous” Is divided into three parts, “tre”, “men”, and “dous”. The pronunciation is displayed in katakana on the upper side of the character string of each word. The learner searches for the character piece 20 on which the spelling of the word is displayed according to this display (step S1 in FIG. 2), and pronounces the word according to the pronunciation notation shown in katakana while the character piece 20 is being pronounced. Are rearranged in the correct character order (step S2).

  Here, in the character system used in the language, each vowel and consonant has alphabets (letter symbols) like alphabets, and phonemes (or single phone characters) that express the language by combining these to represent pronunciation There is. In a phoneme character, one sound is generally expressed by one or more character symbols. For example, in the above example “pencil”, four sounds are represented by “pe”, “n”, “si”, and “l”, respectively. On the other hand, a character system that is expressed by different characters for each sound to be expressed is called a phonetic character, and Japanese Kana characters (Katakana and Hiragana) correspond to this phonetic character. In phonograms, as a rule, one sound is represented by one letter symbol. In the above example, the four sounds are represented by “pe”, “n”, “su”, and “le”. In this way, katakana has only one way of writing for one pronunciation, so that the learner can easily understand the pronunciation. The same effect can be obtained when hiragana is used instead of katakana.

  There is an exception to the notation of one sound per character in phonograms. For example, “t” (toe) of “tremendous” represents one sound by two phonetic characters. This is called roaring, and represents a single sound by writing it as a subscript after the consonant (for example, “u”, “i”, “e”, “a”, “ ”,“ Yo ”,“ ヮ ”, etc.). Others, such as “-” for long vowels and “tsu” for prompt sounds, do not represent sounds alone but appear only after other sounds. Characters that cannot be expressed by themselves, such as stuttering, long vowels, and prompting sounds, can be part of “one sound” only when combined with other phonetic characters. That is, “one phonetic character” includes “one phonetic character” (for example, “ki”), “one phonetic character + 1 stuttering” (for example, “ca”), “one phonetic character + 1 long vowel” (for example, , “Key”), “one phonetic character + 1 sounding sound” (for example, “Kit”), “one phonetic character + 1 stuttering sound + 1 long vowel” (for example, “car”), “one phonetic character + 1 sounding sound + 1 sounding sound” ”(For example,“ ka ”) or“ 1 phonetic character + 1 chorus +1 long vowel + 1 prompting sound ”(for example,“ ka ”). In the present embodiment, such “one sound” is regarded as a minimum unit of pronunciation and is referred to as “minimum pronunciation unit”. In other words, the minimum pronunciation unit indicates in principle one expressed by one phonogram, but also includes one expressed by 2 to 4 phonograms. This minimum pronunciation unit is a single expression for one pronunciation, whether it is expressed by one letter, one letter, two letters, three letters, or four letters. However, the learner can easily understand pronunciation.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 3, a curve (arc) indicating the word segment as one lump is drawn below the character string of the word, and the double line indicates the segment where the accent is placed. . This curve not only shows a group of words as a segment, but also shows a desirable trajectory of finger movement when pronunciation while tracing by hand in step S3. While referring to the display of this curve, the learner can trace the single curve and double curve by hand, and can learn the spelling and pronunciation of words in units of segments indicated by these curves. This display does not necessarily need to be a curve, and may be another type of line such as a straight line. However, the movement of the hand matches with the inflection of English in the sense that the mouth, ears, and hands are used to trace the word classification and its spelling and pronunciation in memory, with the mouth and the pronunciation. It is desirable to use an arc. In addition, it is easier to recognize the spelling division if a curve in which the start and end points of the break are clearly shown is used.

In addition, the English learning method using the word learning apparatus described above is effective not only for learners who have a tendency of reading and writing disorders but also for healthy persons.
As described above, the word learning device of the present embodiment, when learning the English word to be learned, by a simple method of arranging the character pieces 20 each displayed with an alphabet for each word division, It is possible to learn by dividing a word into parts of a length suitable for the learner's ability. Furthermore, since the character strings of the respective sections are represented by katakana and hiragana phonetic characters that correspond one-to-one to the sound of the minimum pronunciation unit, the pronunciation is easy for the learner to understand. That is, the correspondence between the sound and the spelling becomes clear and is easily fixed in memory. In addition, in the present embodiment, while listening to the professor's pronunciation or using the wooden character piece 20 that is easy to touch while “searching”, “lining up”, and “tracing”, the spelling of the word is made. The stress of learning to memorize words by repeatedly writing them in the notebook is dispersed and alleviated.

B: Second Embodiment Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. In the present embodiment, the word learning method described in the first embodiment is realized using an electronic device.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an appearance of the electronic device 100B according to the second embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a functional block diagram showing a functional configuration of the electronic device 100B shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, the electronic device 100B is, for example, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a main body 200, a power switch 210 for turning the power on or off, and a slot into which a memory card is inserted. 230, a touch pen 220, and a display unit 120. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 5, the electronic device 100B includes an audio output unit 130, a storage unit 140, and a CPU 110 that controls these units, and these units are connected to each other via a bus.

  The display unit 120 is an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display), for example, and displays an image delivered from the CPU 110 at a two-dimensional coordinate position (X, Y) designated by the CPU 110 and also functions as a touch panel 120a. The touch panel 120a accepts an instruction input from a user with a finger or the touch pen 220, and outputs a signal corresponding to the instruction input. CPU110 detects the touch point and detach point of operation (user operation) with respect to the touch panel 120a by a user's finger | toe or the touch pen 220. FIG. That is, after the touch panel 120a is pushed down, the push position when the push is released at the same position, and the first push position when moving to another position while being pushed down are determined as touch points, It is determined that the release position when the touch panel 120a is pressed down and then released to the other position after the touch panel 120a is pressed down is the detach point. The CPU 110 can detect the coordinates of the touch point and the detach point. When a user operation is performed while one or more segmented phoneme character strings are displayed, the CPU 110 is instructed by the user operation based on the touch point coordinates (pressed position) and the detach point coordinates (pressed release position). The segmented phoneme character string can be specified. Furthermore, on the touch panel 120a, the user can drag and drop an image displayed on the screen with a finger or the touch pen 220.

  In the slot 230, a word book memory card 150 including a word table TBL of words to be learned, a memory card storing arbitrary application software operating on the electronic device 100B, and the like can be inserted. The data stored in the memory card is read out by the CPU 110 in a state where the memory card is inserted into the slot 230, and transferred to each unit for processing. The audio output unit 130 converts the audio data delivered from the CPU 110 and outputs the converted audio data to the outside. In the present embodiment, the audio data processed by the audio output unit 130 is audio data indicating the pronunciation of a word to be learned.

The storage unit 140 includes a RAM (Random Access Memory) 140b and a ROM (Read Only Memory) 140a. The RAM 140b temporarily stores various data and functions as a work area for the CPU 110. The CPU 110 functions as means for controlling the word learning process according to the present embodiment by executing the word learning program P stored in the ROM 140a.
The CPU 110 includes a counter (not shown). In the character order learning process (described later) executed by the word learning program P, the CPU 110 increments the count value in accordance with the character image rearrangement operation.

FIG. 6 shows an example of the contents of the word table TBL stored in the word book memory card 150, and FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of word learning processing using the electronic device 100B. 9 to 10 show display examples of screens in the word learning process.
The word book memory card 150 of the present embodiment stores words compliant with English textbooks for junior high school first to third year. In the word book memory card 150, a word data folder is provided for each school year, and a word table TBL is stored in the folder for each unit such as Unit or Lesson. FIG. 6 shows a part of the word table TBL stored as “Unit 3” of the junior high school third grader.

  As shown in FIG. 6, the word table TBL stores a plurality of types of data in association with each word. For simplicity of explanation, these plural types of data will be roughly classified into three groups A, B, and C. In group A, all display data including the spelling of the word to be learned and the katakana notation of the pronunciation of the word written above the word, the translation data indicating the translation of the word, and the pronunciation of the word are shown. The sound data is stored in association with each other. All the display data and the translated word data are image data including coordinate position designation information in which coordinate positions to be displayed are designated, and each image has coordinate position designation information as shown in FIG. It is displayed at the position specified by. The coordinate position designation information designates each coordinate of each display data and each translation data so that all the display data is displayed at the top of the screen from the translation data. That is, when the arrangement direction of each character string of each full display data and translation data is parallel to the X axis, either the center, left end, or right end of the character string in the arrangement direction is the same for all display data and translation data. It is set to have an X coordinate. FIG. 9A shows an example in which the center of each character string of all display data and translated word data has the same X coordinate. When all the display data and the translated word data are displayed, the continuous voice data is read from the word table TBL by the CPU 110 and output from the voice output unit 130, thereby indicating the pronunciation of the word being displayed by voice.

  By the way, as explained in the first embodiment, alphabets are phonemic characters in which letters are assigned to consonants and vowels, and sounds are expressed by combinations of these letters. In phonemic characters, different notations are used for the same sound. For example, the sound “tea” is spelled as “tee” or “tea”. On the other hand, katakana and hiragana are phonograms that represent a single character as a rule. In exceptional cases, even when a single sound is represented by any of two to four characters, it is represented as a sound (1 (Any one of 4 characters) is defined to correspond one-to-one. In other words, there is only one way of writing for one sound. Therefore, when learning an English word having a phoneme character as a character system, if the pronunciation is expressed in katakana (or hiragana) as a phonetic character, the learner can easily understand the correspondence between spelling and pronunciation. That is, it becomes easy to remember the spelling of a word in association with its pronunciation. Therefore, in this embodiment, a word is divided into a plurality of parts, a character string indicating the spelling of English words in each section (hereinafter referred to as “phoneme character string”), and a katakana (hereinafter referred to as “table”) indicating its pronunciation. By displaying the character string “) in correspondence with each other, the learner can effectively learn the word.

  Specifically, in the word table TBL, when each of the group B divided into a plurality of parts including one or more phoneme characters is defined as a segment, the segmented phoneme that designates the phoneme character string constituting the segment Character string data is associated with segmented phonetic character string data that specifies a phonetic character string in which the pronunciation of the segment is expressed by one or more phonetic characters, and segmented phonetic data that represents the pronunciation of the segment in speech. It is remembered.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, the word segments are “tre”, “men”, and “dous” obtained by dividing “tremendous” into three, and one or more phonemic characters included in each segment are a group. It is stored as image data (segmented phoneme character string data). In the illustrated example, the character strings of each image data are displayed in a rectangular frame, and a curve (arc) indicating the character strings displayed in the frame as a group of segments is drawn below the frame. . The double curve shows the portion of the word segment where the pronunciation accent is placed. As described in the first embodiment, the curve indicates not only a group of words as a segment, but also a finger movement when the segment is pronounced and the pronunciation of each segment is heard while tracing with the finger or the touch pen 220. Show the desired trajectory. The learner can perform the task of learning the spelling and pronunciation of words in units of segments indicated by each curve by tracing the single curve and double curve by hand on the touch panel 120a. In other words, by using the mouth, ears, and hand senses of uttering and tracing with a finger while sounding, it is possible to more effectively fix the word classification and its spelling and pronunciation in memory. This display does not necessarily need to be a curve, and may be another type of line such as a straight line.

  The segmented phoneme character string data further includes color designation information indicated by hatching or dot hatching in FIG. 6 so that when the segmented phoneme character string image is displayed, it can be appropriately colored and displayed. . Note that it is desirable to use an emphasis color such as red for the section where the accent of pronunciation is placed.

The segmented phonetic character string data is image data of a phonetic character string composed of one or a plurality of phonetic characters describing the pronunciation of the phoneme character string included in the segmented phoneme character string data. As shown in (b) of FIG. 10, the segmented phonetic character string data is an array of segmented phoneme character strings corresponding to sounds represented by the phonetic character string of the segmented phonetic character string data. Displayed at the top position. More specifically, when the position on the screen of the display unit 120 is represented by the two-dimensional coordinates of the horizontal axis X and the horizontal axis Y, each of the phonetic character strings describing the segmented phoneme character string and the pronunciation of the phoneme character string. Are arranged in parallel with the X axis (first direction) and the center of the segmented phoneme character string in the arrangement direction of the segmented phoneme string and the segmented phonetic character string in the arrangement direction of the segmented phonetic character string. The center is arranged so as to be located on the same straight line parallel to the Y axis (perpendicular to the first direction). That is, in the segmented phoneme string data and the segmented phonetic string data, the coordinates of the center of the segmented phoneme string are (X ₀ , Y ₀ ), and the coordinates of the center of the segmented phonetic string are (X ₁ , Y _1). ), X ₀ = X ₁ and Y ₀ + α = Y ₁ . α is a predetermined value, and a value is determined as appropriate so that the distance between the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string in the Y direction is not too close and not too far apart.

  The segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data are further associated with segmented speech data that expresses the pronunciation of the phoneme character string of the segment of the word. For example, in the screen shown in FIG. 10B, the segmented voice data is read from the word table TBL when the curve displayed below the segmented character string is traced with a finger or the touch pen 220, and the voice output unit 130. That is, it can be said that the curve displayed below the phoneme character string is an instruction means that indicates an instruction input location for causing the voice output unit 130 to output segmented speech data corresponding to the phoneme character string. Further, when the learner rearranges words and completes one segmented character string on the screen shown in FIG. 11C, the segmented speech data is read from the word table TBL using the completion as a trigger. And output from the audio output unit 130.

  Next, in the word table TBL shown in FIG. 6, in group C, for each segmented phoneme string data, each character image (character unit image) of the phoneme character included in the segmented phoneme string data is separate character piece data. Each character piece data is stored in association with character order information of phonemic characters represented by the character piece data. The character order information is an arrangement order in the segmented phoneme character string. Further, each character piece data is stored in association with information indicating whether or not the phoneme character represented by the character piece data is the last character in the segmented phoneme character string (hereinafter referred to as “last flag”). Has been. If it is the last character in the segmented phoneme string, the last flag is set to “1”, otherwise it is set to “0”.

FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing the flow of word learning processing using the electronic device 100B. The CPU 110 executes the word learning process by executing the word learning program P stored in the ROM 140a. Hereinafter, the operation of the word learning process according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIGS.
First, when the user who is a learner inserts the word book memory card 150 into the slot 230 of the electronic device 100B and turns on the power switch 210, the CPU 110 reads the data in the word book memory card 150 and reads the data shown in FIG. The screen shown in (a) is displayed on the display unit 120. Since the inserted word book memory card 150 stores words compliant with the textbooks of the junior high school, as shown in FIG. 9A, “junior high school textbook English words” and junior high school first to third years. Each box showing each grade of is displayed. The user selects a grade box that he / she wishes to learn by pressing it down with a finger or the touch pen 220. In the following description, it is assumed that the user operates the touch panel 120a with a finger, and description of whether to use either the finger or the touch pen 220 for the operation is omitted. In this example, it is assumed that the user selects “3rd grade”. The user selects the box “3rd year of junior high school” and presses the “next” button.

  Next, on the screen shown in FIG. 9B, units of English words learned in the third year of junior high school are displayed in each box. The user now selects “Unit 3” and presses the “Next” button. Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 9C, a confirmation message “Starting word learning of Unit 3” is displayed. When the user wants to learn another unit or a word of another grade, the user presses the “return” button to return to the previous screen and performs the selection operation again. If you are ready to start learning words for Unit 3, press and hold the Start button. In addition, when the “next” button, the “return” button, and the “quit” button are displayed on the screens shown in FIGS. 9 to 11, the user selects one of these buttons. It is possible to select one of proceeding to the next process, returning to the previous screen, or canceling word learning.

  Subsequently, as shown in FIG. 9 (d), a list of words recorded in Unit 3 of the third grade is displayed. The user selects the word to be learned by moving the cursor “?” Displayed on the left side of the identification number assigned to the word up and down. When there is no word to be learned on the displayed page, the screen can be changed to another page by the “next page” button. In this example, the user selects “1. tremendous” as a learning target, and pushes down “next”. CPU 110 accepts selection of this word (step SA1 in FIG. 7).

  Subsequently, in step SA3, the CPU 110 displays the word selected by the user on the display unit 120. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10A, all display data and translated word data stored in correspondence with “tremendous” are read from the word table TBL and displayed in a substantially central portion of the display unit 120. An image of the data is displayed, and an image of the translated word data is displayed on the lower side of the figure, and the through sound data V1 is read out and output from the sound output unit 130. On this screen, you can listen to the pronunciation repeatedly by depressing the “Listen to pronunciation” button. While listening to the pronunciation, the user reads the phonetic character string (katakana) and phoneme character string (alphabet) of the word, pronounces himself and learns the translated word, and then presses down the “next” button. In this step, it is possible to prevent the user's pronunciation of the word from being read in katakana by watching katakana while listening to the pronunciation.

Next, in step SA5, the CPU 110 stores each “phone” character string data of “tre”, “men”, and “dous” stored in correspondence with “tremendous” and the corresponding phonetic character string data corresponding to each. Are read from the word table TBL. Then, as shown in FIG. 10 (b), an image of each segmented phoneme character string data is displayed at a substantially central portion of the display unit 120, and the corresponding segmented phonetic character string data is displayed in the upper diagram in the figure. Display an image. Specifically, “Ture” is displayed above “tre”, “Men” is displayed above “Men”, and “Dass” is displayed above “Dous”. At this time, the CPU 110 prompts the user to trace the curve displayed below each segmented phoneme character by displaying “Let's pronounce while tracing with a finger” on the screen. When the user traces the curve with his / her finger, the CPU 110 detects that the curve is traced by the user, and the segmented voice data (any of V1-1, V1-1, V1-1) corresponding to the segmented phoneme character string is detected. Read from the word table TBL and output from the voice output unit 130. At this time, the CPU 110 detects the touch point and detach point of the user's finger, and obtains the coordinates of each touch point and detach point. Then, based on these coordinates, it is detected which segmented phoneme character string image has been traced. This detection is performed, for example, by detecting segmented phoneme character string data displayed overlapping the touch point coordinates and the detach point coordinates.
The user reads each segmented phonetic character string (katakana) and the segmented phoneme character string (alphabet), pronounces himself by tracing with his hand, and learns words by listening to the pronunciation. For example, a word is pronounced three times while tracing a curve, and if it is determined that the word has been memorized, the “Yes” button is depressed.

  Next, in step SA7, the CPU 110 executes a character order learning process. FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing a detailed flow of the character order learning process. In step SB1 of FIG. 8, the CPU 110 reads out character images of character piece data “t”, “r”, and “e” stored in correspondence with the first segmented phoneme character string data “tre” from the word table TBL. Each character image is shuffled and the user is instructed to rearrange these character images in the correct character order. That is, as shown in FIG. 10 (c), each character image is displayed on the display unit 120 in a state where the character order is disjoint, and “let's rearrange while sounding” is displayed. Prompt the user to rearrange the character images. In this embodiment, each character image at this time is colored yellow in the frame.

  When CPU 110 detects that one character image is dropped after being dragged (step SB3; YES), CPU 110 increments the counter by 1 (step SB5). Note that the determination process in step SB3 is repeated until dragging and dropping of the character image is detected (step SB3; NO). Next, in step SB7, the incremented counter value (in this case, the initial value “0” → “1”) is stored in the word table TBL in association with the character piece data representing the dragged character image. The character order information is compared with each other, and if they are the same, it is determined that the answer is “correct” (step SB7; YES), and the process proceeds to step SB9. On the other hand, if they are not identical, it is determined that the answer is “incorrect” (step SB7; NO), and the process proceeds to step SB17.

  In this example, it is assumed that the character image “t” is dragged and dropped in step SB3. Since the character order information of the character image “t” is “1”, it is the same as the counter value “1” after the increment. Therefore, the CPU 110 determines that the answer is correct in step SB7, and displays “correct answer!” In step SB9 and changes the frame of the character image “t” from yellow to green ((d) in FIG. 10). Next, in step SB11, the CPU 110 refers to the value of the last flag stored in the word table TBL in association with the character piece data representing the correct character image to determine whether the character image is the last of the classification. Determine whether or not. In this case, since the value of the last flag associated with the character image “t” and stored in the word table TBL is “0”, it is determined that the character image is not the last of the classification (step SB11; NO), and the CPU 110 Returns to step SB3 again and rearranges the next character image in the same section.

  Next, in step SB3, it is assumed that the character image “e” is dragged and dropped and placed on the right side of the character image “t”. When detecting dragging and dropping of the character image “e” (step SB3; YES), the CPU 110 increments the counter value from “1” to “2” in step SB5. However, when the character order information “3” of the character image “e” is compared with the current count value “2” in step SB7, they are not the same, and thus are determined to be “incorrect” (step SB7). SB7; NO). Therefore, in step SB17, the CPU 110 prompts the user to arrange the character images again by displaying “Unfortunate again!” On the screen as shown in FIG. When it is detected that the character image has been dragged and dropped (step SB19; YES), the word is associated with the current counter value (in this case “2”) and the character piece data representing the dragged character image. The character order information stored in the table TBL is compared, and if it is the same, it is determined that it is “correct” (step SB21; YES), and if it is not the same, it is determined that it is “incorrect”. (Step SB21; NO).

In this example, it is assumed that the user drags and drops the character image “e” again and arranges it on the right side of the character image “t”. Then, since the current counter value (“2”) and the character order information “3” of the character image “e” are not the same, it is determined NO in Step SB21, and the CPU 110 advances the process to Step SB23. Then, the CPU 110 displays “Sorry!” As shown in FIG. 11B and selects a character image having the same character order information as the counter value (in this case, the character image “r”). The image is displayed as a correct image by changing the color from yellow to green (step SB23, FIG. 11B). Subsequently, the process proceeds to step SB11. In this case, since the value of the last flag associated with the character image “r” and stored in the word table TBL is “0”, it is determined that the character image is not the last of the classification (step SB11; NO), and the CPU 110 Returns to step SB3 again and rearranges the next character image in the same section.
On the other hand, after step SB17, it is assumed that the user drags and drops the character image “r” and arranges it on the right side of the character image “t”. In that case, YES is determined in step SB21, and the process proceeds to step SB9. That is, “correct!” Is displayed on the screen, and the frame of the character image “r” is changed from yellow to green.

  Next, the CPU 110 sequentially performs the same processing for the remaining character image “e” in the section (steps SB3 to SB11, SB17 to SB23). Since the value of the last flag associated with the character image “e” is “1”, it is determined in step SB11 that the character image is the end of the classification (step SB11; YES), and the CPU 110 performs step SB13. The counter value is reset to “0” and the image “tre” of the segmented phoneme character string data is read from the word table TBL and displayed (FIG. 11C). In this screen, when the user traces the curve displayed below “tre” with his / her finger, the color in the rectangular frame surrounding “tre” changes to, for example, green, and the segmented audio data V1 of the segment −1 is read and output from the audio output unit 130.

Subsequently, in step SB15, it is determined whether or not there is a next section. In this case, since the next section exists in “tre”, it is determined YES, the process returns to step SB3, and then the processes of steps SB3 to SB23 are sequentially executed for the next section “men”.
Subsequently, the processes of steps SB3 to SB23 are sequentially executed for the last section “dous”, and when it is determined in step SB15 that there is no next section (step SB15; NO), the character order learning process is ended. To do. Subsequently, the process returns to step SA9 in FIG.

In step SA9, the CPU 110 determines the segmented phoneme character string data “tre”, “men”, “duus” stored in correspondence with “tremendous” and the segmented phonetic character corresponding to each. The column data is read from the word table TBL, and the image of each segmented phonetic character string data is displayed in a line along the X-axis direction at the substantially central portion of the display unit 120 ((d) in FIG. 11). Further, the translated word data is read from the word table TBL, and the translated word is displayed on the lower side (in the drawing) of the segmented phonetic character string data image. At this time, CPU 110 prompts the user to trace the curve displayed below each segmented phoneme character by displaying “Let's pronounce while tracing with a finger” on the screen. When the user traces the curve with his / her finger, the CPU 110 detects that the curve is traced by the user, and the segmented voice data (any of V1-1, V1-1, V1-1) corresponding to the segmented phoneme character string is detected. Read from the word table TBL and output from the voice output unit 130.
In the screen shown in FIG. 11D, when the user presses down the “next word” button, the screen changes to the word selection screen shown in FIG. 9D, and the “quit” button is pressed down. Then, the screen changes to the initial screen shown in FIG. The operation relating to the word learning process of the present embodiment is thus completed.

  As described above, according to the present embodiment, the same effect as in the first embodiment can be obtained. Furthermore, since it is configured to be able to perform word learning using the electronic device 100B, it is possible to learn alone a phonetic character string and a segmented pronunciation corresponding to a segmented phoneme character string of the word. Therefore, even when the professor is absent, the same effect as the case where the professor attends and learns can be obtained.

C: Modification (1) In the second embodiment described above, a plurality of minimum pronunciation units may be included in one division of a word, but one minimum pronunciation unit may be set as one division unit. That is, instead of dividing “tremendous” into “tre” (tule), “men” (men), and “dous” (dass), “t” (toe), “re” (re), “me” ( ), “N” (n), “dou” (da), and “s” (su). In this case, each of “t”, “re”, “me”, “n”, “dou”, “s” is classified as phoneme character string data, and “to”, “re”, “me”, “n” ”,“ Da ”, and“ su ”are stored in the word table TBL as segmented phonetic character string data. Then, when displaying on the display unit 120, the CPU 110 controls the display positions of the images of the phoneme character string “t” and the phonetic character string “To” to be displayed on the same X coordinate. . Thus, the learner can more clearly understand the relationship between the phonetic character string pronunciation representing the minimum pronunciation unit and the phoneme character string.
Further, in the character order learning process, a mode has been described in which a character image is displayed for each word segment and the user rearranges it. However, character images of all word segments (that is, all phonemic characters constituting the word) are displayed. It is good also as an aspect which displays and rearranges. Each time one segment is completed, the segmented phoneme character string is displayed and the segmented speech data is output, and then the subsequent phoneme character string is rearranged.

(2) In the second embodiment described above, the portable learning device using the PDA has been described, but it is not necessary to be portable. Therefore, for example, the word learning method of the present invention may be realized using a fixed or portable personal computer. In that case, each operation described above may be executed by a mouse instead of the touch panel 120a.
Moreover, in 2nd Embodiment mentioned above, although the aspect which memorize | stores the word table TBL in the electronic device 100B was demonstrated, when the number of words of learning object is enormous, the storage capacity of the electronic device 100B is pressed, Processing load increases. Therefore, the word table TBL may be held in a server device connected to the Internet, and interactive word learning may be executed with an electronic device (user terminal). Specifically, the user terminal has a communication function for communicating with the server device, and downloads application software for executing word learning of the above-described embodiment by connecting to the server device in advance. Then, when a word to be learned is specified by executing the software on the user terminal, the server device displays all display data, translated word data, through pronunciation data, segmented phoneme string data, segmented phonetic information regarding the specified word. Each of the character string data, the segmented voice data, the character piece data, the character order information, and the last flag may be read in response to a request from the user terminal and transmitted to the user terminal. Alternatively, interactive word learning may be executed on a browser without downloading application software. According to this aspect, it is possible to learn a large number of words while reducing the load on the user terminal, and it is possible to easily update word data on the server device side. In addition, since the storage capacity of the server device is often larger than that of the user terminal, various word books such as a junior high school English word book, a high school English word book, and a TOEIC 600-point English word book are stored. By doing so, the user can select a desired word book and perform word learning, thereby expanding the range of learning.
When the server device and the user terminal cooperate to realize the word learning processing according to the present invention, any device may be responsible for each means necessary for realizing the word learning processing. The embodiment can be freely modified.

(3) In the above-described embodiment, the word learning program P is stored in advance in the ROM 140a of the electronic device 100B. However, when the electronic device 100B has a communication function, the word learning program P is stored on the Internet. It may be downloaded by connecting. In this case, it is possible to easily upgrade the word learning program P. Further, the word learning program P may be recorded and distributed on a computer-readable recording medium such as a floppy (registered trademark) disk or a CD-ROM.

(4) In the above-described embodiment, the case of learning English words has been described as an example. However, the present invention is not limited to English. For example, the pronunciation is one-to-one with phonetic characters such as Japanese, such as French and German. Any language can be used.

It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of 100 A of word learning instruments which concern on 1st Embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of the word learning method using 100 A of word learning instruments. The example of the word learned by the English word learning method using the word learning instrument 100A is shown. It is a perspective view which shows the external appearance of the electronic device 100B which concerns on 2nd Embodiment. It is a functional block diagram which shows the function structure of the electronic device 100B. An example of the stored contents of the word table TBL is shown. It is a flowchart which shows the flow of a word learning process. It is a flowchart which shows the detailed flow of a character order learning process. The example of a display of the screen in a word learning process is shown. The example of a display of the screen in a word learning process is shown. The example of a display of the screen in a word learning process is shown.

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  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Case, 10a ... Upper box, 10b ... Lower box, 20 ... Character piece, 30a, 30b ... Locking tool, 100A ... Word learning instrument, 100B ... Electronic device, 110 ... CPU, 120 ... Display part, 120a ... Touch panel , 130 ... voice output unit, 140 ... storage unit, 140 a ... ROM, 140 b ... RAM, 150 ... word book memory card, 200 ... main body, 210 ... power switch, 220 ... touch pen, 230 ... slot, TBL ... word table.

Claims (6)

A word learning device for learning a word composed of a sequence of phoneme characters,
A display unit for displaying an image at a specified two-dimensional coordinate position on the screen;
When each of a word divided into a plurality of parts including one or more phonemic characters is defined as a segment, segmented phoneme character string data specifying a phoneme character string constituting the segment, and one or a plurality of pronunciations of the segment Storage means for storing in association with segmented phonetic character string data specifying a phonetic character string expressed in phonetic characters;
When a word to be learned is specified, the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data corresponding to the word are read from the storage unit, and the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data read out A control unit for controlling the phoneme character string of the word and the phonetic character string describing the pronunciation of the word to be displayed on the display unit,
The storage means stores the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data in association with each minimum pronunciation unit when the minimum unit of pronunciation in the pronunciation of the segment is the minimum pronunciation unit. And
The control unit arranges the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string in parallel with a first direction, and the center of the phoneme character string in the arrangement direction of the phoneme character string for each minimum pronunciation unit. And the phoneme character string of the word and the pronunciation of the word are written such that the center of the phonetic character string in the arrangement direction of the phonetic character string is located on the same straight line orthogonal to the first direction. Display a phonetic string on the display unit;
Word learning device. The sound of the minimum pronunciation unit is defined so as to correspond one-to-one with one or more phonetic characters representing the sound,
The word learning device according to claim 1. The storage means further stores segmented speech data corresponding to the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data;
The word learning device further includes a voice output unit that outputs a voice based on the segmented voice data,
The display unit includes a touch panel, and the touch panel can detect a pressed position when a user operation is performed on the screen, and the screen is displayed at a position different from the pressed position. It is possible to detect the depressing release position when released from the depressed state,
When a user operation is performed while one or more of the segmented phoneme character string data is displayed, the control unit includes the depressed position and the depressed release position of the one or more segmented phoneme character string data. And specifying the segmented phoneme string data instructed by the user operation, and outputting the segmented speech data corresponding to the identified segmented phoneme string data from the speech output unit,
The word learning device according to claim 1 or 2. The storage means stores character unit image data representing each of the plurality of phonemic characters as a character unit image for each of the sections, and further stores character order information in the section of the plurality of character unit images. And
The control unit displays the plurality of character unit images included in the section at different positions on the screen of the display unit, prompts the user to rearrange the plurality of character unit images, and When unit images are arranged in the first direction, it is determined whether or not the arrangement order and the character order information match.
The word learning device according to any one of claims 1 to 3. An interactive word learning system capable of executing a word learning process for learning a word composed of a plurality of phoneme character strings between a server device and a user terminal capable of communicating with the server device,
The server device
When each of a word divided into a plurality of parts including one or more phonemic characters is defined as a segment, segmented phoneme character string data specifying a phoneme character string constituting the segment, and one or a plurality of pronunciations of the segment Storage means for storing in association with segmented phonetic character string data specifying a phonetic character string expressed in phonetic characters;
When a word to be learned is designated from the user terminal, the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data corresponding to the designated word are read from the storage means and transmitted to the user terminal Means,
With
The user terminal is
A display unit for displaying data at a specified two-dimensional coordinate position on the screen;
When receiving the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data from the server device, display control means for arranging the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string on the display unit;
With
The storage means of the server device corresponds to the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data for each minimum pronunciation unit when the minimum unit of pronunciation in the pronunciation of the category is the minimum pronunciation unit. Remember,
The display control unit of the user terminal arranges the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string in parallel with a first direction, and the phoneme character string in the arrangement direction of the phoneme character string for each minimum pronunciation unit. The phoneme character string of the word and the word of the word are arranged so that the center of the character string and the center of the phonetic character string in the arrangement direction of the phonetic character string are located on the same straight line orthogonal to the first direction. Control to display the phonetic character string indicating the pronunciation on the display unit,
Interactive learning system. A word learning program for learning a word composed of a sequence of phoneme characters,
In a computer of an electronic device comprising a display unit that displays an image at a designated two-dimensional coordinate position on the screen and a storage unit,
When each word divided into a plurality of parts including one or more phonemic characters is defined as a segment, and the minimum pronunciation unit is defined as the minimum pronunciation unit in the pronunciation of the segment, the phoneme character string constituting the segment is designated. The segmented phoneme character string data to be stored and the segmented phonetic character string data specifying the phonetic character string in which the pronunciation of the segment is expressed by one or more phonetic characters are associated with each minimum pronunciation unit and stored. A function to memorize the means;
When a word to be learned is specified, a function of reading the segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data corresponding to the word from the storage unit;
Based on the read segmented phoneme character string data and the segmented phonetic character string data, the phoneme character string and the phonetic character string are arranged in parallel with the first direction, and for each minimum pronunciation unit, The center of the phoneme character string in the arrangement direction of the phoneme character string and the center of the phonetic character string in the arrangement direction of the phonetic character string are located on the same straight line orthogonal to the first direction. A function to control the display unit to display a phoneme character string of a word and a phonetic character string describing the pronunciation of the word;
A word learning program for realizing.

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