JPH0588602A - Learning device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To know the learning advance state of respective students who use plural slave machines connected to a master machine from the side of the master machine at a glance. CONSTITUTION:The master machine 1 is equipped with a display device 8 and an advance state storage means 7 for slave machines 31-3n, and the identification numbers (sentence number) of learning information main bodies (e.g. English sentence) which are currently inputted to the slave machines 31-3n are displayed on the display device 8 in a histogram corresponding to contents stored in the advance state storage means 7, i.e., the slave machines 31-3n. Consequently, the learning advance state of the students who use the slave machines 31.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a so-called LL, a group language learning system composed of one master and a plurality of slaves.
(Language Laboratory) A learning device suitable for application to a system or the like.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a conventional LL system, teaching material duplication tapes for the number of students are reproduced at a pace of each person by an LL tape recorder arranged for each student so that a language practice such as English conversation can be performed. Was becoming. However, in such an LL system, there is a problem in that LL tape recorders for the number of students are required, and the cost increases in proportion to the increase in the size of the LL system.

Further, the recording / reproducing operation by the tape recorder is basically a so-called sequential operation which is carried out in accordance with a magnetic tape, and when the student arbitrarily selects a specific portion of the teaching material and tries to practice it, There is also a problem that it takes time for rewinding and fast-forwarding for the beginning of the tape, resulting in wasted time other than learning.

In order to solve these problems, the present applicant has proposed a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 59-129889.

In this technology, the LL system is divided into a master unit and a slave unit, a random access memory for storing teaching materials is arranged in the master unit, and the slave unit has a D / A converter and this D unit. Headphones and PLAY connected to the A / A converter,
Operation buttons such as repeat and STOP are arranged. Further, the master unit and the slave unit are connected by a communication line. At the time of use, the audio information as the teaching material stored in the random access memory is read out by the time division multiplexing technique according to the operation of the operation button of the child device of each student,
The read voice information is converted into voice through the D / A converter and headphones of the slave unit.

According to this technique, not only each student can immediately practice language learning at his / her own pace, but also all students can simultaneously practice. Further, since it is not necessary to use a tape recorder, there is an effect that the cost does not increase proportionally even if the scale of the LL system is expanded.

[0007]

By the way, in the LL system in which the master unit and the slave unit are connected by the communication line as described above,
The operation state of the operation button of each child device is displayed on the display of the parent device in correspondence with each child device. This is to try to grasp the current situation of the students who operate each child machine.

However, there is a problem in that it is not possible to grasp the progress of learning of each student by displaying the operation states of the operation buttons of each child machine.

In order to solve this problem, an LL system has been put into practical use, in which the voices of each student can be selected and monitored by the master unit side, but the progress of all the students is monitored in real time. There was a problem that I could not grasp.

The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a learning device that allows a student who uses each child device to know at a glance the learning progress.

[0011]

The learning device of the present invention, for example, as shown in FIG. 1, has a storage means 6 in which a plurality of learning information having a learning information body and an identification number of the learning information body are stored. In a learning device having a master device 1 and a plurality of slave devices 31 to 3n which are connected to the master device 1 and sequentially fetch the plurality of learning information to advance learning.
On the main unit 1 side, the display device 8 and the identification number of the learning information body currently being taken by the slave units 31 to 3n are assigned to the slave units 31 to 3n.
A progress status storage means 7 for storing the progress status storage means 7 and a control means 4 for controlling the display means 8 and the progress status storage means 7 are provided, and the control means 4 causes the display device 8 to display the progress status storage means 7. The memory contents are displayed.

[0012]

According to the learning device of the present invention, the identification number of the learning information body currently being taken by the slaves 31 to 3n is displayed on the display device 8 on the master 1 side in correspondence with the slaves 31 to 3n. Therefore, the master unit 1 side can grasp at a glance the learning progress status of the students using the respective slave units 31 to 3n.

[0013]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of the learning device of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

Before explaining the specific embodiment, the basic structure and operation of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.

The learning device in FIG. 1 has one master unit 1 and communication lines 21 to 2n and communication lines 71 to 7n for the master unit 1.
And n slave units 31 to 3n connected with each other.

The base unit 1 includes a control means 4 having a CPU, a ROM, a RAM, an input / output interface, and the like,
A learning information storage means 6, a progress status storage means 7 and a display device 8 are connected to the control means 4 via a bus 5.

The learning information storage means 6 includes a learning information body,
For example, a plurality of pieces of learning information in which English sentences and identification numbers of the learning information bodies (sentence numbers corresponding to the English sentences) are stored in association with each other are stored.

Each of the slave units 31 to 3n has a control means and an input / output device. Examples of the input / output device include an operation button, and a headset in which a microphone and a speaker are integrated. The operation button is for designating the identification number of the learning information body (the sentence number) and the like.

The input / output interface of the control means 4 shown in FIG. 1, for example, a D / A converter converts digital data such as English sentences read from the learning information storage means 6 into analog signals. Take action.

Next, the operation of the learning device configured as shown in FIG. 1 will be described.

When each of the slave units 31 to 31n designates the identification number of the learning information body to be learned by an input device, for example, an operation button, the identification number of the learning information body is determined by the communication lines 21 to 2n. , 71 to 7n and read by the control means 4.

The control means 4 reads the learning information body corresponding to the read identification number of the learning information body from the learning information storage means 6 and sends it to the corresponding slave units 31 to 3n.

In each of the child devices 31 to 3n, each of the child devices 31 to 3n
Under the control of the control means arranged in, the learning information body sent from the master unit 1 is converted into voice through an output device, for example, a speaker, and a student operating each slave unit 31 to 3n learns. Being able to do it.

On the other hand, on the side of the base unit 1, the control means 4
The identification number of the learning information body currently being taken by each of the slaves 31 to 3n, that is, the identification number of the learning information body currently supplied from the learning information storage means 6 to the slaves 31 to 3n is determined, and The progress status storage means 7 is stored in correspondence with each of the slaves 31 to 3n. In addition, not only the identification number of the learning information body currently being taken in but also the identification number of the learning information body previously taken in is stored in the progress status storage means 7.

Therefore, the control means 4 stores the contents stored in the progress status storage means 7, that is, the slave unit 31.
.. to 3n, the display units 8 display the identification numbers of the learning information bodies that the slaves 31 to 3n are currently learning. The display format on the display device 8 may be a histogram format, for example, the horizontal axis indicates the child machine numbers of the child machines 31 to 31n,
The vertical axis may be the identification number of the learning information currently being studied by the student operating each of the slaves 31 to 31n, for example, the sentence number described above.

Therefore, by observing the display on the display device 8, it is possible to determine at a glance the progress of learning of the students who use the respective slaves 31 to 31n.

Further, since the learning information of the students who use the respective slaves 31 to 31n can be discriminated at a glance, for example, individual learning guidance can be given to the students whose learning progress is relatively late. It also has the secondary effect of being able to.

Next, specific examples of the present invention will be described. In the drawings shown below, components corresponding to those shown in FIG. 1 are designated by the same reference numerals, and detailed description thereof will be omitted.

The learning device shown in FIG. 2 has one master unit 1 and communication lines 21 to 2n and communication lines 71 to 7n for the master unit 1.
And n slave units 31 to 3n connected with each other. The number n of the slaves is 64 in this embodiment. Each of the slaves 31 to 3n has a slave unit number CXn (n =
1, 2, ..., 64) are attached as identification numbers.

The base unit 1 has a CPU 42, a ROM 43, and an RA.
A computer 41 as a control means having an M44 and a bus 45 is provided, and the bus 45 of the computer 41 is provided.
A display controller 46, an input / output interface 47, and a voice memory 48 that is a RAM are connected through the. An area for the progress status storage table 7 is secured in the RAM 44, as will be described later in detail.

A display (display device) 50 is connected to the display controller 46. A liquid crystal display (LCD) is used as the display 50. Not limited to the LCD, a CRT display or the like may be used.

The input / output interface 47 is connected to the operation panel 51 on the side of the master unit 1.
1, a number of cordless handset designating buttons 52 corresponding to the number of cordless handsets 31 to 3n, one speaker 53 for listening to the voice of each student sent from the cordless handsets 31 to 3n, and each student or a specific one. Microphone 54 for talking to students
Etc. are provided. Note that generally, the speaker 53 and the microphone 54 are arranged on the operation panel 51 as a headset.

In the voice memory 48, learning information SI as a teaching material is stored as digital data. The learning information SI is composed of a learning information body, for example, an English sentence SIS and an identification number of the learning information body (a sentence number Sm corresponding to the English sentence SIS). The voice memory 48 is provided with a working area for storing voice information generated by each student in addition to the storage area of the learning information SI.
In addition, in the example of FIG. 2, one unit of the learning information SI is 10
It consists of 0 sentences SIS.

The voice memory 48 includes an A / D converter and a D
It is connected to an input / output interface 56 having an A / A converter and the like. The input / output interface 56 includes slave units 31 to 31.
It is connected to a control device (not shown) constituting the 3n operation panels 81 to 8n.

Operation panels 81 to 8n of the slaves 31 to 3n
A fast forward button 57, a play button 58, a stop button 59, a fast return button 60, a repeat button 61, and the like are provided in the. In addition, on the operation panels 81 to 8n,
A display device (not shown) is provided, and the sentence number Sm is displayed on the display device. The sentence SIS may be displayed together.

Headsets 91 to 9n in which a speaker and a microphone are integrated are connected to the operation panels 81 to 8n, respectively.

Note that each of the slave units 31 to 3n directly communicates with the master unit 41 via the communication lines 71 to 7n directly connected to the computer 41 and control information (for example, the fast forward button 57,
Play button 58, stop button 59, rewind button 60
Also, communication of operation information such as the repeat button 61 and the sentence number Sm) is performed.

Next, regarding the operation of the example of FIG. 2, the RO shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flow chart stored in M43 as appropriate.

A student, not shown, operates the operation panel 81 of the child device 31, for example, to make an input for starting learning. This input information is supplied to the computer 41 through the communication lines 21 to 2n and the communication lines 71 to 7n. In this case, in the RAM 44 of the computer 41,
A progress status table 7 as shown in FIG. 4 is stored. The progress status table 7 corresponds to the numbers CXn (n = 1 to 64) of the slaves 31 to 3n and the slaves 31 to 3n.
The sentence number of the sentence SIS previously learned by the student operating Sm (hereinafter referred to as the previous sentence number) Sm
-1 and the sentence number (hereinafter referred to as the current sentence number) Sm to be learned this time are stored.

The computer 41 reads the sentence SIS corresponding to the previous sentence number Sm−1 or the sentence SIS corresponding to the current sentence number Sm from the voice memory 48 based on a predetermined program and outputs the sentence SIS to the input / output interface 56. Send out. The read sentence SIS is supplied as an analog audio signal to a specific slave unit 31 to 31n that desires the sentence SIS.

As a result, learning can be started by using the headset 91 or the like on the side of the handset 31. The processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 3 is performed while learning is continued.

That is, it is determined whether the handset 31 is learning the sentence SIS corresponding to the previous sentence number Sm-1 or the sentence SIS corresponding to the current sentence number Sm (step S101). While the sentence SIS corresponding to the previous sentence number Sm-1 is still being learned, the progress status table 7 is not updated (step S101, YE
S) If the sentence SIS corresponding to the current sentence number Sm is being learned, the progress status table 7 is updated (step S102).

In this way, the progress status table 7 is updated by the computer 41 according to the learning progress of the students who use the slaves 31 to 3n.

Then, the data stored in the progress table 7 is supplied to the display 50 through the display controller 46 under the control of the computer 41, and a histogram of the progress is displayed on the display 50. The histogram is created by the computer 41 and temporarily stored in the RAM 44.

This histogram display is shown in FIG. 5A, for example.
As shown in, the present sentence number Sm is displayed in a bar graph as the identification number of the learning information SI currently being learned with respect to the child machine numbers CX1 to CX64.

As shown in FIG. 5B, the histogram display shows the number C of slave units for the current sentence number Sm.
V may be displayed by □, and as shown in FIG. 5C, the slave unit number CX is added to the sentence number Sm of this time.
n (indicated by numbers 1 and 2 in FIG. 5C) may be displayed.

As described above, according to the above-described embodiment, the sentence SIS currently being fetched by the slaves 31 to 31n corresponding to the slaves 31 to 3n is displayed on the display 50 on the master 1 side.
Since the sentence number Sm is displayed, the teacher who operates the master unit 1 side can obtain at a glance the learning progress of the students using the slave units 31 to 3n. Be done.

Further, according to the display shown in FIG. 5A or the display shown in FIG. 5C, it is possible to easily identify a student whose learning progress is far from the average, so that it is possible to give an appropriate time to the student. It is also possible to provide individualized learning guidance.

The present invention is not limited to the above-mentioned embodiments, and it goes without saying that various configurations can be adopted without departing from the gist of the present invention.

[0050]

As described above, according to the learning device of the present invention, the identification number of the learning information main body currently being taken by the child device is displayed on the display device on the parent device side in correspondence with the child device. Therefore, the master side can obtain the effect that the learning progress status of the students using each slave can be grasped at a glance.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a basic configuration of a learning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an embodiment of a learning device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart provided for explaining the operation of the example in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of a progress status table.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a histogram of stored contents of a progress table.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 parent machine 31-3n child machine 4 control means 6 learning information storage means 7 progress status storage means 8 display device

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A master unit having a storage means for storing a plurality of learning information having a learning information body and an identification number of the learning information body, and a plurality of learning information sequentially fetched by being connected to the parent machine. In a learning device having a plurality of child devices for advancing learning, a display device and an identification number of the learning information body currently being taken by the child device are stored on the parent device side in association with the child device. A progress status storage means and a control means for controlling the display device and the progress status storage means, and the control means displays the storage content of the progress status storage means on the display device. A learning device characterized by the above.