JPH0650422B2 - Language learning device - Google Patents

Description

Description: TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a language learning device, and in particular, a learner can arbitrarily select and specify display contents of a foreign language and Japanese displayed on a screen of a display device. Related to the learning device for language learning.

(Prior Art) A device for advancing learning while reproducing a cassette tape, a video tape or the like is known from Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 63-285576. With such a device, a learner can proceed with learning by operating input means such as a keyboard for voice information from a speaker, earphones or the like, or information displayed on a display device. For example, when a learner learns a foreign language, the learner selectively reproduces a predetermined image on a display screen according to a learning program, and learns a foreign language while watching the screen displayed on the predetermined image. .

(Problems to be Solved by the Invention) However, in a visual or audio / visual learning device including such a conventional display device, only a predetermined image can be reproduced on the display screen.

For example, an image suitable for the learning content and the foreign language are displayed on the screen displaying the foreign language, and the learner examines the meaning of the foreign language while listening to the occurrence of the foreign language reproduced along with the image display.

Here, if the foreign language displayed on the screen contains words or phrases that the learner does not know, it is possible to display the translated Japanese by some operation to facilitate learning. Desirable in the above.

However, since the conventional learning device only displays the data recorded in advance on the tape, which is the teaching material, on the screen, the display content of the screen cannot be changed as necessary.

Also, without displaying a foreign language on the display screen, you can learn the hearing based on only the image displayed on the screen and the sound that is played back, and further display the image and the Japanese translation on the screen. It was not possible to adapt to various learning forms such as learning to translate into a foreign language.

Therefore, in order to deal with such various learning modes,
It is possible to prepare multiple types of teaching materials such as teaching materials for displaying Japanese and teaching materials only for images in addition to teaching materials for displaying foreign languages, and select and use teaching materials at the learner's will, but the display content is changed. It is inconvenient because the teaching materials must be exchanged each time.

In addition, four types of data, that is, only the image, the image and foreign language display, the image and Japanese language display, and the image and foreign language Japanese language display are classified and recorded in advance in one type of teaching material. However, it is possible to select and display the necessary data, but in response to a request to change the display content, the tape must be fast forwarded or rewound to reproduce the desired display content data again. There is a problem that it takes time. Further, since the amount of data stored in one type of teaching material is large, there is a problem that the total amount of learning contents that can be recorded on the tape in a predetermined time length is reduced.

The present invention has been made to solve such a problem, and provides a language learning device capable of changing display contents without preparing a plurality of teaching materials or waiting time for changing the display. The purpose is to provide.

(Means for Solving the Problem) A language learning device according to the present invention for solving the above problem, a learner operates a input unit according to a learning program to advance foreign language learning while interacting with a display screen. In the apparatus, a recording medium in which three kinds of display data of an image, a foreign language, and Japanese to be displayed on the display screen are recorded in advance, a data recorder for reproducing the recording medium, and the data recorder. The three types of display data of the image, foreign language, and Japanese reproduced by the above are divided and temporarily stored in the RAM, and only the image designated by the operation input from the input means is displayed, and the image and the foreign language are displayed. Depending on the display mode, which is either composite display, composite display of image and Japanese, composite display of image and foreign language and Japanese, Characterized by comprising a control means in the data from the RAM so as to display the read synthesized.

(Operation) According to the present invention, the language learning device reproduces the three types of display data of the image, the foreign language, and the Japanese recorded on the recording medium through the data recorder and divides the three types of display data. After temporarily storing the data in the RAM, the data stored in the RAM is read and displayed on the display device.

Therefore, when the image and the foreign language display mode are selected and designated by the operation input from the input means, the control means reads the image data and the foreign language data from the RAM,
Combine them and display them on the screen.

If the image, foreign language, and Japanese display modes are selected and designated, all display data is displayed in a composite manner.

If the image and Japanese display modes are selected and designated, the control means reads the image data and the Japanese data from the RAM, synthesizes them, and displays them on the screen.

Also, if the display mode for only images is selected and specified,
Only the image data is read from the RAM and displayed on the screen.

(Example) Below, the Example of this invention is described based on an accompanying drawing.

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a language learning device of the present invention.

This language learning device 1 includes a personal computer (personal computer) 2 that constitutes a control unit, a keyboard 3 that constitutes an input unit, a CRT monitor television 4 as a display device, a cassette tape 5 as a recording medium, and this cassette. Data recorder 6 for playing the tape 5
Consists of.

A plurality of learning contents are stored in the cassette tape 5, which is a teaching material, and image data, foreign language display data, and Japanese display data are classified according to each frame (image) in the first channel thereof. It is pre-recorded so that it can be recorded, and voice information such as a utterance of a foreign language corresponding to the frame (image) is pre-recorded in the second channel.

This language learning device 1 is an audio / visual learning device, and is connected to a personal computer 2 via a digital recording / reproducing device 7 and an adapter 8 incorporating its peripheral circuits.
And the monitor television 4 are connected.

Operating system for language learning device 1 (O
S) is stored in the OS-ROM cartridge 9. The OS-ROM cartridge 9 is mounted in the ROM cartridge slot 2a of the personal computer 2 and the OS is started by operating the keyboard 3. is doing.

In addition, the personal computer 2 is dedicated to the language learning device,
The ROM cartridge 9 may be built in the personal computer 2 in advance. Further, instead of the ROM cartridge 9, I
If the C card 10 is used or the OS is complicated, the ROM cartridge 9 and the IC card 1
It is also possible to use 0 together and record the OS separately. In such a case, the IC card 10 can be built in the personal computer 2 in advance like the ROM cartridge 9, but the IC card slot 2b is provided in the personal computer 2 and this IC is used when the language learning device 1 is operated. The IC card 10 may be mounted in the card slot 2b.

The adapter 8 has a structure in which a microphone 11 and a remote switch 12 can be connected, and a voice of a learner can be recorded by connecting and operating these.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a language learning device.

The control means according to the present invention includes a cassette interface (cassette I / F) 21, a RAM 22,
The input from the keyboard 3 is detected and the input data is sent to the CPU 2
Keyboard interface (KB I /
F) 26, CPU 27 for controlling the overall operation and image composition, and CRT interface (CRT I / F) 2 in the adapter 8 connected via the expansion slot 24.
It is composed of 5 mag.

Then, when the cassette tape (recording medium) 5, which is a teaching material, is attached to the data recorder 6, the language learning device 1 is activated and the keyboard 3 is operated to input the learning start, and the CPU 27 causes the cassette I / F 21 to operate. The reproduction command 21a is supplied to the data recorder 6 via the
To control the playback state. The data signal 6a reproduced from the first channel of the cassette tape 5 is the cassette I / F21.
Is converted to a binary signal (digital signal) via. C
The PU 27 causes the RAM 8 to temporarily store a binary signal (digital signal) relating to the display content output from the cassette I / F 21. Here, the binary signal (digital signal) relating to the display content output from the cassette I / F 21 has a preset data sequence such as image data, foreign language data, and Japanese data, and Since each piece of data includes specific code information indicating the delimiter, or code information indicating the data type is recorded in advance at the beginning of each data, the CPU 27 specifies the specific code indicating the delimiter. The type of display data is discriminated based on the information or the code information indicating the data type, and based on the discrimination result, each data is divided into a preset area of the RAM 22 and temporarily stored.

Then, when the temporary storage of a series of display data is completed, the necessary display data is read from the RAM 22 according to the display mode selected and designated by the input from the keyboard 3, and the combined display data 2 obtained by combining the read display data is displayed.
CRT in the adapter 8 through the expansion slot 24
Supply to I / F. As a result, C of the TV monitor 4
The content of learning is displayed on the screen of RT4b.

If the display mode selection is not specified, the CPU
Reference numeral 27 is configured to perform composite display of an image and a foreign language display.

The audio information 6b reproduced from the second channel of the cassette tape 5 is recorded in the digital recording / reproducing device A
It is converted into a digital signal by a / D converter or the like, and temporarily stored in a memory provided in the device 7. And
Based on the voice command supplied from the CPU 27 via the expansion slot 24 after the display of the composite image, the temporarily stored digital recording content is reconverted to the original analog signal via the D / A converter or the like, and the television monitor is displayed. 4 is supplied from an audio input terminal 4c of No. 4 to an amplifier 4d in the television monitor 4 and reproduced by a speaker 4e.

The CRT I / F 23 in the personal computer 2 is the adapter 8
It is for use when the TV monitor 4 is directly connected to the personal computer 2 without going through. Reference numeral 28 is C
It is a bus for connecting the PU 27, the RAM 22, the ROM, the expansion slot 24, and each interface (I / F).

With the above-described configuration, the language learning apparatus according to the present invention, when the learning is started by mounting the cassette tape (recording medium) as the teaching material on the data recorder 6, the screen display mode is not set to the initial setting state. Then, TV monitor 4
An image related to the contents to be learned and a foreign language related to the contents to be learned are displayed on the CRT 4b screen.

If the meaning of the displayed foreign language is unknown and you want to display the corresponding Japanese translation, etc., use the keyboard 3 to select the Japanese display mode or a mode that displays both the foreign language and Japanese. When the designation is made, the display disappears in the foreign language and instead, for example, the Japanese translation is displayed, or the Japanese translation is displayed in the margin of the screen such as the lower side of the foreign language display.

Since the display contents are switched in the RAM 22 temporarily based on various display data, the display contents can be changed in an extremely short time.

It is also very easy to eliminate the display of foreign language and Japanese and display only the image for learning such as hearing.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, the language learning device according to the present invention should be displayed on the display screen on the recording medium which is the teaching material.
Image, foreign language, Japanese three types of display data are divided and recorded in advance, and the image reproduced by the data recorder, foreign language, Japanese three types of display data are divided and RAM
After temporarily storing in, the display of only the image specified by the operation input from the input means, the combined display of the image and the foreign language,
Since display data to be displayed is read from the RAM and combined and displayed depending on the display mode of either combined display of image and Japanese or combined display of image, foreign language and Japanese, multiple display is possible. It is possible to change the display contents without preparing a teaching material or requiring a waiting time for changing the display.

Therefore, even if you stumbled on a foreign language sentence or word, you can quickly display the Japanese translation to proceed with learning efficiently, or, conversely, remove all the foreign language and Japanese displays to learn the hearing. In addition, various learning forms can be dealt with, such as checking whether or not the example sentence is memorized.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a system configuration diagram showing an example of a language learning device of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block configuration diagram of the device. In the drawings, 1 is a language learning device, 2 is a personal computer (personal computer) that constitutes a control unit, 3 is a keyboard that is an input unit, 4 is a CRT monitor TV, 5 is a cassette tape as a recording medium, and 6 is data. Recorder,
8 is an adapter, 9 is an OS-ROM cartridge, 21 is a cassette interface (cassette I / F), 22 is R
AM, 24 is an expansion slot, 25 is a CRT interface (CRT I / F), and 26 is a keyboard interface (KB I / F).

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A device for advancing learning of a foreign language while a learner operates input means according to a learning program to interact with the display screen, wherein three types of image, foreign language, and Japanese should be displayed on the display screen. The recording medium in which the display data of is recorded in advance is recorded, the data recorder for reproducing the recording medium, and the three types of display data of the image, the foreign language, and the Japanese reproduced by the data recorder are divided. And temporarily store it in RAM and display only the image designated by the operation input from the input means, composite display of image and foreign language, composite display of image and Japanese, composite display of image and foreign language and Japanese. According to any one of the display modes, the display data to be displayed is read from the RAM, combined, and displayed. A language learning device characterized by and.