WO2019112280A1

WO2019112280A1 - Audio file generating/playing device and method for foreign language listening comprehension

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Publication number: WO2019112280A1
Application number: PCT/KR2018/015221
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김세원
Original assignee: 김세원
Priority date: 2017-12-04
Filing date: 2018-12-04
Publication date: 2019-06-13
Also published as: KR101999989B1; KR20190065683A

Abstract

An audio file generating/playing device and method for foreign language listening comprehension are disclosed. The device comprises: an audio file storage module for storing an audio file created in a foreign language voice; an augmented audio file generation module for generating an augmented audio file by designating an enhance trigger at a corresponding playing point or playing region such that a word to be concentratedly heard or a chunk to be concentratedly heard in the foreign language voice stored in the audio file storage module can be emphatically outputted; and an augmented audio file playing module for emphatically outputting, in the augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generation module, the word to be concentratedly heard or the chunk to be concentratedly heard in the playing point or the playing region in which the enhance trigger is designated. According to the audio file generating/playing device and method for foreign language listening comprehension, when a specific word or chunk not easily heard is outputted from a foreign language audio file, the word or the chunk is outputted by being amplified such that a listener can concentratedly listen to the corresponding word or chunk, a pre-trigger is inserted therein or a play speed is adjusted, and thus listening comprehension skills for a word to be concentratedly heard or a chunk to be concentratedly heard can be increased.

Description

Apparatus and method for audio file creation / playback for learning foreign language listening

The present invention relates to an audio file creation / playback apparatus and method, and more particularly, to an audio file creation / playback apparatus and method for foreign language listening learning.

Conventional foreign language learning systems use various methods for improving the ability to listen to foreign languages.

A commonly known method is to set the repeated listening interval so that the unhearded interval is repeated infinitely. In addition to this, there are subtitle functions and vocal exercises for specific pronunciation.

However, this simple repetitive learning method has limitations.

According to the main article, the most important reason for not being able to hear foreign languages is that there are phonemes that are difficult for foreigners to understand well, and that the method of constructing syllables formed by phonemes is different from their native language.

In other words, there are foreign language syllables which can be easily listened to in the same way as the native language, and foreign language syllables which can not be easily listened in the same way as the native language.

Syllables that are not easy to hear are still not heard, and you do not know when these syllables will come out in a sentence. Therefore, it is necessary to perform intensive listening training for difficult syllables, words, chunks, and the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide an audio file creation / playback apparatus for foreign language listening learning.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an audio file creation / playback method for foreign language listening learning.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an audio file generating / reproducing apparatus for a foreign language listening learning, the apparatus comprising: an audio file storing module storing an audio file composed of a foreign language voice; An enhancement audio file is generated by designating an enhancement trigger in a corresponding playback point or a playback area so as to emphasize and output an intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk stored in the audio file storage module Augmented audio file generation module; And an augmented audio file reproducing module for emphasizing and outputting an intensive listening target word or an intensified listening target chunk in a reproducing point or a reproducing area in which an emphasis trigger is designated in the augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generating module .

Here, the augmented audio file generation module may be configured to generate, in the augmented audio file, an effect sound of a predetermined frequency for enhancing the concentration of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk just before the playback of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk And to designate a pre-trigger to be output.

The audio file reproduction module may be configured to output the effect sound immediately before the intensively targeted word or the intensified target chunks to which the pre-trigger is assigned in the augmented audio file.

The emphasis trigger designating module outputs the output amplitude of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk higher than the average output amplitude in the augmented audio file so as to increase the concentration power on the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > Trigger < / RTI >

The audio file reproducing module may be configured to output the output amplitude of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk having the amplification trigger specified in the augmented audio file higher than the average output amplitude.

On the other hand, the trigger designation module may be configured so that the playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in the augmented audio file is slower or faster than the playback speed of other words or chunks of the sentence, It may be configured to specify a playback rate control trigger to more clearly listen to the sound of the target chunk.

The audio file reproducing module is configured to output the playback speed of the roof listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in which the playback speed adjustment trigger is specified in the augmented audio file by adding or subtracting the playback speed of the other words or chunks of the sentence .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an audio file creation / playback method for a foreign language listening learning, the method comprising the steps of: generating a strengthening audio file by using a concentrated target word or an intensified target chunk, Generating an enhancement audio file by designating an enhancement trigger on the playback point or the playback area so that the enhanced audio file can be output; And the enhancing audio file reproducing module is configured to emphasize and output intensive listening target words or intensive listening target chunks of the reproducing point or the reproducing area designated by the highlight trigger in the augmented audio file generated by the augmenting audio file generating module .

Herein, the enhancement audio file generation module may perform enhancement triggering to the corresponding playback point or the playback area so that the concentrated audio file intensively stored in the audio file storage module can be highlighted and output, Quot;), the step of generating an augmented audio file includes the steps of: before the reproduction of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in the augmented audio file, And to generate a pre-trigger to output the effect sound.

The step of the enhancing audio file reproducing module emphasizing and outputting an intensive listening target chunk or an intensive listening target chunk of a reproduction point or a reproduction area designated by an emphasis trigger in the augmented audio file may be performed by the emphasis trigger designating module, May be configured to output the corresponding effect sound immediately before the designated intensified listener word or the intensified listener chunk.

In order to emphasize and output the intensive listening target words or intensive listening target chunks of foreign language speech stored in advance in the audio file storage module, the enhancement audio file generation module generates an enhancement trigger ) To generate an augmented audio file includes outputting the output amplitude of the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunk higher than the average output amplitude in the augmented audio file and outputting the intensive listening target file or the intensive listening target chunk And may be configured to generate an amplification trigger to increase concentration.

And the enhancing audio file reproducing module emphasizing and outputting an intensive listening target word or an intensified listening target chunk of the reproducing point or the reproducing area designated by the emphasis trigger in the augmented audio file generated by the augmenting audio file generating module, The amplification trigger in the enhancement audio file may be configured to output the output amplitude of the designated intensified target word or the intensified target chunk higher than the average output amplitude.

On the other hand, when the enhancement audio file generation module generates a highlight trigger (enhance) in the corresponding playback point or playback area so as to emphasize and output intensive listening target words or intensive listening target chunks pre- Trigger), the step of generating the augmented audio file comprises the step of reproducing the playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk by adding or subtracting the playback speed of the other words or chunks in the augmented audio file, To generate a playback speed adjustment trigger that increases the listening performance for the intensively received word or the intensified hearing chunk.

The step of enhancing and outputting the concentrated listening target chunk or the intensive listening target chunk of the playback file point or the playback area in which the emphasis trigger is designated in the augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generating module by the augmented audio file reproducing module, The playback speed adjustment trigger in the enhancement audio file may be configured to adjust and output the playback speed of the designated intensive listening target word or the intensified listening target chunk.

According to the audio file generating / reproducing apparatus and method for learning the foreign language listening, when a specific word or chunk that is difficult to hear in a foreign language audio file is output, the listener can concentrate on the word or chunk The pre-trigger is inserted, or the reproduction speed is adjusted. Thus, there is an effect that the listening power of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk can be enhanced.

1 is a block diagram of an audio file generating / reproducing apparatus for foreign language listening learning according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2 is an exemplary diagram of a word / chunk pre-trigger / amplification trigger in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

3 is an exemplary diagram of a word / chunk playback rate adjustment trigger in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

4 is a flowchart of an audio file creation / playback method for foreign language listening learning according to an embodiment of the present invention.

While the invention is susceptible to various modifications and alternative forms, specific embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the drawings and will herein be described in detail to the concrete inventive concept. It should be understood, however, that the invention is not intended to be limited to the particular embodiments, but includes all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the spirit and scope of the invention. Like reference numerals are used for like elements in describing each drawing.

The terms first, second, A, B, etc. may be used to describe various elements, but the elements should not be limited by the terms. The terms are used only for the purpose of distinguishing one component from another. For example, without departing from the scope of the present invention, the first component may be referred to as a second component, and similarly, the second component may also be referred to as a first component. And / or < / RTI > includes any combination of a plurality of related listed items or any of a plurality of related listed items.

It is to be understood that when an element is referred to as being "connected" or "connected" to another element, it may be directly connected or connected to the other element, . On the other hand, when an element is referred to as being "directly connected" or "directly connected" to another element, it should be understood that there are no other elements in between.

The terminology used in this application is used only to describe a specific embodiment and is not intended to limit the invention. The singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like are used to specify that there is a feature, a number, a step, an operation, an element, a component or a combination thereof described in the specification, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram of an audio file generating / reproducing apparatus for foreign language listening learning according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a word / chunk pre-trigger / amplification trigger according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is an exemplary diagram illustrating a word / chunk playback rate control trigger according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1, an audio file generating / reproducing apparatus 100 for audiovisual listening learning according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an audio file storage module 110, an augmented audio file generation module 120, A storage module 130, and an augmented audio file reproduction module 140. [

The audio file generating / reproducing apparatus 100 for learning the foreign language listening is configured to emphasize a foreign language word or a foreign language chunk having a syllable structure which is difficult to be compared with a native language in a foreign language audio file or a foreign language video file.

Thus, a listener listening to a foreign language can increase the concentration of listening to the foreign language words or foreign language chunks, thereby improving the concentration and enhancing the listening ability.

Hereinafter, the detailed configuration will be described.

The audio file storage module 110 may be configured to store an audio file composed of a foreign language voice. In addition to audio files, video files with foreign language audio can also be stored.

The augmented audio file generation module 120 uses an audio file stored in the audio file storage module 110 to perform an enhancement trigger on an intensively targeted word or an intensified target chunk in a foreign language voice of the audio file, And these enhancement triggers can generate the augmented audio file specified.

The enhancement audio file generation module 120 emphasizes and outputs the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunks to increase the listening power. The enhanced audio file generation module 120 enhances the emphasis trigger to the playback start point of the focused listening word or the intensive listening target chunk, . &Lt; / RTI >

An intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk is a word or a chunk having syllables, phonemes, and the like which are difficult to pronounce or listen by the mother tongue pronunciation. A chunk can contain syllables or phonemes that are difficult to pronounce or listen to even by the pacing of two or more words.

For example, in English, there are phonemes that are difficult to distinguish in non-English speaking languages such as L and R, F and P. This is different from Korean or Japanese syllable forms. Therefore, it is not easy to clearly distinguish LOAD, ROAD, FACE and PACE.

In English, the phonetic symbol ∂ is pronounced very weakly when there is no accent. When you encounter other phonemes, it is one of the most difficult to hear mutations. The words COULD, ABOUT, CHILDREN, and POLICE that contain such phonemes can be potential candidates for intensive listening words or intensive listening chunks.

The highlight trigger may be a pre-trigger, an amplification trigger, a playback rate control trigger, or the like.

The pre-trigger is inserted at a point in time before the playback of the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunk in the enhancement audio file, the amplification trigger is set in the playback area of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk, Can also be set in the playback area of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk.

The augmented audio file storage module 130 may store the augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generation module 120. [

The augmented audio file reproduction module 140 may be configured to reproduce and output the augmented audio file stored in the augmented audio file storage module 130. [

Here, the audio file storage module 110, the augmented audio file generation module 120, and the augmented audio file storage module 130 may be provided in a server (not shown), and the augmented audio file playback module 140 may include a user or a listener And can be provided in the terminal. In this case, the user terminal may be configured to download the augmented audio file stored in the augmented audio file storage module 130 of the server.

The augmented audio file reproduction module 140 may be configured to emphasize and output intensive target words or intensified target chunks of the playback point or the playback area in which the emphasis trigger is specified in the augmented audio file.

When the pre-trigger is inserted, the augmented audio file reproducing module 140 may be configured to output a specific effect sound immediately before the pre-trigger insertion time, that is, the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk. This effect sound is then used to remind the listener that the intensive listening target word or the intensified listening target chunk is output, and the listener hears more concentratedly by the effect sound.

The pre-trigger can be an effect sound with a certain frequency. These specific frequencies can instantaneously stimulate the activity of the brain, thereby enhancing tension and concentration. According to the academic theory of cognitive brain science, the effect sound improves the learning efficiency of the learners, and the timing of increasing the concentration and memory can be effect sound of 10-20 Hz.

However, since this frequency is outside the human audible frequency range, it can be configured to generate by applying the binaural beat technique to the effect sound.

On the other hand, the amplification trigger may be configured to limit the amplitudes or sizes of the intensive listening target words or the intensified listening target chunks to 120% of the average amplitude and to limit the maximum amplitude to 30 Db or less. That is, in a specific word or chunk, it is possible to improve the listening concentration by outputting it larger than other words in the sentence. FIG. 2 illustrates an augmented audio file to which a pre-trigger or an amplification trigger is applied.

On the other hand, the playback speed adjustment trigger is set so that the playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk is set to a lower ratio than the playback speed of other words in the sentence. Thus, the hearing ability of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk can be enhanced. FIG. 3 illustrates an augmented audio file for outputting a variety of playback speeds.

4, the enhancement audio file generation module 120 may enhance the audio file storage module 110 to emphasize and output intensive listening target words or intensive listening target chunks stored in advance in the audio file storage module 110, Or an enhancement trigger is assigned to the reproduction area to generate an augmented audio file (S101).

Here, the augmented audio file generation module 120 generates an effect audio of a predetermined frequency for enhancing concentration on the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk just before the playback of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in the augmented audio file And to designate a pre-trigger to be output.

The augmented audio file generation module 120 outputs the output amplitude of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk higher than the average output amplitude in the augmented audio file so as to increase the concentration of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > Trigger < / RTI >

Also, the augmented audio file generation module 120 compares the playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk with the average speed of the other part of the sentence in the augmented audio file, It may be configured to specify a playback rate adjustment trigger to increase the focus on the target chunks

Next, the augmented audio file reproducing module 120 emphasizes the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunk in the playback point or the playback area designated by the emphasis trigger in the augmented audio file (S102).

Here, the augmented audio file reproduction module 130 may be configured to output the corresponding effect sound immediately before the intensively targeted word or the intensified target chunk in which the pre-trigger is designated in the augmented audio file.

The augmented audio file reproducing module 120 may be configured to output the output amplitude of the intensive listening target word or the intensified listening target chunk higher than the average output amplitude in the augmented audio file.

Also, the augmented audio file reproducing module 120 may be configured to add and output a playback speed of a focused listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk in which the playback speed adjustment trigger is designated in the augmented audio file.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the following claims. There will be.

Claims

An audio file storage module for storing an audio file composed of a foreign language voice;

An enhancement audio file is generated by designating an enhancement trigger in a corresponding playback point or a playback area so as to emphasize and output an intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk stored in the audio file storage module Augmented audio file generation module;

And an augmented audio file playback module for emphasizing and outputting an intensively targeted word or intensive listening target chunks of a playback point or a playback area designated by an emphasis trigger in the augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generation module, Audio file creation / playback device.
2. The apparatus of claim 1,

A pre-trigger for outputting an effect sound of a predetermined frequency for increasing the concentration of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunks immediately before the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk is reproduced from the augmented audio file, ) To the audio file generating / reproducing apparatus for foreign language listening learning.
3. The audio player according to claim 2,

Wherein the pre-trigger is configured to output the corresponding effect sound immediately before the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in the augmented audio file.
2. The apparatus of claim 1,

The output amplitude of an intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk is output with an output amplitude higher than an average output amplitude in the augmented audio file so as to designate an amplification trigger for enhancing concentration on the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunk Audio file creation / playback device for learning foreign language learning.
5. The audio player according to claim 4,

Wherein the audio file generating / reproducing device is configured to output the output amplitude of the intensive listening target word or the intensified listening target chunk higher than the average output amplitude in the augmented audio file.
2. The apparatus of claim 1,

The playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunks is compared with the average playback speed of other words or chunks of the sentence in the augmented audio file to output it slowly or rapidly so that the listening intention word or listening intention chunk And a playback speed adjustment trigger for increasing a playback speed of the audio file.
7. The audio player according to claim 6,

Wherein the playback speed adjusting trigger is configured to output the playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in the enhancement audio file in a manner that the playback speed is adjusted or decreased in comparison with the average speed of the other portions of the sentence. File creation / playback device.
An enhancement audio file generation module designates an enhancement trigger to a corresponding playback point or a playback area so as to emphasize a focused target word or an intensive target chunk stored in an audio file storage module in advance Generating an augmented audio file;

The enhanced audio file reproduction module emphasizing and outputting an intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk of the reproduction point or the reproduction area designated by the emphasis trigger in the enhancing audio file generated by the enhancing audio file generating module, How to create / play audio files for learning.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the augmented audio file generation module emphasizes a focused listening word or an intensively targeted chunk of foreign language speech stored in advance in the audio file storage module so as to emphasize and output the focused listening chunk, The step of generating an augmented audio file by specifying an enhance trigger includes:

A pre-trigger for outputting an effect sound of a predetermined frequency for increasing the concentration of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunks immediately before the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk is reproduced from the augmented audio file, ) Of the audio file for the foreign language listening learning.
The audio reproducing apparatus of claim 9, wherein the augmented audio file reproducing module emphasizes an intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk of a playback point or a playback region designated by an emphasis trigger in an augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generating module Lt; / RTI >

Wherein the pre-trigger is configured to output the corresponding effect sound immediately before the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunk in the augmented audio file.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the augmented audio file generation module emphasizes a focused listening word or an intensively targeted chunk of foreign language speech stored in advance in the audio file storage module so as to emphasize and output the focused listening chunk, The step of generating an augmented audio file by specifying an enhance trigger includes:

The output amplitude of an intensive listening target word or an intensive listening target chunk is output with an output amplitude higher than an average output amplitude in the augmented audio file so as to designate an amplification trigger for enhancing concentration on the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunk A method for generating / reproducing an audio file for learning to listen to a foreign language.
12. The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the augmented audio file reproducing module emphasizes an intensive listening target word or an intensified listening target chunk in a playback point or a playback region designated by an emphasis trigger in an augmented audio file generated by the augmented audio file generating module Lt; / RTI >

And output the amplitude of the intensive listening target word or the concentrated listening target chunk higher than the average output amplitude in the enhancement audio file.
9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the augmented audio file generation module emphasizes a focused listening word or an intensively targeted chunk of foreign language speech stored in advance in the audio file storage module so as to emphasize and output the focused listening chunk, The step of generating an augmented audio file by specifying an enhance trigger includes:

The playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunks is slower or faster than the other partial average speed of the sentence in the augmented audio file to enhance the listening performance of the intensive listening target word or intensive listening target chunk And a rate control trigger is set for the audio file.
14. The audio reproducing apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the augmented audio file reproducing module emphasizes an intensive listening target word or an intensified listening target chunk of a reproducing point or a reproducing region designated by an emphasis trigger in an augmented audio file generated by the augmenting audio file generating module Lt; / RTI >

Wherein the playback speed adjusting trigger in the augmented audio file is configured to output the playback speed of the intensive listening target word or the intensive listening target chunki slower or faster than the average speed of the other part of the sentence How to create / play audio files.