JP5233003B2 - Learning support device and learning support program - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a learning support apparatus and a learning support program, and in particular, performs at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of words and sentences in a predetermined language. The present invention relates to a learning support apparatus and a learning support program for learning a predetermined language by a flash card method.

An example of this type of learning support apparatus is disclosed in Patent Document 1. The learning support device disclosed in Patent Document 1 is a device for learning English words by a so-called flash card method, and a semantic image indicating the meaning of English words is displayed on a display device for 1 second, and then English. A character image indicating the character of the word is displayed on the display device for only one second. Then, the voice of the English word is output during 2 seconds when the semantic image and the character image are displayed.
JP-A-2005-292215 [G09B 5/06, G09B 19/06]

  However, in the learning support device of Patent Document 1, it is considered that the voice of the English word output together with the semantic image and the character image is a voice uttered by one person. Therefore, while there is a merit that you can learn by listening to an excellent example by a specific person, learners who learn with this learning support device learn only by listening to the sound uttered by a specific person, so a specific person There is a problem that the voices of various people who are heard in real life cannot be heard well.

  Therefore, a main object of the present invention is to provide a novel learning support apparatus and a learning support program.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide a learning support device and a learning support program that can cope with a variety of voices uttered by various people in real life without being affected by the utterance of a specific person. Is to provide.

  The present invention employs the following configuration in order to solve the above problems. The reference numerals in parentheses, supplementary explanations, and the like indicate correspondence relationships with embodiments described later to help understanding of the present invention, and do not limit the present invention in any way.

The first invention flashes learning of a predetermined language by performing at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of voice information related to at least one of a word and a sentence of the predetermined language. A learning support apparatus for performing in a card system, wherein storage means for storing speech information of words and sentences by a plurality of speakers, first determination means for determining words or sentences to be learned, and first determination means are determined For each word or sentence, second decision means for selectively deciding one speaker from among a plurality of speaker, and the second decision means determined by the second decision means from the speech information stored in the storage means specifying means 1 determining means identifies a voice information of a word or sentence determined, output means for outputting audio information is specifying means specified, the size of the voice uttered learners in relation to the output of the output means A second output means for outputting at least one of a predetermined text and the predetermined sound but based on the determination result of the determining means, and determination means for determining whether or not reached a threshold, a learning support system.

In the first invention, the learning support device (10) performs at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence in a predetermined language. To learn a predetermined language by a flash card method. In this learning support apparatus, the storage means (103) stores voice information of words and sentences by a plurality of speakers. Further, the first determining means (100, S1) determines a word or sentence to be learned, and the second determining means (100, S9) includes a plurality of speakers for each word or sentence determined by the first determining means. And the specifying means (100, S11) selects the word determined by the first determination means by the speaker determined by the second determination means from the speech information stored in the storage means or Identify the speech information of the sentence. Then, the output means (100, 105, S13) outputs the voice information specified by the specifying means , and the judgment means (100) reaches the threshold value of the voice uttered by the learner in relation to the output of the output means. The second output means (100, 105, 106) outputs at least one of a predetermined text and a predetermined voice based on the determination result of the determination means . Preferably, the second output means outputs at least one of the predetermined text and the predetermined sound when the number of times that the voice uttered by the learner exceeds the threshold value is equal to or greater than the predetermined number.

According to the first invention, when learning a language by the flash card method, a voice of a word or sentence uttered by, for example, a randomly determined speaker is output, so that the learner is specified. This makes it possible to respond well to voices uttered by various people in real life without being affected by the habits of utterances. In addition, since the predetermined text or voice is output when the learner's voice is loud, speech with a loud voice can be encouraged.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, learning of a predetermined language is flashed by performing at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence of the predetermined language. The processor of the learning support apparatus for performing the card method is selected from a plurality of speakers for each word or sentence determined in (a) a step of determining a word or sentence to be learned, and (b) step (a). (C) a step (a) by the speaker determined in step (b) stored in the voice information storage means storing voice information of words and sentences by each speaker; ) Identifying voice information of the word or sentence determined in ( d) , ( d) outputting voice information identified in step (c) , (e) outputting in step (d) Determining whether or not the loudness of the voice of the learner in relation to the force has reached a threshold; and (f) the predetermined text and the predetermined voice based on the determination result in step (e) It is a learning support program for executing a step of outputting at least one .

In the second invention, the learning support program (109) performs at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of words and sentences in a predetermined language. For a processor of a learning support apparatus for performing learning of a predetermined language by a flash card method, (a) determining a word or sentence to be learned (S1), (b) for each word or sentence determined in step (a) Step (S9) for selectively determining one speaker from among a plurality of speakers, (c) stored in a speech information storage means storing speech information of words and sentences by each of the speakers. step (b) identifying the determined voice information of a word or sentence in step (a) according to the determined speaker in (S11), JP in step (d) (c) Step (S13) for outputting the voice information, the step determines whether or not reached a threshold magnitude of the uttered voice of the student in relation to the output in step (e) (d), and (f ) A step of outputting at least one of a predetermined text and a predetermined voice is executed based on the determination result in step (e) .

According to the second invention, when learning a language by the flash card method, a voice of a word or sentence uttered by, for example, a randomly determined speaker is output, so that the learner is specified. This makes it possible to respond well to voices uttered by various people in real life without being affected by the habits of utterances. In addition, since the predetermined text or voice is output when the learner's voice is loud, speech with a loud voice can be encouraged.

The third invention is a recording medium readable recorded computer learning support program according to the second aspect of the present invention.

  In the third invention, a learning support program is recorded on a computer-readable recording medium.

  According to the third aspect, the computer can read the learning support program.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention , learning of a predetermined language is flashed by performing at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence of the predetermined language. A learning support apparatus for performing in a card system, wherein storage means for storing speech information of words and sentences by a plurality of speakers, first determination means for determining words or sentences to be learned, and first determination means are determined For each word or sentence, second decision means for selectively deciding one speaker from among a plurality of speaker, and the second decision means determined by the second decision means from the speech information stored in the storage means 1 is provided with specifying means for specifying the speech information of the word or sentence determined by the determining means, and output means for outputting the speech information specified by the specifying means. The first determining means is the first in the first stage. A word or sentence belonging to the first set, and in the second stage, a word or sentence belonging to the second set that is a combination of the first set is selected. Either the same speaker is determined from multiple speakers for a word or sentence, or one speaker is selected selectively from multiple speakers for each word or sentence. It is a learning support device that makes a decision .

In the fourth invention, the learning support device (10) performs at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence in a predetermined language. To learn a predetermined language by a flash card method. In this learning support apparatus, the storage means (103) stores voice information of words and sentences by a plurality of speakers. Further, the first determining means (100, S1) determines a word or sentence to be learned, and the second determining means (100, S9) includes a plurality of speakers for each word or sentence determined by the first determining means. And the specifying means (100, S11) selects the word determined by the first determination means by the speaker determined by the second determination means from the speech information stored in the storage means or The voice information of the sentence is specified, and the output means (100, 105, S13) outputs the voice information specified by the specifying means. The first determining means selects a word or sentence belonging to the first set in the first stage, selects a word or sentence belonging to the second set that is a combination of the first set in the second stage, and the second determining means includes: For each first and second set, determine the same speaker from multiple speakers for all words or sentences, or select one speaker from multiple speakers for each word or sentence The decision is made by any one of the following patterns.
According to the fourth aspect of the invention, when learning a language by the flash card method, since the voice of a different speaker is output for each card, the learner is not affected by the habit of utterance of a specific person, You will be able to cope with the voices of various people you hear. In addition, since the words or sentences to be learned are determined from the first set in the first stage and from the second set in which the first set is combined in the second stage, the learning target can be narrowed down and diversified, Either the same speaker is determined for all words or sentences for each of the first and second sets, or one speaker is selectively determined from a plurality of speakers for each word or sentence. Since the determination pattern of the speaker can be changed depending on the learning target, effective learning can be performed.

  According to the present invention, the learner is not affected by the habit of utterance of a specific person, and can cope with voices uttered by various persons in real life.

  The above object, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of embodiments with reference to the drawings.

  Referring to FIG. 1, a learning support apparatus 10 of this embodiment is realized by a personal computer 10 (hereinafter referred to as “PC 10”) in which a learning support program 109 (see FIG. 2) is installed. Note that the learning support program 109 may be installed in the PC 10 by reading a CD-ROM 1000 or the like as a recording medium on which the learning support program 109 is recorded on a tray of a CD-ROM drive (not shown) of the PC 10. it can. However, the recording medium for recording the learning support program 109 is not limited to a CD-ROM, and any recording medium that can record the learning support program 109 and can be read by the PC 10, such as a DVD-ROM or a USB memory. It doesn't matter.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the learning support device 10 is installed in a classroom such as a school or a cram school, and is used to support language learning by a group of students belonging to the class. The learning support device 10 can also be used to support one person's learning.

  The learning support device 10 can learn English words by a so-called flash card method. And in the flash card system implemented by this learning support apparatus 10, when outputting the reading of the English word by voice, the voice uttered by a different person selectively determined for each English word, that is, for each card. Can be output. Note that you can also choose to output the readings of English words on all cards with the voice of a specific person.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a large-screen television monitor 11 is connected to a PC 10 that implements the learning support apparatus 10, and a microphone 12 for picking up students' voices is also connected. The same content as the monitor 106 attached to the PC 10 is displayed on the television monitor 11.

  The PC 10 is a general personal computer, and is configured as shown in FIG. As illustrated, the PC 10 includes a CPU 100, a RAM 101, a ROM 102, an HDD (Hard Disk Drive) 103, a video output I / F 104, an audio input / output I / F 105, a monitor 106, a keyboard 107, a mouse 108, and the like.

  The video output I / F 104 is an interface for outputting the same video as the video displayed on the monitor 106 to the television monitor 11. The audio input / output I / F 105 outputs a sound signal generated by the PC 10 to a speaker (not shown) attached to the TV monitor 11 or inputs a sound signal picked up by the microphone 12 to the PC 10. Is for.

  In addition to the OS (Operating System), the HDD 103 stores a learning support program 109 for operating the PC 10 as the learning support apparatus 10. Also, the HDD 103 stores a voice information DB (Data Base) 110 that stores voice information recording voices uttered by a plurality of persons for each reading of a plurality of English words.

  Further, the HDD 103 stores a card information DB 111 that stores information about cards for flash display and learning English words. Here, the card information is information other than the voice information stored in the voice information DB 110 about the card, and the article indicated by the English word, including the card category information and the information of the folder in which the card is registered. Image information, English text information, Japanese translation text information, and so on. The text information of the English words and the text information of the Japanese translation of the English words may be text data or image data indicating the text.

  Also, the HDD 103 stores a user information DB 112 that stores information for managing users who use the learning support apparatus 10 and information generated by user use. The user here is, for example, a school teacher or a cram school lecturer. The user information DB 112 can store, for each teacher or instructor, information on the flash card used for the class in charge of the teacher or instructor or information on the learning result using the flash card.

  In a learning support program 109 (hereinafter referred to as “flash expert”) that causes the PC 10 to function as the learning support apparatus 10, stage 1 learning and stage 2 learning are prepared. In stage 1 learning, flash card learning can be performed using a set of ready-made cards (hereinafter referred to as “built-in set”). In stage 2 learning, flash card type learning can be performed using an original card set created by combining built-in sets (hereinafter referred to as “original set”). In stage 2, an original set created by combining several built-in sets is used, but only a desired card may be extracted from the built-in set to create an original set.

  In the flash expert, when the cards included in the built-in set or the original set are displayed by flashing in the learning of the stage 1 and the learning of the stage 2, the voice of the English word is output along with the display of the card. In this case, either the voice uttered by the same person for all the cards included in the built-in set or the original set as described above is output, or the voice uttered by a different person for each card is randomly output. The utterance pattern can be selected.

  In order to use the flash expert, a user ID and password set for each user are input to log in. The user ID and password input by the user are collated with the user ID and password stored in the user information DB 112. A teacher or the like selects a class to perform learning on a screen (not shown) on which a list of classes displayed on the monitor 106 by logging in.

  When a class is selected, a setting screen 200 as shown in FIG. 3 is displayed on the monitor 106 of the PC 10. The setting screen 200 is also displayed on the large-screen television monitor 11 arranged in front of the students. In the following, the same information as the monitor 106 is displayed on the television monitor 11. However, the teacher can operate the PC 10 to instruct whether or not to display the information displayed on the monitor 106 on the television monitor 11.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the setting screen 200 includes a central main display unit 201, a folder display unit 202 provided on the left side of the main display unit 201, and a condition display unit 203 provided on the right side of the main display unit 201. It has become. As shown in FIG. 3, in the initial state immediately after the setting screen 200 is displayed, only the message “Please select a card set to be flashed from the card folder” is displayed on the main display unit 201. Yes. Also, nothing is displayed on the condition display unit 203. On the other hand, the folder display unit 202 displays a list of folders storing a set of cards for learning by flash display. Folders are divided into three categories: “Basic English”, “Plural”, and “Original”.

  The categories of “Basic English” are “Daily life”, “Food and drink”, “School life”, “People”, “Nature”, “Form”, “Alphabet”, “Number”, “Time calendar” , The upper layer folder of "World Place Names" is included. Each upper folder includes several lower folders. For example, the upper folder of “food / drink” includes lower folders of “fruit STEP 1”, “fruit STEP 2”, “vegetable STEP 1”, and “vegetable STEP 2”. A set of cards (that is, “built-in set”) is stored in this lower folder.

  The “plural” category includes upper folders for “daily life”, “food / drinks”, “school life”, “people”, and “nature”.

  In the example of FIG. 3, the “original” category includes a lower folder “food”. In this “original” category, teachers can freely create lower level folders. In other words, teachers can freely create a set of cards by combining the built-in sets stored in the lower folder included in the category of “basic English words” and “plural”, , “Original set”) can be stored in the lower folder created in the “original” category with a name such as “food”.

  As described above, stage 1 learning can be performed using the built-in set, and stage 2 learning can be performed using the original set.

  The learning in stage 1 is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. First, in the procedure 1a, a lower layer folder is selected. That is, a lower folder is selected and a set of cards to be flashed (built-in set) is designated.

  In procedure 1b, the display method of the card contained in the designated built-in set is selected. Here, the selection of the card display method means whether or not to display the back side of the card, whether to display the image of the article indicated by the English word, or the text of the English word when the card is displayed in flash. Or not, whether or not to display the Japanese translation of the English word, and whether or not to output the English word voice.

  In procedure 1c, an utterance pattern is selected. That is, as described above, for all cards included in the built-in set, whether the voice uttered by the same person is output (fixed), or the voice uttered by a different person for each card is output randomly (random) ) Is selected.

  In step 1d, the flash method is selected. In selecting the flash method, the order of cards to be flashed and displayed is selected. Specifically, it is possible to select display from the top in order, display from the back in order, or display at random. In the selection of the flash method, a trigger for displaying the next card is selected. In other words, when the previous card is displayed and the specified time has elapsed, the next card (or the back of the card) is displayed, or when the screen is clicked with the mouse, the next card (or the back of the card) is displayed. For example, it is displayed.

  In step 1e, according to the conditions determined in steps 1a to 1d, the cards included in the built-in set are flash-displayed to perform stage 1 learning. At this time, the teacher can register a card to be reviewed later by performing a predetermined operation while the card is displayed.

  In procedure 1f, the teacher makes a pass judgment for learning of stage 1 by flash display in procedure 1e.

  In step 1g, the card registered in the review list in step 1e is flash-displayed for review. Also in this review, the card to be reviewed can be registered in the review list. The review list is reset every time the review is started, and the review can be repeated until there is no card newly registered in the review list.

  Note that the procedure in FIG. 4 is an example. For example, each selection from the procedure 1a to the procedure 1d may be performed in an arbitrary order, not limited to the order in the example in FIG.

  The learning in stage 2 is performed according to the procedure shown in FIG. That is, first, in step 2a, an original set is created and an original set is selected. When learning is performed using an original set that has already been created and registered, the registered original set may be selected without creating the original set.

  In procedure 2b, a display method of cards included in the designated original set is selected. The selection of the card display method here means that, as described above, when displaying the card, whether to display the back side of the card, whether to display the image of the article indicated by the English word, Is to select whether to display the Japanese text, whether to display the Japanese translation of the English word, and whether to output the voice of the English word.

  In procedure 2c, an utterance pattern is selected. That is, as described above, for all cards included in the built-in set, whether the voice uttered by the same person is output (fixed), or the voice uttered by a different person for each card is output randomly (random) ) Is selected.

  In step 2d, the flash method is selected. In selecting the flash method, the trigger for flashing the next card is selected. In other words, when the previous card is displayed and the specified time has elapsed, the next card (or the back of the card) is displayed, or when the screen is clicked with the mouse, the next card (or the back of the card) is displayed. For example, it is displayed.

  In step 2e, a course is selected. Here, the course is a course that challenges how long you can clear all the cards included in the original set, and a course that challenges how many cards you can clear within a given time A course that challenges how many cards can be cleared continuously.

  In step 2f, according to the conditions determined in steps 2a to 2e, the cards included in the original set are flash-displayed to perform stage 2 learning. At this time, the teacher can register a card to be reviewed later by performing a predetermined operation while the card is displayed.

  In the procedure 2g, the learning result of the stage 2 by the flash display in the procedure 2f is displayed. The result displayed here is the grade (record) of the course selected in step 2e.

  In step 2h, the card registered in the review list in step 2f is flash-displayed for review. In this review, the review can be repeated until there is no card newly registered in the review list, similar to the learning in stage 1.

  The procedure in FIG. 5 is an example. For example, each selection from the procedure 2a to the procedure 2e is not limited to the order in the example in FIG.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when any lower folder is selected in the folder display unit 202, the contents of the built-in set stored in the selected lower folder are displayed on the main display unit 201 as shown in FIG. The In the example of FIG. 6, “Fruit STEP1” in the “Food / Drink” folder in the category of “Basic English” is selected.

  As shown in FIG. 6, a card list display unit 201a is provided in the center of the main display unit 201, and a list of cards included in the selected built-in set can be scrolled on the card list display unit 201a. Is displayed. In the card list display portion 201a, cards are displayed in the order in which they are displayed when the cards are flushed and displayed in order from the top. When the “card order changing button 201b” is operated, a screen for changing the order of cards (not shown) is displayed. By performing a predetermined operation on this screen, the card displayed on the card list display portion 201a is displayed. Order, that is, the order in which the cards are displayed when flashed in order can be changed.

  The condition display section 203 includes a “stage button 203a”, a “display method button 203b”, a “speech pattern button 203c”, an “order button 203d”, a “front turning button 203e”, and a “back turning button 203f”. , And “end button 203g” are displayed. The contents of conditions set by operating the buttons are displayed on the right side or the lower side of the buttons.

  The “stage button 203a” is a button for selecting stage 1 or stage 2. When the built-in set (lower folder) is selected in the folder display unit 202, stage 1 is automatically selected, and “1” indicating that fact is displayed on the right side of “stage button 203a”.

  The “display method button 203b” is a button for selecting a display method in step 1b of FIG. When this “display method button 203b” is operated, a screen (not shown) is displayed. On this screen, the display method from “A” to “O” shown in FIGS. 7 and 8 can be selected. In the display method from “A” to “H”, only the front surface of the card is displayed, and in the display method from “I” to “O”, the front surface and the back surface of the card are displayed alternately.

  In the display method “A”, the voice of the English word is output together with the image of the article indicated by the English word. In the “B” display method, an image of an article indicated by an English word is displayed. In the display method of “C”, the image of the article indicated by the English word and the text of the Japanese translation of the English word are displayed and the voice of the English word is output. In the display method of “D”, an image of an article indicated by an English word and a Japanese translation of the English word are displayed. In the display method “E”, the image of the article indicated by the English word and the text of the English word are displayed and the voice of the English word is output. In the “F” display method, the image of the article indicated by the English word and the text of the English word are displayed. In the “G” display method, text of English words is displayed. In the “H” display method, the text of the English word is displayed and the voice of the English word is output.

  In the “I” display method, the image of the article indicated by the English word is displayed on the front surface, the voice of the English word is output, and the text of the English word is displayed on the back surface. In the “J” display method, an image of an article indicated by an English word is displayed on the front surface, and an English text is displayed on the back surface. In the display method of “K”, the text of the English word is displayed on the front surface, and the image of the article indicated by the English word is displayed on the back surface. In the display method of “L”, the text of the English word is displayed on the front surface, the voice of the English word is output, and the image of the article indicated by the English word is displayed on the back surface. In the “M” display method, the sound of English words is output on the front surface, and the image of the article indicated by the English words is displayed on the back surface. In the “N” display method, the voice of the English word is output on the front surface and the text of the English word is displayed on the back surface. In the “O” display method, the voice of the English word is displayed on the front surface, and the image of the article indicated by the English word and the text of the English word are displayed on the back surface.

  The teacher can select a display method by selecting one of the radio buttons 300 provided beside each alphabet of “A” to “O” in FIGS. 7 and 8. Then, an alphabet indicating the selected display method is displayed on the right side of the “display method button 203b”, and an image indicating the selected display method is displayed below the “display method button 203b”.

  In addition, on the screen for selecting the display method in FIGS. 7 and 8, a check box 301 and a check box 302 are provided. A check box 301 is for designating a flashlight mode when the card is displayed in flash. In the flashlight mode, when an image of an article indicated by an English word is displayed on the surface of the card in display methods “A” to “O”, as shown in FIG. In this example, a part of an apple) is illuminated with a spot of a flashlight that moves in the dark, and the student guesses the article indicated by the English word. On the other hand, the check box 302 is for designating that when the text of the Japanese translation of the English word displayed on the surface of the card is a kanji, the ruby is displayed on the upper part of the kanji.

  The “speech pattern button 203c” is a button for selecting a utterance pattern in the procedure 1c of FIG. When this “speech pattern button 203c” is operated, a screen (not shown) is displayed. By performing a predetermined operation on this screen, it is possible to select whether the speech pattern is random or fixed.

  If random is selected, for each card, child (male), child (female), boy (male), boy (female), youth (male), youth (female), middle-aged (male), A speaker is selected at random from middle-aged (female), old-aged (male), and old-aged (female), and voice is output. If fixed is selected, child (male), child (female), boy (male), boy (female), youth (male), youth (female), middle-aged (male), middle-aged (female) ), The voice of the speaker selected from the old age (male) and the old age (female). In this example, the speaker is distinguished by age, but instead of this, the speaker may be distinguished by the place of birth or the like.

  The “order button 203d”, “front turning button 203e”, and “back turning button 203f” are buttons for selecting the flash method in step 1d of FIG. When any one of the “order button 203d”, “front turning button 203e”, and “back side turning button 203f” is operated, a screen as shown in FIG. 10 is displayed. You can select how to turn and how to turn the back of the card.

  As shown in FIG. 10, the order of turning over the cards can be selected from “in order from the top”, “in order from the back”, and “randomly”. Also, select how to turn the card surface from “click”, “automatic (slow)”, “automatic (normal)”, “automatic (fast)”, or “automatic (speed designation)”. Can do. When “click” is selected, the surface of the card can be turned by, for example, the teacher clicking the screen on which the card is displayed.

  If any of “automatic” is selected, the card surface can be turned when a predetermined time has elapsed since the card surface was displayed. And as it progresses slowly and normally, the time from when the card surface is displayed until the card surface is flipped becomes shorter. In addition, when “automatic (speed designation)” is selected, the speed at which the card surface is turned can be designated by inputting a numerical value in increments of “0.5” seconds into the input field 303. Note that turning the front side of a card means displaying the back side of the card when the back side of the card is present, and displaying the front side of the next card when the back side of the card is not present. .

  The options for turning the back side of the card are the same as the options for turning the front side of the card. Therefore, when “automatic (speed designation)” is selected, the speed at which the back side of the card is turned can be designated by inputting a numerical value in increments of “0.5” seconds into the input field 304. Note that turning the back side of a card means displaying the front side of the next card.

  Returning to FIG. 6, the flash expert can be ended by operating the “end button 203g”.

  When the “flash start button 201c” is operated, the cards included in the built-in set can be flash-displayed under the conditions set by operating the buttons 203a to 203f. In the flash display of this card, for example, when “A” is selected as the display method, as shown in FIG. 11, the article indicated by the English word of the card included in the built-in set selected in the folder display unit 202 is displayed. The image “apple” is displayed on the monitor 106 and the television monitor 11, and the voice of the English word “APPLE” is output from the speaker attached to the television monitor 11.

  The CPU 100 of the PC 10 (learning support device 10) executes processing such as voice output of English words according to the procedure shown in FIG. 12 according to the program of the flash expert.

  First, the CPU 100 of the PC 10 specifies an English word to be processed in step S1. That is, the card for flash display is specified. This English word (card) is specified by information on the built-in set selected in the folder display unit 202 of the setting screen 200 stored in the card information DB 111, and a card list display on the main display unit 201. It is determined based on the display order of the cards displayed on the section 201a and the display order of the cards selected by operating the “order button 203d” of the condition display section 203 (see FIG. 10).

  Next, in step S3, it is determined whether or not the process is an audio output process. If it is determined that the process is not an audio output process (step S3: NO), other processes such as image display and text display are performed in step S5.

  On the other hand, if it is determined that the process is an audio output (step S3: YES), it is determined in step S7 whether or not the utterance pattern setting is random. That is, it is determined whether or not the utterance pattern selected by operating the “utterance pattern button 203c” in FIG. 6 is “random”.

  If it is determined that the setting of the utterance pattern is random (step S7: YES), in step S9, one utterer is randomly determined from among the utterers of the voice information stored in the voice information DB 110, and step S11. The voice information by the speaker determined in step S9 of the English word specified in step S1 is specified from the voice information stored in the voice information DB 110.

  In step S13, sound based on the sound information specified in step S11 is output to the speaker attached to the television monitor 11 via the audio input / output I / F 105.

  Returning to step S7, if it is determined that the utterance pattern setting is not random (step S7: NO), in step S15, the English word identified in step S1 is selected by operating the "utterance pattern button 203c" in FIG. The voice information by the fixed speaker is identified from the voice information stored in the voice information DB 110.

  In step S13, sound based on the sound information specified in step S15 is output to the speaker attached to the television monitor 11 via the audio input / output I / F 105.

  In step S17, it is determined whether or not the English word is the last English word, that is, whether or not the card to be flashed is the last card, and if it is determined that the card is not the last card (step S17: NO), the process proceeds to step S1. Return. On the other hand, if it is determined that it is the last card (step S17: YES), the process is terminated.

  In this way, processing such as voice output when the card is displayed in flash is executed. When the card is displayed in flash, the program of the flash expert performs several other processes.

  For example, when a teacher operates a predetermined key on the keyboard 107 of the PC 10 while displaying a card as shown in FIG. 11, the review check box 305 provided on the display screen of FIG. 11 is checked. Can do. The information of the checked card is added to the review list and stored in the RAM 101.

  When the students look at the card as shown in FIG. 11 and say “APPLE”, the voice is picked up by the microphone 12 installed in front of the students, and the voice signal is input to the audio input / output I / O. It is given to the CPU 100 via F105. The CPU 100 determines whether or not the loudness of the voice uttered by the students has reached a predetermined threshold based on the given audio signal. For example, if the number of times the threshold value is exceeded is equal to or greater than the predetermined number, when the flash display of all the cards is finished, the text “I was able to speak loudly” is displayed on the monitor 106 and the TV monitor 11. Or output sound from a speaker attached to the TV monitor 11.

  Further, when the teacher inputs the “U” (Up) key from the keyboard 107 of the PC 10 when the card is displayed in flash, the level of the English words output from the audio input / output I / F 105 is increased. Conversely, when the “D” (Down) key is input, the sound level can be lowered.

  Further, when displaying a card accompanied by the output of the English word voice, if a teacher operates a predetermined key on the keyboard 107 of the PC 10, the key is again displayed at an arbitrary timing according to the timing of the key operation. The voice of the English word on the card can be output.

  In this way, after learning by flash display of the card using the built-in set, the teacher determines whether it passes or fails and inputs either one to the flash expert. The information on pass or fail input in this way is stored in the user information DB 112 in the teacher user ID, class ID, built-in set ID, display method ("A" to "O" (see FIGS. 7 and 8)). One of the above).

  Then, as shown in FIG. 6, when this built-in set is selected again, the pass / fail information stored in the user information DB 112 is reflected in the main display unit 201 of the setting screen 200. The In other words, if the learning by flashing the card by any of the display methods from “A” to “O” is passed, a star is displayed on the left portion of the pass / fail display portion 201d at the top of the main display portion 201. The In the right part of the acceptance / rejection display portion 201d, alphabets “A” to “O” indicating the display method are displayed, and the alphabets of the display methods that have passed are displayed with an underline, for example. In the example of FIG. 6, the display methods “A” and “C” have passed.

  After inputting the pass / fail judgment by the teacher to the flash expert, based on the review list stored in the RAM 101, only the cards with the review check can be displayed in flash for review.

  Returning to FIG. 3, when the “original creation button 202a” is operated in the folder display unit 202, an original set can be created. When this “original creation button 202a” is operated, the main display unit 201 and the condition display unit 203 of the setting screen 200 display as shown in FIG. However, in the state immediately after the “original creation button 202a” is operated, nothing is input in the name input field 201e. Also, nothing is displayed in the registration set display field 201f or the card list display portion 201g.

  When the lower layer folder (built-in set) is selected in the folder display unit 202 and the “add button 201h” having the right arrow shape is operated, the built-in set of the selected lower layer folder can be added to the original set. The name of the built-in set added to the original set is displayed in the registered set display field 201f. In the example of FIG. 13, the built-in set “fruit STEP2” is selected in the folder display unit 202, and the built-in set “fruit STEP1” has already been added to the original set.

  When the name of the built-in set displayed in the registered set display field 201f is selected and the “return button 201i” having the left arrow shape is operated, the built-in set added to the original set is displayed on the folder display unit 202. You can return to under the upper folder that is.

  The card list display portion 201g displays a scrollable list of cards included in the built-in set displayed in the registered set display field 201f. Then, when the “button 201 j for changing the card order” is operated, the order of the cards displayed on the card list display unit 201 g, that is, the order displayed when the cards are sequentially flashed and displayed can be changed. .

  When the “Set Save Button 201k” is operated, the contents of the created original set can be stored in the user information DB 112 in association with the teacher's user ID or class ID. That is, the information of the original set including the built-in set displayed in the registered set display field 201f with the name input in the name input field 201e is stored in the user information DB 112.

  When the created original set is stored in the user information DB 112 in this way, as shown in FIGS. 3, 6, and 13, the lower layer of the original set created in the “original” category of the folder display unit 202. A folder (“food” in the examples of FIGS. 3, 6, and 13) is displayed. When a lower layer folder (original set) displayed in the “original” category of the folder display unit 202 is selected, information as shown in FIG. 13 is displayed on the setting screen 200 to edit the original set. Can do.

  As shown in FIG. 13, the condition display unit 203 includes a “stage button 203a”, a “display method button 203b”, a “speech pattern button 203c”, and an “order button” as in the case of the learning in stage 1 in FIG. 203d "," front turning button 203e "," back side turning button 203f ", and" end button 203g "are displayed. When the “original creation button 202a” is operated in the folder display section 202 or when a lower layer folder (original set) displayed in the “original” category is selected, the stage 2 is automatically selected, and FIG. As shown, “2” is displayed on the right side of the “stage button 203a”.

  In the case of stage 2, a “course button 203h” is displayed at the bottom of the condition display section 203. When this “course button 203h” is operated, a screen as shown in FIG. 14 is displayed on the monitor 106 and the television monitor 11, and a course to be challenged in the stage 2 can be selected.

  Courses that can be selected include, for example, “time trial”, “30-second race”, “1-minute race”, “2-minute race”, “endurance”, etc., as shown in FIG. The “Time Trial” course is a course that challenges how long all cards in the original set can be processed (cleared). "30 seconds race" is a course that challenges how many cards can be processed (cleared) in 30 seconds, and "1 minute race" processes (cleared) how many cards in one minute. This is a course to challenge how many cards can be done, and “2 minute race” is a course to challenge how many cards can be processed (cleared) in 2 minutes. The "Endurance" course is a course that challenges how many cards can be processed in succession.

  In this way, by setting the conditions for displaying the cards in flash and operating the “flash start button 201l”, the cards included in the original set can be displayed in flash to learn English words.

  In the flash display of this card, the CPU 100 of the PC 10 executes the processing shown in the flowchart of FIG. 12 as described in the stage 1. That is, if the utterance pattern is set at random by operating the “utterance pattern button 203c”, English words uttered by different speakers for each card registered in the original set, that is, for each English word Can be output. Further, if the utterance pattern is set to be fixed, all of the cards registered in the original set, that is, all of the English words can be output in the voice uttered by a single speaker who has been set.

  Also, in the learning by flash display at stage 2, the teacher can check the review check box 305 for the cards that need to be reviewed. The processing of the voices uttered by the students using the other microphones 12 is the same as in stage 1.

  Then, when learning to flash display the cards included in the original set is completed, the monitor 106 and the television monitor 11 challenge the course selected in the stage 2 (the course set by operating the “course button 203h”). A grade (record) is displayed.

  After that, if the review list is stored in the RAM 101, the review can be performed based on the review list.

  As an implementation method of the learning of stage 1 and the learning of stage 2, for example, there are the following implementation methods. That is, first, in stage 1, learning is performed by selecting the display method “A” (see FIG. 7) (step A). At this time, the students utter the English word by imitating the voice of the output English word while watching the image of the article indicated by the English word displayed on the TV monitor 11.

  Next, in stage 1 again, the display method “B” is selected and learning is performed (step B). At this time, the students see the image of the article indicated by the English word displayed on the television monitor 11 and utter the English word of the article of the image.

  Repeat step A and step B for several built-in sets in this way, and if there are multiple built-in sets that pass, this time, create the original set by collecting the built-in sets that passed. Stage 2 learning is performed with the created original set (step C). At this time, for example, the display method can be “B” and the course can be “time trial”.

  The embodiments of the present invention are not limited to those described above, and various modifications may be made within the scope of the technical idea of the present invention. For example, in the embodiment described above, English is used for learning. However, learning is not limited to English, and other languages may be used. Moreover, learning is not limited to words but may be sentences and idioms. It doesn't matter.

FIG. 1 is an illustrative view showing a usage example of a learning support apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the configuration of a personal computer constituting the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 3 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing the learning procedure of stage 1 performed by the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the learning procedure of stage 2 performed by the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 6 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 7 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 8 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 9 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 10 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 11 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing a procedure of processing executed by the CPU of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 13 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG. FIG. 14 is an illustrative view showing one example of a display screen on the monitor and television monitor of the learning support apparatus of FIG.

Explanation of symbols

10 ... Learning support device (personal computer)
100 ... CPU
103 ... HDD
105 ... Audio input / output I / F
110 ... voice information DB
109… Learning support program

Claims (5)

In order to perform learning of the predetermined language by a flash card method by performing at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence of the predetermined language A learning support device,
Storage means for storing voice information of words and sentences by a plurality of speakers;
First determining means for determining a word or sentence to be learned;
Second determination means for selectively determining one speaker from the plurality of speaker for each word or sentence determined by the first determination means;
A specifying means for specifying the speech information of the word or sentence determined by the first determination means by the speaker determined by the second determination means from the speech information stored in the storage means ;
Output means for outputting the audio information specified by the specifying means ;
Determining means for determining whether or not the loudness of the voice uttered by the learner in relation to the output of the output means has reached a threshold; and
A learning support apparatus comprising second output means for outputting at least one of a predetermined text and a predetermined voice based on a determination result of the determination means . The second output means outputs at least one of the predetermined text and the predetermined voice when the number of times the voice uttered by the learner exceeds the threshold is a predetermined number or more. The learning support apparatus according to 1. In order to perform learning of the predetermined language by a flash card method by performing at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence of the predetermined language The processor of the learning support device
(A) determining a word or sentence to learn;
(B) selectively determining one speaker from a plurality of speakers for each word or sentence determined in step (a);
(C) the word or sentence determined in step (a) by the speaker determined in step (b), stored in the speech information storage means storing the speech information of words and sentences by each of the speaker identifying the voice information,
(D) outputting the audio information identified in step (c) ;
(E) determining whether the loudness of the voice uttered by the learner in relation to the output in step (d) has reached a threshold; and
(F) A learning support program for executing a step of outputting at least one of a predetermined text and a predetermined voice based on the determination result in the step (e) . A computer-readable recording medium on which the learning support program according to claim 3 is recorded. In order to perform learning of the predetermined language by a flash card method by performing at least one of display of image information, display of text information, and output of audio information related to at least one of a word and a sentence of the predetermined language A learning support device,
Storage means for storing voice information of words and sentences by a plurality of speakers;
First determining means for determining a word or sentence to be learned;
Second determination means for selectively determining one speaker from the plurality of speaker for each word or sentence determined by the first determination means;
A specifying means for specifying the speech information of the word or sentence determined by the first determination means by the speaker determined by the second determination means from the speech information stored in the storage means; and
Output means for outputting the audio information specified by the specifying means;
The first determining means selects a word or sentence belonging to the first set in the first stage, and selects a word or sentence belonging to the second set that is a combination of the first set in the second stage;
The second determining means determines the same speaker from the plurality of speakers for all words or sentences for each of the first and second sets, or the plurality of speakers for each word or sentence. A learning support apparatus that makes a decision based on one of the following patterns:

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