KR20120085465A - Conversation system for foreign language - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: The foreign language dialogue system is provided to enable learners to effectively execute dialogue education composed of a plurality of languages by enabling the learner to practice the desired dialogue education. CONSTITUTION: A dialogue content DB(210) stores conversation content for a plurality of titles in various situations. A scenario writing unit(220) provides a title selection screen including the titles to learner terminals(110). The scenario writing unit provides a situation selection screen including various situations related to the selected titles to the learner terminals. A chatting room opening unit(230) provides a dialogue room open screen to the learner terminals. A dialogue support unit(250) transmits input data to the learner terminal of other learners.

Description

Conversation system for foreign language

The present invention relates to a conversation system for conversational learning, and more particularly, to a foreign language conversation system that provides a chat room for learners to conduct foreign language conversation learning on a web.

The importance of foreign language conversation is being emphasized day by day as the exchanges with foreign countries are active in various fields such as economy, culture and sports. However, due to grammar-oriented foreign language education, students or office workers can read applications in foreign languages, but it is difficult to have simple conversations with foreigners.

Due to the frequent exchanges with foreign countries, there is an increasing demand for those who can speak foreign languages. Therefore, students or workers are learning conversational languages in various ways, such as attending academy, using telephone learning, or taking private lessons.

However, the most important thing in foreign language conversation is to learn a foreign language naturally by speaking a lot of foreign language. However, foreign language conversational learning using academy, telephone, or private lessons is generally not a few words because of fear of learners making mistakes in front of other learners or instructors or due to limited study time. Therefore, the learning effect is also low and the learner stops learning foreign language conversation. In addition, there is a problem that foreign language conversation learning using a private school, a telephone, or a private lesson is expensive and freely selects a learning time.

The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a foreign language conversation system capable of learning a foreign language conversation at a low cost without regard to time.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a foreign language conversation system that enables learners to learn conversation and set the environment for conversation learning.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to provide a foreign language dialogue system that allows learners to learn conversation without burden and to efficiently conduct conversational learning of multiple languages.

It is also an object of the present invention to provide a foreign language dialogue system that can be easily used even for beginners.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a foreign language conversation system comprising a plurality of learner terminals and a chat server, the chat server is a variety of situations for each of a plurality of topics such as hotels, movies, tourism, telephone, airport, etc. A dialogue DB for storing the dialogue contents in the; Providing a subject selection screen including the plurality of subjects to the learner terminal, receiving a selected subject from the learner terminal, and providing a context selection screen to the learner terminal including various situations related to the selected subject; A scenario preparation unit for receiving a selected situation from a learner terminal; A chat room establishing unit for providing a chat room opening screen for opening a chat room including detailed items such as date and time, a scenario, and receiving and storing the chat room opened from the learner terminal; A chat room reservation unit that provides a chat room reservation screen including a chat room stored in the chat room establishing unit to the learner terminal, receives a selected chat room from the learner terminal, and registers the selected learner as a reserved learner of the selected chat room; And a conversation support unit that enters the reserved learner into the chat room and receives input data such as text, voice, and image input through the learner terminal of the reserved learner, and sends the reserved learner to the learner terminal of the other learner who has entered the chat room. It provides a foreign language dialogue system characterized in that.

The present invention also provides a foreign language dialogue system including a level selection screen including a plurality of levels classified according to difficulty level, to the learner terminal, and a level selection unit for receiving the selected level from the learner terminal.

The present invention also provides a language selection screen including a plurality of languages to the learner terminal and a foreign language conversation system including a language selection unit for receiving a selected language from the learner terminal.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a scenario DB for storing a plurality of scenarios written with some dialogue contents selected from the dialogue contents in various situations on each of a plurality of subjects such as hotel, movie, tourism, telephone, airport, etc .; And providing a scenario selection screen including the plurality of scenarios to the learner terminal, and a scenario selecting unit for receiving the selected scenario from the learner terminal.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a foreign language dialogue system, characterized in that the scenario preparation unit provides the learner terminal with a scenario notification board displaying a creation scenario consisting of a theme and a situation selected on the subject selection screen and the situation selection screen while the scenario is created. To provide.

In another aspect, the present invention, if the scenario is selected by the scenario creation unit displayed on the scenario notification board, the dialogue content corresponding to the situation included in the creation scenario in the dialogue content DB to search for and send to the learner terminal Provide a dialogue system.

In another aspect, the present invention, if a scenario is selected from the details of the chat room of the chat room reservation screen, the chat room reservation unit retrieves the chat content corresponding to the situation included in the scenario selected in the chat content DB to transmit to the learner terminal Provide a foreign language dialogue system characterized by the above.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a foreign language chat system, when a scenario is selected from the details of the chat room of the chat room reservation screen, the chat room reservation unit retrieves the selected scenario from the scenario DB and transmits the scenario to the learner terminal.

As described above, the learner can proceed to learn a foreign language conversation with another learner at a low cost without being bound by time through the foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention.

In addition, the learner can write the scenario for the conversation process through the scenario creation unit, so that he or she can learn the conversation required.

In addition, the learner can select the date, time, scenario, By directly setting the number of participants, you can set up an environment for conversational learning.

In addition, the learner can select a chat room to join from the already established chat rooms without creating a scenario and opening a chat room through the chat room reservation unit.

In addition, learners can choose a level and talk with other learners at the same level, so that they can conduct conversational learning in a comfortable state.

In addition, learners can efficiently conduct conversational learning in multiple languages by conducting conversational learning in various languages in the same manner.

In addition, by using a plurality of scenarios already written, beginner learners can easily use the foreign language dialogue system.

1 shows a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention.
2 shows a diagram of the foreign language dialogue system of FIG.
3 shows an initial screen.
4 shows a subject selection screen.
5 and 6 show situation selection screens.
7 shows a chat room establishment screen.
8 shows a chat room reservation screen.
9 shows a chat room entry screen.
10 shows a chat room screen.
11 shows another embodiment of a foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention.
FIG. 12 shows an initial screen provided by a chat server of the foreign language chat system of FIG.
FIG. 13 shows a level selection screen provided by a chat server of the foreign language chat system of FIG.
Figure 14 shows another embodiment of a foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention.
FIG. 15 shows an initial screen provided by a chat server of the foreign language chat system of FIG.
FIG. 16 shows a language selection screen provided by a chat server of the foreign language chat system of FIG.
17 shows another embodiment of a foreign language conversation system according to the present invention.
FIG. 18 illustrates a scenario selection screen provided by a chat server of the foreign language chat system of FIG. 17.
FIG. 19 shows an initial screen provided by a chat server of the foreign language chat system of FIG.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described an embodiment of the present invention; In addition, although embodiments of the present invention are described using English as an example among foreign languages, it will be understood that embodiments of the present invention may be applied to other languages such as Japanese.

1 shows a schematic diagram of one embodiment of a foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the foreign language conversation system 100 includes a plurality of learner terminals 110 and a chat server 200 connected to a plurality of learner terminals 110 through a network such as the Internet 130. The learner terminal 110 such as a computer or a wired / wireless terminal transmits input data such as text, voice, and image input by the learner to the chat server 200. The chat server 200 enables the conversation between learners by transmitting the received input data to the learner terminal 110 of another learner connected to the chat server 200.

2 shows a diagram of the foreign language dialogue system of FIG. 2, the chat server 200 includes a chat contents DB 210, a scenario writing unit 220, a chat room opening unit 230, a chat room reservation unit 240, and a chat support unit 250.

The conversation contents DB 210 stores conversation contents in various situations on each of a plurality of subjects such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, and the like. The conversation content is stored in at least one of a text, a voice, and an image. Here, the image means a picture, a picture or an image. In addition, the conversation may be made of only conversation contents written in English or conversation contents written in English and native languages. In addition, the conversation may consist of conversation contents written in English and other foreign languages. The plurality of subjects may be, for example, 15 subjects such as a hotel, a movie, a tour, a telephone, an airport, and a traffic included in the subject selection screen 400 of FIG. 4. And each of the fifteen themes covers a variety of situations. For example, the movie 405 of FIG. 4 includes various situations such as the latest movie, the plot, the main actor, the production cost, the box office, and the opening hall displayed on the situation selection screen 500 of FIG. 5, and the restaurant 410 is illustrated in FIG. It includes various situations such as ordering, food price, taste evaluation, menu, shop location and kindness displayed on the situation selection screen 600 of FIG. 6.

Each of the various situations includes a certain amount of content for the conversation between learners. 5 or 6, the conversation contents may be confirmed through the dialogue contents notice board 570 generated by placing the indicator 510 on a specific situation such as the latest movie 520 or the taste evaluation 610. In the present embodiment, the conversation contents alarm plate 570 of FIGS. 5 and 6 displays conversation contents written in English.

The scenario creating unit 220 is used when creating a scenario for progressing conversation between learners. The scenario creation process is as follows. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 200 through the Internet, the scenario preparation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 300 of FIG. 3. When the learner selects the scenario creation 310 on the initial screen 300, the scenario creation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the topic selection screen 400 of FIG. 4 including a plurality of topics. When the learner selects, for example, the movie 405 on the topic selection screen 400, the scenario creation unit 220 displays the situation selection screen 500 of FIG. 5 including various situations related to the movie 405. It is provided to the learner terminal (110). The learner selects a situation to have a conversation on the situation selection screen 500. Then, when the learner selects the back 530, the scenario writing unit 220 provides the subject selection screen 400 to the learner terminal 110 again. When the learner selects the restaurant 410 on the topic selection screen 400, the scenario writing unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the situation selection screen 600 of FIG. 6 including various situations related to the restaurant. . The learner selects a situation to have a conversation on the situation selection screen 600. After the learner selects the completion 540, the scenario is finished. As described above, the learner can directly create a scenario by selecting a situation in which a conversation is to be made from various situations on each of a plurality of topics.

In addition, the scenario preparation unit 220 may provide the scenario notice board 430 of FIGS. 4, 5, and 6 that displays a topic and a situation selected by the learner while the learner writes the scenario. Referring to the scenario notice board 430 of FIG. 6, the scenario created by the learner is composed of a movie 405 (latest movie → plot → main actor) → restaurant 410 (taste evaluation → store location). In this way, the learner can know at a glance the scenario that he or she writes through the scenario notification board 430. This scenario is intended to help learners plan to watch a movie with a friend, eat at a restaurant, and practice the English conversation required. The conversation between learners will follow this scenario.

In other words, the learner examines the hospital by writing a scenario of hospital 415 (medical reservation → consultation) → pharmacy 420 (medicine ride) → shopping 425 (mart) → laundry 430 (clothing). After receiving the medicine you can practice the English you need to take medicine at the pharmacy, buy things at the grocery store, and find clothes in the laundry. Or by creating a scenario of travel (435) (reservation) → airport (440) (ticket issuance) → hotel (445) (room reservations → room service) → tourism (450) (souvenirs). After you receive your flight, you can arrive at the destination by air, book a room at the hotel, order room service, and practice the English conversation you need to buy souvenirs at tourist attractions. In this way, the learner may use the scenario creation unit 220 to create various scenarios corresponding to a series of things that may occur in real life, and perform necessary conversational learning.

In addition, when the learner selects the creation scenario 432 of the scenario notification board 430, the scenario creation unit 220 searches for the conversation contents in response to the situations included in the creation scenario 432 in the conversation contents DB 210. The conversation contents searched by text, voice, or image may be transmitted to the learner terminal 110. Therefore, the learner can download the contents of the writing scenario and prepare the contents of the conversation to be conducted in the chat room.

In addition, the learner may select the end 580 after creating the scenario in the situation selection screens 500 and 600 of FIGS. 5 and 6, and may not follow the subsequent process. This is used when you want to download a scenario written by the learner, prepare the contents of the conversation, and later open a chat room.

The chat room establishing unit 230 is used when a chat room is opened to have a conversation according to a specific scenario. After the scenario creation is completed by the scenario preparation unit 220, the chat room establishment unit 230 provides the learner terminal 110 with the chat room establishment screen 700 of FIG. 7 for opening a chat room in which a conversation proceeds according to the created scenario. do. For example, the learner enters detailed items such as the date and time 712 of the chat room 1 710, the scenario 714, the number of participants 716, and selects the opening 720 to open the chat room 1 710. . The opened chat room 1 710 is stored in a memory (not shown) in the chat room establishing unit 230. When a chat room is opened, the scenario created by the scenario creation unit 220 is automatically registered in the scenario 714 of the chat room 1 710 so that the learner does not need to fill out the scenario 714 which is a detail of the chat room 1 710. It can be set to. Similarly, the learner who opened the chat room may be set to automatically register as the reserved person 718 of the chat room 3 710 to be opened.

It should be noted that when a learner reserves a chat room to join in an already established chat room, it is not necessary to proceed with the scenario creation and chat room opening process described above. In this case, the learner only needs to proceed with the chat room reservation and chat room entry process. In addition, when the learner who has completed the scenario creation and chat room opening process is automatically registered as a reservation member of the opened chat room, the learner only needs to enter the chat room entry process without proceeding with the reservation room reservation process.

The chat room reservation unit 240 is used when a learner reserves a chat room to join among a plurality of opened chat rooms. The chat room reservation process is described below. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 200 through the Internet, the scenario preparation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 300. When the learner selects the chat room reservation 320 on the initial screen 300, the chat room reservation unit 240 displays the chat room reservation screen 800 of FIG. 8 including chat rooms stored in the chat room creation unit 230. To provide. When the learner selects chat rooms to participate in, for example, chat rooms 3 (810) and reservations (820) in order using the indicator 510, referring to the details of the chat room, such as date, time, scenario, number of participants, and reservations. In this case, the learner is registered as a reserved person of the chat room 3 (810). The reservation process is completed by adding a reservation learner to the reservation number of the chat room 3 810 by the chat room reservation unit 240. Referring to FIG. 8, the reservation number of the chat room is merely displayed by the number of reservation numbers, but is not limited thereto and may be displayed by the name or nickname of the reservation person.

In addition, when the learner selects the scenario 812 of the chat room 3 810 using the indicator 510, the chat room reservation unit 240 searches for the scenario 812 in the chat contents DB 210 to determine the scenario 812. The content may be transmitted to the learner terminal 110 in text, voice, or image. In this case, the search of the scenario 812 refers to a search of conversation contents corresponding to the situations constituting the scenario 812, and the content of the scenario 812 refers to a set of searched conversation contents.

In this way, the learner can prepare the content to talk to him before entering the chat room by downloading and confirming the scenario content. For example, if the scenario content is an MP3 format voice file, the learner may prepare the conversation content to be conducted in the chat room by repeatedly listening to the voice file by storing the voice file in a portable terminal or the like.

The conversation support unit 250 is used when a reserved learner enters a chat room and talks with another learner. The reservation learner's entry into the chat room is as follows. When the learner terminal 110 of the reserved learner connects to the chat server 200 through the Internet or the like to enter the chat room, the scenario preparation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 300. When the reserved learner selects the chat room entry 330 on the initial screen 300, the chat support unit 250 displays the chat room entry screen 900 of FIG. 9 including an ongoing chat room and a waiting chat room by the learner terminal 110. To provide. The chat room entry screen 900 of FIG. 9 includes chat rooms 1 and 3 (910 and 930), which are currently in progress, and chat room 2 (920) to be opened within a certain time. When the reserved learner selects a chat room reserved by him, for example, chat room 1 910, the chat support unit 250 enters the chat room 1 910 in progress. If the reserved learner selects a chat room reserved by him, for example, chat room 2 (920), since chat room 2 920 is a chat room currently waiting, chat support unit 250 opens chat room 2 (920) and makes a reservation. The learner enters chat room 2 (920).

When the reserved learner enters the chat room, the chat support unit 250 provides the chat room screen 1000 of FIG. 10 to the learner terminal 110. The chat room screen 1000 includes a learner display panel 1010 displaying a learner's name (or nickname), an image of a learner such as an avatar (or a video of a learner received through the learner terminal 110), and a learner. Character bulletin board (1020) and the like to display the characters entered is included. Thereafter, the conversation support unit 250 receives input data such as text, voice, and image inputted by a specific learner who enters the chat room using his / her learner terminal 110, and enters the chat room. ), The conversation between the learners proceeds. Referring to the situation selection screens 500 and 600 of FIGS. 5 and 6, since the conversation contents for various situations are conversation contents written in English, the conversation between learners may also be easily understood in English.

The learner can also proceed through the process of booking a chat room and entering a chat room. In this case, when the chat room reservation is finished, the chat support unit 250 may be set to provide the chat room entrance screen 900 directly to the learner terminal 110.

A learner will be described a process of talking with another learner using the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 2. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 200 through the Internet, the scenario preparation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 300 of FIG. 3. When the learner selects the scenario creation 310 on the initial screen 300, the scenario creation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with the topic selection screen 400 of FIG. 4 including a plurality of topics. When the learner selects a topic, for example, the movie 405 on the topic selection screen 400, the scenario creation unit 220 displays the situation selection screen 500 of FIG. 5 including various situations related to the movie. It is provided to the learner terminal (110). The learner selects a situation, for example, the latest movie 510, the storyline 550, the main actor 560, and the like to talk on the situation selection screen 500.

Then, when the learner selects the back 530 to select various situations related to other topics, the scenario writing unit 220 provides the topic selection screen 400 to the learner terminal 110 again. When the learner selects another subject, for example, the restaurant 410, the context selection screen 600 including various situations related to the restaurant is provided to the learner terminal 110. The learner selects a situation, for example, a taste evaluation 610, a store location 620, and the like to have a conversation on the situation selection screen 600, and selects completion 540, and scenario creation is completed. Referring to the scenario notice board 430 of FIG. 6, the scenario created by the learner is composed of a movie (latest movie → plot → main actor) → a restaurant (taste evaluation → store location).

After completing the above-described scenario, the chat room establishment unit 230 provides the learner terminal 110 with the chat room establishment screen 700 of FIG. 7 for opening a chat room in which a conversation proceeds according to the created scenario. The learner enters a chat room to be opened, for example, details of the chat room 1 710, a date and time 712, a scenario 714, a participant 716, and selects an opening 720 to open a chat room. The opened chat room 710 is stored in a memory in the chat room establishing unit 230.

As described above, the learner may reserve a chat room to participate among chat rooms already opened by other learners without proceeding with the scenario creation and chat room opening process. In addition, when the learner who has completed the scenario creation and chat room opening process is registered as a reservation member of the chat room automatically opened, the learner can easily understand that there is no need to proceed with the book room reservation process. In order to reserve a chat room, when the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 200 via the Internet, the scenario preparation unit 220 provides the learner terminal 110 with an initial screen 300. When the learner selects the chat room reservation 320 on the initial screen 300, the chat room reservation unit 240 displays the chat room reservation screen 800 of FIG. 8 including the chat rooms stored in the chat room creation unit 230. To provide. When the learner checks the details of each chat room on the chat room reservation screen 800 and selects a chat room to participate in, for example, chat room 3 810 and reservation 820 using the indicator 510, the chat room reservation unit ( 240 registers the learner as a reserved learner in chat room 3 (810).

When the learner terminal 110 of the reserved learner connects to the chat server 200 via the Internet or the like on the opening date of the reserved chat room, the scenario preparation unit 220 provides the initial screen 300 to the learner terminal 110. . When the reserved learner selects the chat room entry 330 on the initial screen 300, the chat support unit 250 displays a chat room entry screen 900 including a chat room that is currently in progress and a chat room to be opened within a predetermined time. To provide. When the reserved learner selects a chat room reserved using the indicator 510 on the chat room entrance screen 900, for example, the chat room 3 (930) and the entry 940, the chat support unit 250 selects the reservation learner. Enter chat room 3 (930). When the reserved learner enters the chat room 3 930, the chat support unit 250 provides the chat room screen 1000 of FIG. 10 to the learner terminal 110. Since the conversation support unit 250 is a learner terminal 110 of the other learner entering the chat room, the input data, such as text, voice, image input by the specific learner entered into the chat room 3 (930) through the learner terminal 110 This enables communication between learners.

As described above, the learner can directly write the scenario for dialogue progress through the scenario creation unit 220, so that the learner can learn the conversation. In addition, the learner can directly set the environment of conversation learning by setting the date and time, the number of participants, etc. of the chat room opened through the chat room opening unit 230. In addition, the learner may reserve a chat room to participate in a chat room that has already been established without creating a scenario and opening a chat room through the chat room reservation unit 240.

11 shows another embodiment of a foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 11, the chat server 1100 includes a level selection unit 1110, a chat contents DB 1120, a scenario writing unit 220, a chat room opening unit 230, a chat room reservation unit 240, and a chat support unit. 250. The main difference from the chat server 200 of FIG. 2 is that the chat server 1100 of FIG. 11 further includes a level selecting unit 1110, and the chat contents DB 1120 includes a plurality of levels according to a plurality of levels for a single situation. Save your conversations. Components of the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 11 except for the level selection unit 1110 and the dialogue contents DB 1120 perform the same functions as the corresponding elements in the foreign language conversation system of FIG. .

The level selection unit 1110 is used when the learner selects a level suitable for his / her ability. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1100 of FIG. 11 via the Internet, the level selection unit 1110 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 1200 of FIG. 12. When the learner selects the level selection 1210 on the initial screen 1200, the level selection unit 1110 provides the learner terminal 110 with the level selection screen 1300 of FIG. 13 including a plurality of levels according to difficulty. do. The level selection screen 1300 includes a plurality of levels 1310 and a level description plate 1320 in which descriptions of each level are described. The learner reads the level description described in the level description board 1320 and selects a level suitable for the user in the level selection screen 1300.

The conversation contents DB 1120 stores conversation contents in various situations about each of a plurality of topics such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, and the like at a plurality of levels. Referring to the situation selection screen 500 of FIG. 5, the conversation contents DB 1120 stores a plurality of conversation contents in various situations included in the situation selection screen 500 according to a plurality of levels. For example, if a plurality of levels are composed of level 1, level 2, and level 3 as in the level selection screen 1300, the conversation contents for one situation are the conversation contents according to the level 1, the conversation contents according to the level 2, and the like. And three conversation contents, such as the conversation contents according to level 3.

Levels 1, 2, and 3 of the level selection screen 1300 may be classified according to the difficulty of the sentence format. The level classification according to the difficulty of sentence form is explained as follows. First, the English sentence is divided into nine as follows.

1. A sentence consisting of subject + verb + adverb (or adverb phrase)

2. A sentence consisting of subject + verb + bo

3. A sentence consisting of subject + verb + object

4. A sentence consisting of subject + verb + indirect object + direct object

5. A sentence consisting of subject + verb + object + bo

6. To Infinitive, participle, sentence using the same name

7. Sentences using conjunctions and relative pronouns

8. Sentences using jetting phrases, relative adverbs, and assumptions

9. Sentences using special phrases (such as inverts, emphasis, or omission)

Of the nine sentences divided as above, the level 1 conversation is mainly written using three sentences 1, 2 and 3, and the level 2 is mainly written using three sentences 4, 5 and 6, and the level 3 is written mainly using three sentences: 7, 8 and 9. In this way, the levels can be classified by limiting sentences mainly used in each level.

Specifically, the dialogue contents of the latest movie 520 in the context selection screen 500 of FIG. 5 are dialogue contents mainly written using sentences 1, 2, and 3 according to level 1, 4, It consists of three conversation contents such as conversation contents mainly written using sentences 5 and 6, and conversation contents mainly using sentences 7, 8 and 9 according to level 3. Other situations, such as the latest movie 520, also include a plurality of conversations along multiple levels. In the presented example, the English sentence is classified into nine, but is not limited thereto. That is, the English sentence may be classified in various ways within the scope of the present invention, and the limitation of the sentence may be variously set.

Also, the plurality of levels may be classified based on difficulty such as speaking quickly, speaking slowly, pronunciation similar to native speakers, pronunciation apart from native speakers, or vocabulary forming conversational content.

Scenario creation, chat room establishment, chat room reservation, chat room entry and chat room conversation after the learner's level selection are limited to the level selected by the learner. For example, as described above, when a plurality of levels are classified into levels 1, 2, and 3 according to a sentence type difficulty, and a learner selects level 1 on the level selection screen 1300, a scenario of the chat server 1100 is provided. The contents of the scenario created by the creation device 220 are contents mainly written using sentences 1, 2, and 3 according to the level 1, and the chat room opened by the chat room opening unit 230 has a conversation according to the level 1. It is an ongoing chat room. The chat rooms included in the chat room reservation screen 800 provided by the chat room reservation unit 240 are also chat rooms in which the conversation proceeds according to the level 1, and the chat room entrance screen 900 provided by the chat room entrance unit 250. The chat rooms included in the are also chat rooms where the conversation proceeds according to level 1.

The learner describes a process of talking with other learners using the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 11. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1100 through a network such as the Internet, the level selection unit 1110 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 1200 of FIG. 12. When the learner selects the level selection 1210 on the initial screen 1200, the level selection unit 1110 provides the level selection screen 1300 to the learner terminal 110. The learner selects a level suitable for himself / herself on the level selection screen 1300. Thereafter, the learner creates a scenario by selecting a topic and a situation from the topic selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 and the situation selection screen as shown in FIG. 5 provided by the scenario preparation unit 220 to the learner terminal 110. Here, it should be noted that the conversation contents of the various situations included in the situation selection screen provided to the learner terminal 110 are the conversation contents created according to the level selected by the learner in the level selection screen 1300.

When the scenario is finished, the chat room establishment unit 230 provides the learner terminal 110 with the chat room establishment screen 700 of FIG. 7 for opening a chat room in which a conversation proceeds according to the created scenario. The learner writes a chat room included in the chat room opening screen 700, for example, a date and time 712, a scenario 714, a participant 716, and the like of the chat room 1 710. Select to open a chat room. The established chat room 1 710 is stored in the memory of the chat room establishing unit 230.

The chat room reservation process is described below. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1100 of FIG. 11 through a network such as the Internet, the level selection unit 1110 provides the initial screen 1200 to the learner terminal 110. When the learner selects the chat room reservation 1220 on the initial screen 1200, the chat room reservation unit 240 displays the chat room reservation screen 800 of FIG. 8 including the chat rooms stored in the memory of the chat room creation unit 230. Provided at 110. In this case, it should be noted that the chat room included in the chat room reservation screen 800 is a chat room where the learner proceeds according to the level selected by the learner on the level selection screen 1300. When the learner selects a chat room to participate in the chat room reservation screen 800, for example, the chat room 3 810 and the reservation 820 in turn, the learner is registered as a reserved person of the chat room 3 810.

The chat room entry process is as follows. When the learner terminal 110 of the reserved learner connects to the chat server 1100 via the Internet, the level selection unit 1110 provides the initial screen 1200 to the learner terminal 110. When the reserved learner selects the chat room entrance 1230 on the initial screen 1200, the chat support unit 250 provides the chat room entrance screen 900 of FIG. 9 to the learner terminal 110. When the reserved learner selects a chat room reserved in the chat room entrance screen 900, for example, chat room 3 (930) and entrance (940), the chat support unit 250 enters the reserved learner into chat room 3 (930). The chat room screen 1000 of FIG. 10 is provided to the learner terminal 110. Thereafter, the conversation support unit 250 enters input data such as texts, voices, and images inputted through a learner terminal 110 by a specific learner who enters the chat room 3 (930). 110 to enable conversation between learners.

As described above, the learner can conduct conversational learning in a comfortable state by having a conversation with other learners of the same level using the foreign language dialogue system of FIG. 11.

Figure 14 shows another embodiment of a foreign language dialogue system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 14, the chat server 1400 includes a language selection unit 1410, a chat contents DB 1420, a scenario writing unit 220, a chat room opening unit 230, a chat room reservation unit 240, and a chat support unit. 250. The main difference from the chat server 200 of FIG. 2 is that the chat server 1400 of FIG. 14 further includes a language selecting unit 1410, and the chat contents DB 1420 includes a plurality of languages according to a plurality of languages. Save your conversations. Components of the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 14 except for the language selection unit 1410 and the dialogue contents DB 1420 perform the same functions as the corresponding elements in the foreign language conversation system of FIG. .

The language selecting unit 1410 is used when the learner selects a language to be learned. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1400 of FIG. 14 through the Internet, the language selection unit 1410 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 1500 of FIG. 15. When the learner selects the language selection 1510 on the initial screen 1500, the language selection unit 1410 provides the learner terminal 110 with the language selection screen 1600 of FIG. 16 including a plurality of languages. When the learner selects a language to be learned on the language selection screen 1600, the language selection unit 1410 receives the language selected by the learner from the learner terminal 110.

The conversation contents DB 1420 stores conversation contents in various situations about each of a plurality of topics such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, and the like for a plurality of languages. Referring to the situation selection screen 500 of FIG. 5, the conversation contents DB 1420 stores a plurality of conversation contents in various situations included in the situation selection screen 500 according to a plurality of languages. For example, if a plurality of languages are English, Japanese, and Chinese as shown in the language selection screen 1600, the conversation contents for one situation may be conversation contents written in English, conversation contents written in Japanese, and conversation contents written in Chinese. There are three conversations together.

Scenario creation, chat room establishment, chat room reservation, chat room entry and chat room conversation after the learner's language selection are limited to the language selected by the learner. For example, as described above, when a plurality of languages are English, Japanese, and Chinese, and the learner selects Japanese on the language selection screen 1600, a scenario created by the scenario creating apparatus 220 of the chat server 1400 is provided. The content of the content is written in Japanese, and the chat room opened by the chat room establishing unit 230 is a chat room where the conversation proceeds in Japanese. The chat rooms included in the chat room reservation screen 800 provided by the chat room reservation unit 240 are also chat rooms in which the conversation is conducted in Japanese, and included in the chat room entrance screen 900 provided by the chat room entrance unit 250. Chat rooms are also chat rooms where Japanese conversations take place.

The learner describes a process of talking with other learners using the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 14. When the learner terminal 110 of the learner connects to the chat server 1400 through a network such as the Internet, the language selection unit 1410 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 1500 of FIG. 15. When the learner selects the language selection 1510 on the initial screen 1500, the language selection unit 1410 provides the language selection screen 1600 to the learner terminal 110. The learner selects a language to be studied on the language selection screen 1600. Thereafter, the learner creates a scenario by selecting a topic and a situation from the topic selection screen as shown in FIG. 4 and the situation selection screen as shown in FIG. 5 provided by the scenario preparation unit 220 to the learner terminal 110. Here, it should be noted that the conversation contents of the various situations included in the situation selection screen provided to the learner terminal 110 are the conversation contents created according to the language selected by the learner in the language selection screen 1600.

When the scenario is finished, the chat room establishment unit 230 provides the learner terminal 110 with the chat room establishment screen 700 of FIG. 7 for opening a chat room in which a conversation proceeds according to the created scenario. The learner writes a chat room included in the chat room opening screen 700, for example, a date and time 712, a scenario 714, a participant 716, and the like of the chat room 1 710. Select to open a chat room. The established chat room 1 710 is stored in the memory of the chat room establishing unit 230.

The chat room reservation process is described below. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1400 of FIG. 14 through a network such as the Internet, the language selection unit 1410 provides the learner terminal 110 with an initial screen 1500. When the learner selects the chat room reservation 1520 on the initial screen 1500, the chat room reservation unit 240 displays the chat room reservation screen 800 of FIG. 8 including the chat rooms stored in the memory of the chat room creation unit 230. Provided at 110. In this case, it should be noted that the chat room included in the chat room reservation screen 800 is a chat room where a conversation is conducted according to a language selected by the learner on the language selection screen 1600. When the learner selects a chat room to participate in the chat room reservation screen 800, for example, the chat room 3 810 and the reservation 820 in turn, the learner is registered as a reserved person of the chat room 3 810.

The chat room entry process is as follows. When the learner terminal 110 of the reserved learner connects to the chat server 1400 via the Internet, the language selection unit 1410 provides the initial screen 1500 to the learner terminal 110. When the reserved learner selects the chat room entrance 1530 on the initial screen 1500, the chat support unit 250 provides the chat room entrance screen 900 of FIG. 9 to the learner terminal 110. When the reserved learner selects a chat room reserved in the chat room entrance screen 900, for example, chat room 3 (930) and entrance (940), the chat support unit 250 enters the reserved learner into chat room 3 (930). The chat room screen 1000 of FIG. 10 is provided to the learner terminal 110. Thereafter, the conversation support unit 250 enters input data such as texts, voices, and images inputted through a learner terminal 110 by a specific learner who enters the chat room 3 (930). 110 to enable conversation between learners.

As described above, the learner can efficiently conduct conversational learning in multiple languages by using the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 14 in the same manner.

17 shows another embodiment of a foreign language conversation system according to the present invention. Referring to FIG. 17, the chat server 1700 includes a scenario DB 1710, a scenario selecting unit 1720, a chat room opening unit 230, a chat room reservation unit 240, and a chat support unit 250. Since the components of the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 17 except for the scenario DB 1710 and the scenario selecting unit 1720 perform the same functions as the corresponding elements in the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 2, the description thereof will be omitted below.

The scenario DB 1710 stores a plurality of scenarios created from some conversation contents selected from conversation contents in various situations on each of a plurality of topics such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, and the like. The scenario selection screen 1800 of FIG. 18 shows a plurality of scenarios created as examples. Scenario 1 (1810) consists of conversations about the latest movie, the story and the main actor and the taste evaluation and the location of the store, which are related to the theme of the movie. Scenario 2 (1820) includes conversations about appointments and consultations, which are related to hospital subjects, drug rides, which are related to pharmacy topics, marts, which are related to shopping topics, and finding clothes, which are related to laundry topics. Is done. Scenario 3 (1830) includes conversations about bookings that are related to travel topics, ticket issuance related to airport topics, room reservations and room services related to hotel topics, and souvenirs that are related to tourism topics. Is done.

Scenario 1 (1810) is a scenario where a friend plans to watch a movie and eat at a restaurant. Scenario 2 (1820) is a scenario where a housewife plans to visit a hospital with a child, take medicine at a pharmacy, buy the necessary items at a mart and stop by the laundry to find laundry on the way home. Scenario 3 (1830) is a scenario where a newlywed couple schedules flight tickets, receives a ticket at an airport, reserves a room at a destination hotel, orders room service, and then buys a souvenir at a tourist destination. As such, the scenario DB 1710 stores various scenarios corresponding to a series of things that can happen in real life.

When the learner connects to the chat server 1700 via the learner terminal 110, the scenario selecting unit 1720 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 1900 of FIG. 19. When the learner selects the scenario selection 1910 on the initial screen 1900, the scenario selection unit 1720 provides the learner terminal 110 with a scenario selection screen 1800 including a plurality of scenarios. When the learner selects a scenario to learn on the scenario selection screen 1800, the scenario selection unit 1720 receives the selected scenario from the learner terminal 110.

In addition, the scenario selecting unit 1720 includes a corresponding conversation when an indicator 510 is placed on a specific situation, for example, a movie (latest movie) 1840, among various situations included in the scenario selection screen 1800. The conversation content notification panel 570 may be set to be displayed.

In addition, when the learner selects the chat room of the chat room reservation screen 800 of FIG. 8 provided by the chat room reservation unit 240, for example, the scenario 812 of chat room 3 810, the chat room reservation unit 240 is selected. The scenario 812 may be searched for in the scenario DB 1710 and transmitted to the learner terminal 110 through text, voice, or image. Therefore, the learner can download the scenario 8120 and prepare the conversation contents of the chat room in advance.

A learner will explain a process of talking with other learners using the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 17. When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1700 of FIG. 17 via the Internet, the scenario selection unit 1720 provides the learner terminal 110 with the initial screen 1900 of FIG. 19. When the learner selects the scenario selection 1910 on the initial screen 1900, the scenario selection unit 1910 provides the learner terminal 110 with the scenario selection screen 1800 of FIG. 18 including a plurality of scenarios that have already been created. . When the learner selects a scenario to learn on the scenario selection screen 1800, the scenario selection unit 1720 receives the selected scenario from the learner terminal 110.

After the selection of the scenario, the chat room establishing unit 230 provides the learner terminal 110 with the chat room opening screen 700 of FIG. 7 for opening a chat room in which the conversation proceeds according to the selected scenario. Learner fills in the chat room opening screen 700 and then details the details of the chat room, for example, the date and time 712 of the chat room 1 710, the scenario 714, the number of participants 716, and the like. If you select, the chat room 1 710 is opened, and the opened chat room 1 710 is stored in a memory in the chat room opening unit 230.

It should be noted that the chat room reservation and chat room entry process is generally performed by learners who have not proceeded with the scenario selection and chat room establishment process. The chat room reservation and chat room entry process are described below.

When the learner's learner terminal 110 connects to the chat server 1700 via the Internet, the scenario selecting unit 1720 provides the initial screen 1900 to the learner terminal 110. When the learner selects the chat room reservation 1920 on the initial screen 1900, the chat room reservation unit 240 displays the chat room reservation screen 800 of FIG. 8 including the chat room stored in the chat room creation unit 230. To provide. When the learner selects a chat room to participate in, for example, chat room 3 (810) and reservation (820) in consideration of the date, time, scenario, the number of participants, and the number of reservations among the plurality of chat rooms included in the chat room reservation screen 800, The chat room reservation unit 240 registers the learner as a reserved learner of the chat room 3 (810).

When the learner terminal 110 of the reserved learner connects to the chat server 1700 via the Internet at the opening date of the reserved chat room, the scenario selecting unit 1720 provides the initial screen 1900 to the learner terminal 110. . When the reserved learner selects the chat room entry 1930 on the initial screen 1900, the chat support unit 250 displays the chat room entry screen 900 of FIG. 9 including a plurality of chat rooms currently in progress or to be opened within a predetermined time. It is provided to the learner terminal (110). When the reserved learner selects a chat room reserved on the chat room entrance screen 900, for example, chat room 3 930 and entrance 940, the chat support unit 250 enters the book learner into chat room 3 930. . When the reserved learner enters the chat room 3 930, the chat support unit 250 provides the chat room screen 1000 of FIG. 10 to the learner terminal 110. Thereafter, the conversation support unit 250 receives the input data such as a text, voice, image, etc. inputted by the specific learner entering the chat room 3 through the learner terminal 110, and then enters the chat room. Sending to the terminal 110 enables the conversation between learners.

In this manner, the foreign language conversation system of FIG. 17 provides a plurality of scenarios that have already been written, so that even beginners can easily learn conversation using this conversation system.

As described above, the learner can use the foreign language conversation systems according to the present invention to fully communicate with other learners in a foreign language without being bound by time. And since conversational learning using this foreign language dialogue system does not require a foreign language instructor, learners can learn conversational at low cost. In addition, the proactive way for learners to write / select scenarios for dialogue progression enhances the learner's learning effect.

As described above, although the present invention has been described by way of limited embodiments and drawings, the present invention is not limited thereto and is intended by those skilled in the art to which the present invention pertains. Various modifications and variations are possible within the scope of equivalents of the claims to be described.

110: student terminal 130: the Internet
200: chat server 210: chat content DB
220: scenario creation unit 230: chat room opening unit
240: chat room reservation unit 250: chat support unit
1110: level selection unit 1410: language selection unit
1710: scenario DB 1720: scenario selection unit

Claims (8)

In a foreign language dialogue system comprising a plurality of learner terminals and a dialogue server,
The chat server
A dialogue DB for storing dialogue contents in various situations on each of a plurality of subjects such as hotels, movies, tourism, telephones, airports, etc .;
Providing a subject selection screen including the plurality of subjects to the learner terminal, receiving a selected subject from the learner terminal, and providing a context selection screen to the learner terminal including various situations related to the selected subject; A scenario preparation unit for receiving a selected situation from a learner terminal;
A chat room establishing unit for providing a chat room opening screen for opening a chat room including detailed items such as date and time, a scenario, and receiving and storing the chat room opened from the learner terminal;
A chat room reservation unit that provides a chat room reservation screen including a chat room stored in the chat room establishing unit to the learner terminal, receives a selected chat room from the learner terminal, and registers the selected learner as a reserved learner of the selected chat room; And
And a dialogue support unit for entering the reserved learner into a chat room and receiving input data such as text, voice, and image inputted through the learner terminal of the reserved learner who is admitted, and transmitting the input data to a learner terminal of another learner who has entered the chat room. Foreign language dialogue system, characterized in that.
In a foreign language dialogue system comprising a plurality of learner terminals and a dialogue server,
The chat server
A level selection unit which provides a level selection screen including a plurality of levels classified according to difficulty level to the learner terminal and receives the selected level from the learner terminal;
A dialogue DB for storing dialogue contents in various situations for each of a plurality of subjects such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, etc. for each of the plurality of levels;
Providing a subject selection screen including the plurality of subjects to the learner terminal, receiving a selected subject from the learner terminal, and providing a context selection screen to the learner terminal including various situations related to the selected subject; A scenario preparation unit for receiving a selected situation from a learner terminal;
A chat room establishing unit for providing a chat room opening screen for opening a chat room including detailed items such as date and time, a scenario, and receiving and storing the chat room opened from the learner terminal;
A chat room reservation unit that provides a chat room reservation screen including a chat room stored in the chat room establishing unit to the learner terminal, receives a selected chat room from the learner terminal, and registers the selected learner as a reserved learner of the selected chat room; And
And a dialogue support unit for entering the reserved learner into a chat room and receiving input data such as text, voice, and image inputted through the learner terminal of the reserved learner who is admitted, and transmitting the input data to a learner terminal of another learner who has entered the chat room. Foreign language dialogue system, characterized in that.
In a foreign language dialogue system comprising a plurality of learner terminals and a dialogue server,
The chat server
A language selection unit for providing a language selection screen including a plurality of languages to the learner terminal and receiving the selected language from the learner terminal;
A dialogue DB for storing dialogue contents in various situations for each of a plurality of subjects such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, and the like;
Providing a subject selection screen including the plurality of subjects to the learner terminal, receiving a selected subject from the learner terminal, and providing a context selection screen to the learner terminal including various situations related to the selected subject; A scenario preparation unit for receiving a selected situation from a learner terminal;
A chat room establishing unit for providing a chat room opening screen for opening a chat room including detailed items such as date and time, a scenario, and receiving and storing the chat room opened from the learner terminal;
A chat room reservation unit that provides a chat room reservation screen including a chat room stored in the chat room establishing unit to the learner terminal, receives a selected chat room from the learner terminal, and registers the selected learner as a reserved learner of the selected chat room; And
And a dialogue support unit for entering the reserved learner into a chat room and receiving input data such as text, voice, and image inputted through the learner terminal of the reserved learner who is admitted, and transmitting the input data to a learner terminal of another learner who has entered the chat room. Foreign language dialogue system, characterized in that.
In a foreign language dialogue system comprising a plurality of learner terminals and a dialogue server,
The chat server
A scenario DB for storing a plurality of scenarios composed of some conversation contents selected from conversation contents in various situations on each of a plurality of topics such as a hotel, a movie, a tourism, a telephone, an airport, and the like;
A scenario selecting unit for providing a scenario selection screen including the plurality of scenarios to the learner terminal and receiving a selected scenario from the learner terminal;
A chat room establishing unit for providing a chat room opening screen for opening a chat room including detailed items such as date and time, a scenario, and receiving and storing the chat room opened from the learner terminal;
A chat room reservation unit that provides a chat room reservation screen including a chat room stored in the chat room establishing unit to the learner terminal, receives a selected chat room from the learner terminal, and registers the selected learner as a reserved learner of the selected chat room; And
And a dialogue support unit for entering the reserved learner into a chat room and receiving input data such as text, voice, and image inputted through the learner terminal of the reserved learner who is admitted, and transmitting the input data to a learner terminal of another learner who has entered the chat room. Foreign language dialogue system, characterized in that.
The method according to claim 1,
And a scenario notice board on the learner terminal that displays a creation scenario consisting of a theme and a situation selected on the subject selection screen and a situation selection screen while the scenario is created.
Claim 5
And if the scenario creation unit selects a creation scenario displayed on the scenario notification board, the conversation contents corresponding to the situation included in the creation scenario are retrieved from the dialogue contents DB and transmitted to the learner terminal.
The method according to claim 1,
When a scenario is selected from the detailed items of the chat room of the chat room reservation screen, the chat room reservation unit retrieves the chat content corresponding to the situation included in the selected scenario from the chat content DB and transmits the chat content to the learner terminal. Dialog system.
The method of claim 4,
And a scenario selected from the detailed items of the chat room of the chat room reservation screen, the chat room reservation unit retrieves the selected scenario from the scenario DB and transmits the scenario to the learner terminal.

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