Language learning system and digital storage unit

Abstract

Audio recordings and programs are saved as audio files on a digital storage unit in a language learning system comprising student units connected to the digital storage unit. The digital storage unit is provided with a audio interface controller (201) having a dedicated input / output RAM buffer (B1-B63) for each student station. Each RAM buffer has an associated file which is either a fixed file or can be defined for each case. When the audio interface controller (201) receives a record command relating to a specific buffer, the controller (201) opens an audio file associated with the specific buffer, buffers the audio data received from a student station or another source in the buffer, and transfers the contents of the specified buffer to the opened associated audio file. Similarly, in response to a play command relating to a specific RAM buffer, the controller (201) opens an associated audio file in the digital storage unit, transfers audio data from the opened audio file to the buffer, and sends the audio data from the buffer to a respective student station or to other destination.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to an interactive language learning system. Background technique [0002] Language laboratory systems primarily relate to systems aimed at training students in listening and speaking of a foreign language in a classroom environment. Typically, a language laboratory system or language learning system includes a teacher's station and a number of student stations connected to the teacher's station. The most traditional systems use a tape recorder as a memory device to store instructional material and student utterances. The Teacher Station also allows teachers to control all program sources and student recorders, select groups and pairs, monitor student behavior, and contact individual students, groups of students, or the entire class. The student can replay his own recorded voice to compare with the standard pronunciation to control his / her learning progress. [0003] More recent language learning systems use electronic (...

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Problems solved by technology

[0005] The problem involved with such prior art language laboratory systems using digital memory storage is that the management of the stored material in the memory is very complex

The system in the prior art cannot realize the input of teaching and program materials to the storage unit, and the output of student recordings from the storage unit, and in this sense, it is also a closed system

In addition, a large number of multi-wire cables are required

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