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Assessing Progress in Mastering Social Skills in Multiple Categories

a social skill and social skill technology, applied in the field of communication skills, can solve the problems of ineffective training of learners at different levels of proficiency, lack of measurement of learning effort, and limited interactive lessons

Inactive Publication Date: 2007-04-12
UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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However, it may not effectively train learners at different levels of proficiency, nor provide a means to measure the success of the learning effort.
Interactive lessons may be limited to opportunities to practice the specific phrases used in the game dialog.
These systems may not adequately train the user in the foreign language.

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[0038] As will be described in further detail below, using embodiments, users gradually learn communicative skills for interacting with people who speak foreign languages or belong to foreign cultures. Communicative skills may include spoken language skills in foreign languages. They may also include knowledge of nonverbal communication modalities such as hand gestures and nonverbal vocalizations, as well as social norms and rules of politeness and etiquette governing conversational interaction in various settings.

[0039] A foreign language teaching device and method may be provided. Any foreign language may be taught, such as Spanish, French, Arabic, Chinese, English, and Pashto.

[0040] A foreign language that a user wants to learn is called herein a “target language” A language which the user has mastery is called herein a “native language.” A “user” may be a person learning a target language, or an instructor or trainer who is guiding, assisting, or facilitating a learning proces...

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Abstract

Providing an interactive environment that requires a user to exercise one or more social skills to achieve a goal, and generating a simulation progress report indicative of the success of the user's exercise of the social skills during the interactive social simulation in a plurality of separate categories that are each related to the one or more social skills based on the user's interaction with the interactive environment.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S) [0001] This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 421,752, filed Jun. 1, 2006, entitled “Interactive Foreign Language Teaching,” attorney docket no. 28080-206, which is based upon and claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60 / 686,900, entitled “Tactical Language Training System,” filed Jun. 2, 2005, attorney docket number 28080-168. The entire content of both applications is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND [0002] 1. Field [0003] The application of communication skills, such as learning foreign languages and cultures, learning other skills where face to face communication plays a key role (including law enforcement and clinical practice), conducting plant safety inspections, and providing customer service. [0004] 2. Description of Related Art [0005] Methods and products for teaching foreign languages are known. One such product is called Rosetta Stone. It presents images, spo...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G09B19/00G06F40/00
CPCG09B7/02G09B7/04G09B19/06
Inventor JOHNSON, W. LEWISVILHJALMSSON, HANNES HOGNIVALENTE, ANDRESAMTANI, PRASANWANG, NING
Owner UNIV OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
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