METHOD FOR FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: education aids for, for example, English, German, French, as well as Chinese, Japanese and other languages. SUBSTANCE: method involves use of source illustrated texts, representation of learned material for evaluation which is run using computer as analytical instrument with feedback, repeating previous steps until complete mastering of source texts. Each picture has at least two objects which are compared in temporal or spatial respect, and corresponding set of statements about these relations in foreign language. Spatial and temporal relations represent features which appear in time in subjective perception, intentions, demands, expectations and predictions. Evaluation of material which has been learned in previous steps is achieved by production of statements about objects to be compared using lexical and grammatical constructions of foreign language. In later steps of education, clause structure which use has been mastered is extended onto similar relations between other objects. EFFECT: increased efficiency of education. 3 cl, 5 dwg