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US 2003/0170596 A1Published application
Literacy system
OwnerMarion S. Blankinventor
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Abstract
A literacy system provides teaching for reading and writing skills. In one embodiment, the literacy system may include exercises for teaching visual sequencing, motor skills, phonology, semantics, syntax, and text. The literacy system may have a pre-reading section, which includes exercises for developing visual sequencing skills and motor skills prior to teaching the skills of reading and writing words.
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A literacy system comprising:
- a pre-reading section that includes sequencing exercises, the sequencing exercises including foreign symbols that are not associated with letters of a written language taught by the literacy system;
- and
- a language skills section that includes language exercises for teaching at least one language skill selected from a group consisting of phonology, semantics, syntax, and text.
A literacy system comprising:
- a pre-reading section that includes motor skills exercises for teaching handwriting letters of a written language taught by the literacy system, wherein the motor skills exercises introduce letters in order of shape, size, and placement simplicity;
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- a language skills section that includes language exercises for teaching at least one language skill selected from a group consisting of phonology, semantics, syntax, and text.
A method of practicing visual sequencing skills, comprising:
- viewing a first array of foreign symbols;
- viewing a second array of foreign symbols, wherein the second array includes:
- all of the symbols of the first array in left-to-right sequence, and
- additional symbols intermingled with those from the first array;
- identifying the same symbols in the second array that appear in the first array in order of left-to-right sequence;
- and
- receiving feedback regarding the proper or improper identification of the symbols.
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A computer-readable medium having stored thereon instructions that when executed perform the following functions:
- displaying a first array of foreign symbols;
- displaying a second array of foreign symbols, wherein the second array includes:
- all of the symbols of the first array in left-to-right sequence, and
- additional symbols intermingled with those from the first array;
- receiving a user's input that identifies a selection of symbols from the second array;
- determining if the user's selection of symbols from the second array match the symbols that appear in the first array in order of left-to-right sequence;
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- outputting an indicator to inform the user whether the user's selection of symbols from the second array match the symbols that appear in the first array in order of left-to-right sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.