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US 2010/0075282 A1Published application
Omnidirectional word construction pedagogical tool and learning game
OwnerGregory J. Yuinventor
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Abstract
A method of learning and teaching words by the insertion and addition of letters to a pre-existing chain or minimal pair of letters of a language within a grid or array of preprinted spaces to allow the learner to visualize the placement of letter to build a word for discovery. Bother the learner and instructor can consult a dictionary database to test and identify all possible valid words that contain a given chain or pair of letters.
Claims8
A method for discovering and enhancing vocabulary and spelling skill in a person, the method comprising:
- providing a visual grid, said grid having at least four uniformly shaped adjacent spaces placed in a plurality of horizontal rows;
- displaying within each horizontal row of spaces a chain of least two letters of an alphabet of a language in adjacent position wherein at least one blank space remains on both the left and right sides of the adjacent letters, and each additional row having same letters and position;
- requiring the person to select a letter from the plurality of letters of the alphabet to insert in a space adjacent to the existing chain of letters with an objective to form or continue to form a valid word of a designated language;
- determining by consultation with a dictionary database of valid words of the designated language if the person properly formed a valid word with the addition of at least a single letter to said chain;
- repeating said displaying, said requiring, said determining;
- wherein said repeating permits the person to learn the validity, vocabulary and spelling of all valid words of said language that contain said two letters.
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