Language teaching system that facilitates mentor involvement

Computer readable media encoded with a computer program including instructions executable by the operating system of a digital processing device, wherein said instructions create a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises:

• (a) a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language;
• (b) a software module for providing voiceover audio in said target language;
• and
• (c) a software module for providing translation of said voiceover, text, or voiceover and text from said target language to a specified language, wherein said translation is both written and voiced, and wherein said software module for providing translation of voiceover, text, or voiceover and text is adapted for use by a mentor to a learner of said target language.

A computer-implemented language immersion teaching method comprising the step of:

• (a) providing executable instructions to a digital processing device comprising an operating system configured to perform executable instructions, to create a language immersion teaching environment, wherein said environment comprises:
• i) a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language;
• ii) a software module for providing voiceover audio in said target language;
• and
• iii) a software module for providing translation of said voiceover, text, or voiceover and text from said target language to a specified language, wherein said translation is both written and voiced, and wherein said software module for providing translation of voiceover, text, or voiceover and text is adapted for use by a mentor to a learner of said target language.