Interactive learning system

A method for electronically teaching a phoneme, the method comprising:

• playing, using a computer processor, a sound of a phoneme;
• displaying, using the computer processor, a letter that represents the phoneme after playing the sound;
• displaying at least one word which contains the phoneme;
• displaying, using the computer processor, a GUI for selection of a correct picture whose name corresponds to the phoneme;
• displaying, using the computer processor, a letter that represents the phoneme, after displaying the GUI;
• and
• displaying, using the computer processor, a way of writing the letter without referring to the name of the letter.

A method for electronically teaching a phoneme, the method comprising:

• loading, using a computer processor, a word pair list for the phoneme;
• resetting, using the computer processor, a pair index;
• displaying images associated with the word pair for a current pair index;
• enabling a speech recognition engine to determine a user input;
• playing, using the computer processor, at least one of:
• a sound and a animation corresponding to the user input provided, wherein the user input is one of:
• unknown, incorrect, and correct;
• responsive to the user input being at least one of:
• correct and incorrect, incrementing the pair index using the computer processor;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the pair index is less than the total number of word pairs, returning to displaying images associated with the word pair for a current pair index.

A method for electronically teaching a phoneme, the method comprising:

• displaying, using a computer processor, instructions for writing a letter corresponding to the phoneme;
• receiving a user input;
• determining, using the computer processor, that the user input corresponds to the letter;
• responsive to a determination that the user input corresponds to the letter, at least one of:
• displaying at least one of:
• an image and an animation, of the letter, playing an animation, and playing a sound.

A method for electronically teaching a phoneme, the method comprising:

• displaying, using a computer processor, instructions corresponding to a round index and resetting a current index;
• beginning a timer;
• clearing an input box at the current index;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the user input is correct, incrementing the current index and at least one of:
• displaying an image of the letter, playing an animation, and playing a sound;
• responsive to a determination that the current index is more than a second predetermined number, determining whether the timer is still running;
• responsive to a determination that the timer is still running, incrementing the round index.

A method for electronically teaching a phoneme, the method comprising:

• loading, using a computer processor, a word list for the phoneme;
• resetting, using the computer processor, a word index and a letter index;
• receiving a first user speech input and a user written input;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that at least the user written input is correct, incrementing the letter index;
• responsive to a determination that the letter index is greater than the word index, receiving a second user speech input;
• and
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the second user speech input is correct, displaying at least of:
• an image and an animation, for the word and incrementing the word index.

A method for electronically teaching a phoneme, the method comprising:

• loading, using a computer processor, a word list for the phoneme;
• resetting, using the computer processor, a word index and a timer;
• receiving a user input;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the user input is correct, pausing the timer, incrementing the word index, and displaying at least one of:
• a sound and animation;
• and
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the timer completes before the word index reaches the number of word pairs in the word list, returning to loading a word list for the phoneme.

A method for electronically teaching reading, the method comprising:

• displaying, using a computer processor, a sentence corresponding to a sentence index;
• receiving a first user input corresponding to reading the sentence;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the first user input is correct, at least one of:
• clearing the sentence from the display, playing an animation, reading the sentence to the user, and incrementing the sentence index;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the first user input is incorrect, displaying a first word of the sentence;
• receiving a second user input for the first word of the sentence;
• and
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the second user input is incorrect, enabling touch to speech for the first word.

A method for outputting a sound responsive to receiving a touch input, the method comprising:

• receiving, via a touch-sensitive user terminal, a touch event having a touch point;
• responsive to a determination by a computer processor that the touch point is at least one of:
• inside a perimeter of a letter image and near the perimeter of the letter image, determining whether a start index is set;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the start index is not set, setting a start index equal to a letter index and an end index equal to the letter index;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the start index is set, determining whether the letter index is greater than the end index;
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the end index equals the letter index, waiting for a next touch event;
• and
• responsive to a determination by the computer processor that the next touch event occurs in greater than or equal to a predetermined time period, playing a sounds corresponding to a start to end index.