Method and device for learning a language

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermiend format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein the symbolic indicia on the upper sheet constitute a running text of words in a language unfamiliar to the student, and the other indicia on the base sheet constitute a translation of said running text in a language familiar to the student, the words of the translation on the base sheet being in as close registry as possible with the words of the text on the upper sheet within the constraints of differences in syntax, grammer, direction of reading, and length between the text marked on the upper sheet and the text marked on the base sheet.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein said means for joining an edge of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge of the base sheet comprises an elongated channel-shaped plastic binding clamp (22) removably attached to the corresponding edges (17, 13) of said upper and base sheets.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein said means for joining an edge of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge of the upper base sheet comprises a spiral binding (31) attached to the corresponding edges of said upper and base sheets.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein said means to facilitate lifting the bottom edge of the upper sheet comprises an elongated channel-shaped plastic binding clamp (23) removably attached to the bottom edge of said upper sheet.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein said means to facilitate lifting the bottom edge of the top sheet comprises means (23) extending outwardly from each side edge of the upper sheet at the bottom edge thereof.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein said means to facilitate lifting the bottom edge of the upper sheet comprises a stiff rod-like member (23) attached along the bottom edge of the top sheet and having opposite ends extending outwardly beyond the respective side edges of the upper sheet.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein both the base sheet and the upper sheet have additional markings, the additional markings (21) on the upper sheet being identical to and in registry with the additional markings (21) on the base sheet for aiding orientation of the student's eye with respect to corresponding indicia on the base and upper sheet.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• the teaching aid further comprising:
• a plurality of pairs of upper sheets and base sheets arranged in superposed sequence;
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• means for joining a second edge portion of one base sheet to corresponding second edge portions of the other base sheets of the plurality of pairs of upper sheets and base sheets, the second edge portion of each base sheet being adjacent to the edge portion joined to the respective upper sheet of said pair.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• wherein the at least one base sheet comprises:
• a plurality of superposed base sheets (68), each base sheet having marked thereon indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and in substantially exact registry with the corresponding indicia on the uppermost sheet, and the translation on each base sheet being different from the translation marked on each other base sheet;
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• means (73) to facilitate lifting an edge portion spaced from the joined portion of each base sheet above the lowermost base sheet quickly up from the base sheet directly therebelow to reveal the indicia marked on the directly below base sheet.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• wherein the upper sheet and the at least one base sheet are rectangular, each sheet having a top edge, right and left side edges, and a bottom edge, and wherein the upper and base sheets are attached along the top edge of each sheet.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• wherein the symbolic indicia on the upper sheet comprise multiple groups of indicia represented words of a language and
• wherein corresponding groups of indicia on the upper and base sheets are color coded.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• wherein the symbolic indicia on the upper sheet comprise multiple groups of indicia representing words of a language and wherein the multiple groups of indicia represent a plurality of different figures of speech, and the at least one base sheet comprises a plurality of base sheets, one base sheet having all examples of a first figure of speech color coded with a first color and at least another base sheet having all examples of a different figure of speech color coded with a different color.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• wherein the indicia on the upper sheet comprise a text in an unfamiliar language being taught to the student and the base sheet contains a phonetic transliteration of the text of the unfamiliar language.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked on the upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining an edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet, wherein
• the symbolic indicia on the upper sheet comprise multiple groups of indicia representing words of a language, and the teaching aid further comprising a blank sheet no larger than the area marked with symbolic indicia and means for attaching an edge of said blank sheet to an edge of one of said upper sheet and said at least one base sheet for providing space for written exercises.

A teaching aid for reinforcing a student's ability to learn symbolic indicia, the teaching aid comprising:

• a flexible opaque upper sheet (12) having legible symbolic indicia marked thereon in a predetermined format;
• at least one opaque base sheet (11) disposed under and in contact with the upper sheet and having other indicia marked thereon, the other indicia representing a translation of the indicia marked ont he upper sheet and being in substantial registry with the corresponding indicia on the upper sheet;
• means (22) for joining as edge portion of the upper sheet to a corresponding edge portion of the base sheet so that the indicia on the upper sheet are superposed substantially congruently above the indicia on the base sheet but no part of the base sheet is visible through the upper sheet;
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• means (23) to facilitate lifting and lowering an edge portion of the upper sheet spaced from the joined edge portion quickly up and down to briefly expose the base sheet,
• the teaching aid further comprising a fully opaque flap (77) having a size just sufficient to cover a preselected portion of the multiple groups of indicia and means for removably attaching said flap to one of said upper and said at least one base sheet so as to cover said preselected portion of the multiple groups of indicia to provide space for written exercises.