System and method for teaching a new language

#1. Field of the Invention

#This invention pertains to a system and method for presenting and teaching a new language. In particular, this invention relates to the presentation of two languages with equal emphasis.

#2. Background of the Invention

#Further objects and advantages will become apparent from the following description and claims and from the accompanying drawings, wherein:

#FIG. 1 is a picture of a person watching the video of the present invention, while referring to the book of the present invention.

#FIG. 2 is a picture of the book of the present invention with the sliders in a first position to reveal the corresponding words of the first language.

#Referring now to the drawings in detail, wherein like numerals indicate like elements throughout the several views, one sees from FIG. 1 that the child 10 is watching the television 12 for an audiovisual program. The audiovisual program may be supplied by a videotape, a DVD, a television broadcast through any number of media, or any equivalent methods which may be developed.

#The audiovisual program includes sessions of bilingual presentation. The sessions of bilingual presentation will include the visual presentation, typically a still animation, of a common item or thing, such as a “house”. The audio portion will include a first tone or audio cue to introduce the picture, a first person speaking the word in a first language, such as “house” in English, followed by a second tone or audio cue (which may have the same or different tonal characteristics as the first tone), and a second person speaking the corresponding word in a second language, such as “casa” in Spanish. The video will include, typically in the lower portion, the printed word corresponding to the word being spoken. There will be a band of a background color (such as red, blue, yellow or green, primary or otherwise simple colors which appeal to children) with the word from the first language printed in a first color (such as black) and the word from the second language printed in a second color (such as white). The printed word from both languages will be constantly displayed during audio presentation of the words from both languages.

#As stated above, the languages are intended to be presented with equal emphasis in a bilingual environment, and any reference to “first language” or “second language” is simply an arbitrary construct for the disclosure and claiming of the present invention.