public void runMenu () 
    {  

        //do while loop for the menu
        do
        {
            // initialise instance variables
            displayMainMenu ();
            promptChoice();

            if (choice == 1)
            {
                //navigates the user to English to BLISS
                System.out.println("\f");
                getEnglishWord();
                getToMenu();
                System.out.println("\f");

            } 
            else if(choice == 2)
            {
                //navigates the user to BLISS to English
                System.out.println("\f");
                getBlissNumber();
                getToMenu();
                System.out.println("\f");
            } 
            else if(choice == 3)
            {
                System.out.println("\f");

                // navigates the user to the instructions
                instructions();
                getToMenu();
                System.out.println("\f");
            }
            else if(choice == 4)
            {
                //navigates the user to the dictionary
                System.out.println("\f");
                theTranslator.printTree();
                getToMenu();
                System.out.println("\f");
            }
            else if(choice == 5)
            {
                //exits the program
                System.out.println("\f");
                exit();
            }
            else 
            {
                //catch incase user enters invalid input
                System.out.println("\f");
                System.out.println("Sorry your option was not found. Please Try again.");
            }

        }    
        while(true);

    }