Patent ID: 7149690

Claim:
A system for interactive language instruction comprising: a first module configured to receive repurposed input text from a repurposed source and convert the input text to audible speech in a selected language, the audible speech being patterned after a model; a user interface configured to receive utterances spoken by a user in response to a prompt to replicate the audible speech; and, a second module configured to recognize the utterances and provide feedback to the user, the feedback being comprised of a confidence measure reflecting a precision at which the user replicates the audible speech in the selected language based on a comparison of the utterances to one of the audible speech and the model, wherein the confidence measure is provided as scores for replication of at least one of paragraphs, sentences, words and sub-words; and a third module synchronized to the first module for producing a visual pronunciation aid in the form of an animated image of a human face and head pronouncing the audible speech.