Patent ID: 7563099

Claim:
An audio visual method for enhancing receptive language learning by a young child by presenting the child with a set of vocabulary words, comprising the following steps: a. visually presenting to the child a first image, the first image being displayed on a first visually perceptible medium, the first image being a generic example of the class of object or action associated with a first word in which the object or action depicted in the first image is presented in such a way that it is clearly the focus of the visual presentation, the first image having a low level of abstraction with respect to the class of object or action associated with the first word; b. simultaneously with the visual presentation, presenting the sound of the first word corresponding to the object or action; c. simultaneously with the visual presentation and the sound presentation, presenting a visual image of the text of the first word corresponding to the object or action; d. after presentation of the first image, the sound of the first word, and the visual image of the text of the first word, visually presenting the child with a second image, the second image being displayed on a second visually perceptible medium, the second image being an example of the class of object or action associated with the first word, the second image having a higher level of abstraction than the first image with respect to the class of object or action associated with the first word; f. after presentation of the second image, visually presenting the child with a third image, the third image being displayed on a third visually perceptible medium, the third image being an example of the class of object or action associated with the first word, the third image having a higher level of abstraction than the first image with respect to the class of object or action associated with the first word; g. at the end of the sequence, visually presenting the child with a fourth image displayed on a fourth visually perceptible medium, the fourth image being a generic example of the object or action associated with the first word, the fourth image being presented in such a way that the object or action is clearly the focus of the visual display, the fourth image having a low level of abstraction with respect to the class of object or action associated with the first word; h. simultaneously with the visual presentation at the end of the sequence, presenting the sound of the first word corresponding to the object or action; i. simultaneously with the visual presentation and the sound presentation at the end of the sequence, presenting a visual image of the text of the first word corresponding to the object or action; and j. repeating the above steps for each subsequent vocabulary word presented.