Patent ID: 8678828

Claim:
An apparatus for language instruction comprising: a) at least one vowel card object having text corresponding to a vowel sound for a language; b) at least one consonant card object having text corresponding to a consonant sound for the language; c) wherein combining the text of at least one of the consonant card objects with the text of at least one of the vowel card objects defines one of a phonetic sound or a phonemic sound in the language based on the vowel sound and the consonant sound; wherein the at least one vowel card object comprises a plurality of vowel card objects and wherein the at least one consonant card object comprises a plurality of consonant card objects; d) a plurality of cards, each card corresponding to either one of the vowel card objects or one of the consonant card objects; and e) a sound chart having: i) a plurality of sound sections, each sound section corresponding to either one of the vowel card objects or one of the consonant card objects; ii) a plurality of blank sections for receiving the cards, each blank section being associated with one of the sound sections such that placing one of the cards on the blank section unites the card with the associated sound section; f) wherein uniting the card with the sound section, such that the card and the sound section cooperate to represent one of the vowel card objects and one of the consonant card objects, combines the text of the vowel card object with the text of the consonant card object and defines the one of the phonetic sound or the phonemic sound.