Patent Document ID: 8784108
Application ID: 13301660

Base Claim:
1. A computer-based language immersion teaching system comprising: (a) a digital processing device comprising a memory and an operating system configured to perform executable instructions; and (b) a computer program, provided to the digital processing device, including executable instructions that create a language immersion teaching environment, wherein the environment comprises a plurality of learning activities associated with a target language; wherein the language immersion teaching environment and the plurality of learning activities are suitable for a learner aged about 3 to about 10 years; wherein the plurality of activities comprises: i. at least one learning activity based on a taxonomy of phonemes; ii. at least one learning activity selected from: songs, chants, books, poems, puzzles, games, art activities, and printable activities; iii. voiceover audio in the target language; and iv. a software module for recording the learner's pronunciation and comparing it to one or more model pronunciations.

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Claim 8:
8. The computer-based system of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of activities includes activities designed to accomplish one or more educational objectives related to teaching sounds of phonemes and teaching phonemes in the context of the beginning, middle, and end of words.