摘要 |
A machine for teaching foreign languages, comprising a multichannel magnetic sound recorder with a tape loop carrying pre-recorded fragments of speech and control signals, and students' terminals connectable to the channels of said magnetic sound recorder to synthesize various phrases from the pre-recorded speech fragments, each of said terminals comprising: an acoustic output unit; a phrase shaper incorporating multiple switches; a pause shaper to substitute pauses for various combinations of the fragments of a phrase, said pause shaper being connected to said phrase shaper; a shaper unit for automatic written translation of the oral speech being synthesized, said unit being connected to the phrase shaper and to the pause shaper. The machine enables students to adapt to their personal peculiarities in a versatile manner the form, content and degree of difficulty of the oral exercises being performed.
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