Audio-visual language instruction system without a computer

摘要

A learning system has at least one printed entity comprising lesson information in an ordered series of one or more of sentences, phrases, pictures, or alphanumeric representations, a digital memory media having recorded thereon separately playable audio files comprising one or both of vocal renditions of individual ones of the sentences or phrases, vocal renditions related to entities in the pictures, or information files, and a digital player for playing the audio files from the memory media, rendering the audio files audible, and having a user interface for selecting and initiating playing of individual ones of the files, individually or in a predetermined order. The system is characterized in that individual ones of the pictures, sentences, phrases, or alphanumeric representations are annotated by visible indicia in the printed entity or entities, and the user interface of the digital player enables the user to select files to play by selecting individual ones of the visible indicia associated with individual ones of the audio files.