JPH1063176A - Foreign language learning device and its recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a learner to learn English with a game sensation and to understand the results of the learning, by judging whether the continuous character strings formed by characters stored in a memory means are stated in a word dictionary or not. SOLUTION: A CPU 1 first sets the scanning direction in a row direction, scans the first row, finds the top of the character strings and temporally stores the character code in the top position in a RAM 3 when this CPU detects the top position. Next, the CPU connects the character code to the temporarily stored character when there is the adjacent character. The CPU 1 retrieves an English word dictionary 6A with respect to this character string. If this character string is stated in the English word dictionary 6A, this character string is regarded to be a word and this extent is announced to the learner. If, on the other hand, the character string is not stated in the English word dictionary 6A, this character string is regarded not to be the word and the CPU 1 retrieves the English word dictionary 6A by connecting the adjacent character with the present retrieved character string.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to a foreign language learning apparatus for learning a foreign language such as English using an information processing apparatus such as a computer, and a recording medium used therefor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as an apparatus for learning English using a computer, various English learning apparatuses for displaying English words and meanings of the English words in pictures for learning words for infants have been proposed. .

[0003]

However, especially for infants, the main focus is on how to memorize English words, so that infants and lower-grade children can check how much they understand. Is not configured. It is possible to test English words on a computer display screen in order to grasp the level of understanding of English, but the test is painful for English learners and may hinder their willingness to learn.

In view of the above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a foreign language learning device and a foreign language learning device for learning English by learning the game in a game-like manner and understanding the learning result. It is to provide a recording medium to be used.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, according to the first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a display means (CRT5) for displaying an image in the form of a matrix, and a cell position of the matrix is indicated. Instruction input means (input device 4) for inputting a character to be assigned to a cell position, storage means (character code storage area 3A) for storing the input character in association with the specified position, and storage in the storage means Display control means (CPU1) for displaying the character in a matrix of a matrix on the display screen of the display means in the same positional relationship as the displayed character, and a word dictionary (English word dictionary) describing a character string of a word in a specific language 6A) and determining means (C) for determining whether at least a part of a continuous character string formed by the characters stored in the storage means is described in the word dictionary. U1, 3 steps S50, S6
0) and notifying means (CPU1, step S65 in FIG. 3) for notifying that at least a part of the continuous character string is a word when an affirmative judgment is obtained.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the first aspect, the notifying means notifies a character string on the display screen of at least a part of the continuous character string (notification by blinking). ).

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the first aspect, the storage means (HDD 6) for storing information related to at least a part of the character string in the continuous character string is provided. Further, the storage means reads out information to be notified from the storage means and notifies it.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the third aspect, the information is moving image information (video of an animal laughing) indicating the meaning of the partial character string. And

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, there is provided the foreign language learning apparatus according to the first aspect, wherein instruction means (input device 4, picture 403) for instructing notification of a character constituting a specific character string; Means (CPU1, step 17 in FIG. 6) for detecting the position where the characters constituting
0, S171) and means (CPU1, steps 170, S171 in FIG. 6) for notifying a character on the display screen corresponding to the detected position.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the fifth aspect, the display control means according to the first aspect displays the plurality of still images (pictures 403) related to the specific character string. It is displayed on a screen, and the type of the specific character string to be notified is specified by specifying the plurality of still images by the specifying means.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the first aspect, the display control means initially displays a character in a matrix of the display screen, and displays the displayed character and movement. The character to be assigned and the position of the cell are indicated by designating the destination by the instruction input means (FIG. 8).

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the first aspect, a plurality of characters (reference numeral 704 in FIG. 7) instructable by the instruction input means are displayed on the display screen by the display control means. The instruction input means indicates the character to be assigned by alternately selecting the displayed plurality of characters.

According to a ninth aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning device according to the eighth aspect, two sets of the instructable characters are prepared, and the instruction input means selects one of the two sets of the plurality of characters. Characters are alternately selected.

According to a tenth aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the ninth aspect, the counting means for counting the number of times that the determination result of the determining means according to the first aspect is affirmative for each of the two sets. (CPU1, step S245)
The display control means according to claim 1 displays the counting result of the counting means on the display screen according to claim 1.

According to an eleventh aspect of the present invention, in the foreign language learning apparatus according to the ninth aspect, each of the two sets of instructable characters can variably set a character type.

According to a twelfth aspect of the present invention, in a recording medium mounted on a foreign language learning device for performing a foreign language learning, a processing procedure (FIG. 6) which is read and executable by the foreign language learning device is recorded. In the processing procedure, a step of displaying an image in the form of a matrix (step S100)
And inputting a character to be assigned to the cell position of the matrix (step S11).
0), storing the input character in the foreign language learning device in association with the designated position (step S130), and using the same positional relationship as the stored character, the foreign language learning device Displaying the character in the matrix of the matrix on the display screen (step S130)
Determining whether or not at least a part of a continuous character string formed by characters stored in the foreign language learning device is described in a word dictionary in the foreign language learning device (step S140) , S145), and a step (Step S150) of notifying that at least a part of the continuous character string is a word when a positive determination is obtained.

[0017]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 shows a system configuration to which the present invention is applied. A general-purpose personal computer can be used for the foreign language learning device. However, the content of the application program for learning English is different from the conventional one.

In FIG. 1, a CPU 1 executes an English learning program stored in a hard disk storage device 6 and also executes a system control in accordance with a system program stored in a ROM 2. The RAM 3 temporarily stores input / output data for the CPU 1. In the RAM 3, a character code storage area 3A in the form of a matrix described later is provided.

The input device 4 has a keyboard and a pointing device such as a mouse, and performs an operation instruction and information input to the CPU 1. A CRT (cathode ray tube display) 5 performs display related to English learning. A figure (icon) for inputting a command is displayed on the display screen, and various operations can be instructed by instructing the icon with a pointing device.

The HDD 6 stores an English learning program and data used in this program, in addition to a system program and various data used for system control. Various images (see FIGS. 4 and 7) to be displayed on the English word dictionary 6A and the CRT 5 are prepared as the data. The English word dictionary 6A describes a character string of an alphabet constituting a word. Two English learning programs are provided and will be described in detail later.

The character code storage area 3A is nxm (n, m
Is a positive number, and in this embodiment, each is composed of a matrix of 6), and each cell of the matrix stores one character code. In addition, a code indicating that the character code is empty is stored in a matrix position where no character code is stored. The character code stored in the character code storage area 3A is displayed on the CRT 5 corresponding to the storage position. The character code storage area 3A is scanned for word search. The scanning direction in FIG.
There are three types, a column direction Q and an oblique direction R. In the present embodiment, when the character code stored in the character code storage area 3A forms a word in a row, column, or diagonal direction, the user is notified when a part of the character string forms a word.

FIG. 3 shows the contents of the search program for this purpose. In FIG. 3, the character code to be stored in the character code storage area 3A and its matrix position, for example, the character code of the character “T”, the matrix position ((5, 1),
Is supplied to the CPU 1, the CPU 1 stores the character code of "T" in the corresponding position (step S10).

First, the CPU 1 sets the scanning direction to the line direction, and scans the first line (Y = 1) in FIG. 2 to find the beginning of the character string. More specifically, a character code is read out along a line in order from (1, 1), the type is determined, and a character position where a character code other than an empty code first appears is detected. When the head position is detected, the character code at that position is temporarily stored in the RAM 3. In the example of FIG. 2, the character code of "C" is stored (step S30).

Next, if there is an adjacent character, the character code of the character "A" is linked to the temporarily stored character "C". As a result, the concatenated character string is currently “CA”.
The CPU 1 searches the English word dictionary 6 for this character string. If this character string is described in the English word dictionary 6A, this character string is regarded as a word, and a notification process for notifying the learner of that is performed (step S4).
0 → S50 → S60). This notification process differs for each English learning program described later. Thereafter, the line is changed from the current first line to the second line, and the word search for the second line is continued.

On the other hand, when the character string is not described in the English word dictionary 6A, the character string is regarded as not a word.
For this reason, the CPU 1 determines the next character ("T" in FIG. 2).
To the current search character string "CA" to convert the English word dictionary 6
A is searched (steps S40 to S90 → S40 → S5)
0). In this way, if the words connected from the first character code to the last character code do not match the words described in the English word dictionary 6A (YE in step S90).
(S determination), and changes the current leading character (“C” in FIG. 2) to the character on the right (“A” in FIG. 2) (step S30).
Hereinafter, by repeating the above-described procedure, a character string starting with “A”, “AT”, “ATT”. . . Is searched in the English word dictionary 6A. In this way, when the character string described in the English word dictionary 6A is found, the line is changed while performing the notification process each time, and the character string described in the English word dictionary 6A in the character string on the line direction is changed. A continuous character string is found (loop processing of steps S20 to S80).

When all the rows have been completed, the above-described word search processing is executed by changing the scanning direction in the column direction.
Finally, a word search process in an oblique direction is performed, and the processing procedure of FIG. 3 ends (step S70).

By executing this processing procedure, the character code group stored in the character code storage area 3A is
A character string forming a word can be detected by a continuous character string in a line, a column, and an oblique direction. In the example of FIG. 2, "CAT" is detected. In the present embodiment, the program shown in FIG.
Using a word search program) in a later-described English learning program, a continuous character string constituting a word is detected from the character code group stored in the matrix storage area 3A.

(First English Learning Program) The contents of the first English learning program are shown in FIG. 6, and the contents of the display screen are shown in FIGS. 4 and 5.

In FIG. 4, reference numeral 401 denotes an icon indicating a hint button. After the hint button 401 is operated by a pointing device (one operation of a click button after a position is designated), the hint button 401 is displayed in an animal picture (still image). When a desired one is selected by the pointing device, the characters on the dial 405 are displayed blinking with the characters constituting the word of the animal. This allows the learner to know the meaning of the word and the characters that make up the spelling. Animal picture 40
3 is stored in the HDD 6, and characters (character codes) constituting words are associated with this image.
The moving image of the animal (the moving image of the laughing action in the present embodiment) is also stored in the HDD 6.

Dial 405 has the same matrix configuration as character code storage area 3A, and an image of a character corresponding to the character code stored in each matrix is displayed on dial 405. The image of each character is stored in the HDD 6, and the image of the dial for display is synthesized on the RAM 3. A blank part 406 is prepared in the dial,
An adjacent character, “Z” in the example of FIG.
Any of the characters “K”, “P”, and “B” can be moved to the blank portion 406 by a pointing operation of the pointing device. The image of the dial used initially and the character array at that time are also stored in the HDD 6.

When one character is moved to the blank portion 406,
The character position before the movement becomes a new blank part. FIG. 5 shows a display after the character “Z” in FIG. 4 has been moved. The storage position of the character code in the character code storage area 3A is also moved according to the movement of the character.

When the English learning program of FIG. 6 is started, the CPU 1 displays a dial image and an icon image prepared in advance in the HDD 6 as shown in FIG.
In the character code storage area 3A, the character codes of the same characters as those of the display dial 405 are stored in accordance with the initial character arrangement. At this time, the character code corresponding to the blank portion 406 is a blank character or. A character code such as (period) is assigned.

Further, processing such as associating the cell position of the dial 405 on the display screen with the storage position of the character code storage area 3A is performed.

When the learner performs an operation of moving a desired adjacent character to the blank portion 406 on the display screen using the pointing device (step S1).
10), the CPU 1 confirms that the designated position is a movable position of the character, and replaces the character code in the character code storage area 3A, that is, the character code in the blank portion 406 and the storage area of the designated character. Are replaced with each other. Further, the image of the dial 406 corresponding to the arrangement of the character code past area after replacement is synthesized on the RAM 3 and the CRT is displayed.
5 is switched and displayed (step S130).

Thus, the display screen of the CRT 5 is changed from FIG. 4 to FIG. The CPU 1 executes the above-described word search process of FIG. 3 to determine whether or not there is a character string described in the English word dictionary 6A in the matrix of the character code storage area 3A (step S140 → S150).

If an affirmative determination is made, that is, if there is a character string described in the English word dictionary 6A, the CPU 1 refers to the character string information of the picture on the HDD 6, and the picture having the same character string information as the detected character string. Get the video image of. This moving image is displayed instead of the current still image in FIG. For example, when the character string “CAT” is formed somewhere on the dial 405, the English word dictionary 6A searches the English word dictionary 6A to confirm that the character string is an English word.
A moving image corresponding to “T”, that is, an image in which a cat is smiling is displayed on the CRT 5.

As a result, the learner can learn that the character string "CAT" is a spelling of an animal "cat". Hereinafter, each time the learner moves the character on the dial 405, the above-described processing is performed (steps S110 to S15).
0 loop processing).

If the learner does not know the spelling of the cat, he operates the hint button 401 with the pointing device, and then specifies the desired picture 403. Upon detecting this operation in step S160, the CPU 1 identifies the next designated picture type among steps S160 to S162. If the designated picture is a cat, the CPU 1 obtains a character string “CAT” corresponding to the image of the cat from the storage information on the HDD 6, and then obtains each character “C” “A” constituting this character string
The character code storage area 3A is searched for "T" to find the same character. When the matrix position where the same character is stored is detected in this way, the same character on the display screen is blinked and displayed to inform the learner of the character position (step S170).

As a result, the user can recognize that the cat is "C" or "A".
It can be seen that it is composed of the letter "T". In addition, this character is moved to combine one continuous character string. When the correct combination is completed, the cat picture 403 changes to a moving image as described above, so that the learner can understand that the character string of the combination is correct. As described above, in the first English learning program, when the spelling is not known, the spelling hint is obtained from the animal picture 403,
Based on this hint, you can learn the correct spelling like a game. Further, it is possible to determine whether the spelling stored by the user is correct only by rearranging the characters on the dial 405.

(Second English Learning Program) FIG. 13 shows the contents of the second English learning program, and FIGS. 7 to 12 show display states. In FIG. 7, reference numeral 701 denotes a piece board. The frame board 701 has the same cell configuration as the matrix of the character code storage area 3A. FIG. 7 shows the display of the initial screen.
There are four pieces.

Reference numeral 702 denotes a platform used by the first learner. This shows that a black piece 704 is placed on the piece stand 702. The piece 704 describes an alphabet character. Reference numeral 703 denotes a frame used by the second learner, and indicates that a white frame 704 is placed on the frame 703.

The pieces 704 placed on the piece stand 703, 704 are operated up to a total of ten times by operating the button switch 705.
You can exchange all the pieces that are placed in each. According to this exchange instruction, all nine frames with different notations are exchanged irregularly. The first and second learners operate the pointing device so as to alternately place pieces on the piece table on the piece board 701 (see FIG. 8).

At this time, there is a rule that the piece is placed adjacent to any of the pieces on the piece board 701. When black and white pieces are alternately placed under such rules, character strings are formed vertically, horizontally, and diagonally on the piece board 701 as shown in FIG. The character string "DOG" described in the English word dictionary 6A by the piece of the letter "G" placed at the end
Is formed, the character string on the piece board 701 blinks or the color is changed to notify the user. Next, the color of the piece in the row forming the word is changed to the color of the piece placed last (in this case, the white piece of the letter "G" in FIG. 9).

Hereinafter, as shown in FIG. 10 and FIG. 11, the character string of the word is notified each time the character string of the word is formed by the placed pieces in the process of alternately placing the pieces. The color of the piece is switched to the color of the placed piece (see FIGS. 11 and 12).

When there are no more pieces placed on the piece stand or when there are no pieces of characters forming a word, the button switches 705 and 706 are operated to change the character type of the piece.
In this way, when the pieces are placed on all the squares of the piece board 701 or when the pieces are changed ten times, the process ends. At this time, the number of black pieces and the number of white pieces on the piece board 701 are counted. The result of the win or loss and the number of words formed by the first and second learners are displayed.

The contents of the second English learning processing program for performing such English learning will be described with reference to FIG. In FIG. 13, in response to activation of the second English learning program, CPU 1 performs an initial process (step S20).
0). This initial processing is performed on the piece board 701, the piece stands 702, 70
3, the display of the frame 704 and the button switch 705. These display images are read from the HDD 6 and synthesized on the RAM 3. The character type of the frame on the frame stand is arbitrarily determined by the random number generator.

The number of exchangeable pieces is initially set to ten, and the number of words created is initially set to zero. Also,
A character code storage area indicating the character placed on the frame stand (referred to as a frame stand storage area) is set in the RAM 3, and the character code of the initially given character is stored. In addition, piece board 7
The character code (FIG. 7) that is also initially assigned to the character code storage area 3A (referred to as a frame disc storage area) in FIG.
Reference, in this case, “A”, “B”, “C”, “D”) is stored in correspondence with the display.

Further, a frame color storage area for storing the colors of the pieces placed on the piece board in the same matrix configuration as the piece board storage area is also set in the RAM 3, and color information is set corresponding to the pieces of the piece board. Is done.

Next, the CPU 1 receives the operation of moving the frame from the first frame base 704 and displays the specified frame at the specified position on the frame board 701. The display of the moving piece is deleted from the display of the piece board 704. Further, the character code in the corresponding frame base storage area is deleted, and the character code is written in a corresponding position in the frame board storage area (step S205).

Next, the CPU 1 performs a word search using the word search program of FIG. 3 (step S210). However, in this example, a condition is given that the position of the last placed piece is the beginning or end of the character string to be searched. Therefore,
The scanning direction of the character string is vertical, horizontal, or oblique from the position of the frame. Further, a character string starting with the character of the last frame and a character string ending with the last are created as character strings to be searched.

If it is found by this search that a character string described in the English word dictionary 6A has been formed,
The CPU 1 performs a notification process of the character string. Also, the number of created words is updated, and the color information of the piece color storage area of the pieces in the row including the character string forming the word is changed to the color of the piece placed last. Also, based on the color information after the change,
The color of the upper piece is changed (steps S215 → S22)
0).

The above processing is the processing of the CPU 1 executed by the first learner's moving operation of the piece. Processing of the CPU 1 by the movement operation of the piece by the second learner (step S225)
Steps S235 to S235) are the same as the above-described processing (however, the frame base storage area, the color of the frame, and the like correspond to the second learner), and a detailed description thereof will be omitted. In this way, the black and white pieces are moved alternately.

When the button switches 704 and 705 are operated, steps S255 to S2 are executed by interrupt processing.
The process of step 70 is executed to determine the type of the frame of the frame base to be newly changed by generating a random number, and the display of the frame of the frame base on the display screen is changed. Also, the number of exchangeable pieces is updated, and the display of the button switch is switched.

Frame board storage area (character code storage area 3A)
The end of the game is detected by determining whether the character codes of all the squares have been stored and whether the number of exchanges of the pieces has become a negative value. In the case of the end of the game, black in the color information storage area is detected. , The number of cells each having white color information is determined by CPU1.
Count by. In addition, the counting result is displayed on the CRT 5 together with the number of words created by the first and second learners, and the processing procedure of FIG. 13 ends (step S245).
→ S250).

As described above, in the second learning program, English words can be learned by combining characters on the piece board. Further, since game elements of two learners are added, the desire to learn increases.

The following example can be realized with respect to the above-described embodiment.

1) In the first English learning program,
A way to signal that a word has been formed is
In addition to displaying a picture as in the present embodiment, it is possible to display a photo showing the meaning of the word or to output the word by voice. In this case, a photograph image and audio data are described in addition to the character string of the word described in the English word dictionary 6A, and the user is notified using the photograph image and audio data of the character string found at the time of the search. I do. To learn pronunciation, the pronunciation of the word itself may be output as speech, and to learn the meaning of Japanese, the pronunciation of Japanese meaning is output as speech.

2) Since the second English learning program is performed by two people, it is preferable to prepare two sets of pointing devices.

3) First and second described in the present embodiment
English language learning programs include floppy disks, compact disks (C
D) Of course, it may be recorded on a PC card. Further, these programs may be recorded in a machine language form that can be immediately executed by the CPU 1, or may be recorded in an encrypted form. If it is encrypted, it is decrypted on the English learning device side. Alternatively, the program may be recorded on a recording medium in the form of a high-level language, and compiled and used on the English language learning device side.

4) Although the present embodiment has been described taking English learning as an example, the present invention is applicable not only to English but also to other languages other than English.

[0061]

As described above, claims 1 and 12
According to the invention, the learner learns the spelling of a word by moving the character or inputting a predetermined character while looking at the display screen to form a word. Further, when a word is formed, the fact is notified, so that the learner can understand the degree of learning. According to the twelfth aspect of the present invention, a foreign language learning apparatus can be realized by attaching a recording medium to a general-purpose computer and causing the general-purpose computer to execute the recorded processing procedure.

According to the second aspect of the present invention, the learner can know which character of the input characters forms a word.

According to the third aspect of the present invention, the learner can acquire various information related to the spelling learning of words.

According to the fourth aspect of the present invention, in addition to the spelling of a word,
The meaning of a word can be easily understood.

According to the fifth aspect of the present invention, when the learner wants to know a character string of a word prepared in advance, the corresponding character in the input character is notified, and the learner can check the spelling.

According to the sixth aspect of the present invention, the spelling display is instructed by a still image related to the word, so that even if the spelling is unknown, the learner can specify the word that the learner wants to know.

According to the seventh and eighth aspects of the present invention, by moving and selecting characters on the display screen, word learning can be enjoyed in a game-like manner.

According to the ninth aspect of the present invention, two learners can learn words happily like a game.

According to the tenth aspect, the degree of learning can be understood from the counting result.

According to the eleventh aspect, the types of words formed by switching characters can be diversified.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating a system configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing a configuration of a character code storage area.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a word search processing.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a first English learning program.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a first English learning program.

FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a first English learning program.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a second English learning program.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a second English learning program.

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a second English learning program.

FIG. 10 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a second English learning program.

FIG. 11 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a second English learning program.

FIG. 12 is an explanatory diagram showing display contents related to a second English learning program.

FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing processing contents of a second English learning program.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 CPU 2 ROM 3 RAM 3A Character code storage area 4 Input device 5 CRT 6 HDD 6A English word dictionary

Claims (12)

[Claims] 1. A display means for displaying an image in the form of a matrix, an instruction input means for indicating a cell position of the matrix and inputting a character to be assigned to the cell position, and a position at which the input character is indicated Storage means for storing in correspondence with the character, display control means for displaying the character in a grid of a matrix on the display screen of the display means in the same positional relationship as the character stored in the storage means, and a word in a specific language A word dictionary in which the character string is described; and determination means for determining whether at least a part of a continuous character string formed by the characters stored in the storage means is described in the word dictionary; A notifying unit for notifying that at least a part of the continuous character string is a word when the determination is obtained. 2. The foreign language learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the notifying unit notifies a character string on the display screen of at least a part of the continuous character string. apparatus. 3. The foreign language learning device according to claim 1, further comprising: storage means for storing information related to at least a part of a character string in the continuous character string,
2. The foreign language learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the storage unit reads out information to be notified from the storage unit and notifies the storage unit of the information. 4. The foreign language learning device according to claim 3, wherein the information is moving image information indicating the meaning of the partial character string. 5. The foreign language learning device according to claim 1, wherein instruction means for instructing notification of characters constituting a specific character string, and characters constituting said character string are stored in said storage means. A foreign language learning apparatus, further comprising: means for detecting a position; and means for notifying a character on the display screen corresponding to the detected position. 6. The foreign language learning device according to claim 5, wherein the display control means according to claim 1 displays a plurality of still images related to the specific character string on the display screen, and displays the plurality of still images. A foreign language learning apparatus, wherein a specific character string type to be notified is specified by designating an image by the instruction means. 7. The foreign language learning device according to claim 1, wherein the display control means initially displays a character in a matrix of a matrix of the display screen, and inputs the displayed character and a destination in the instruction. A foreign language learning apparatus, wherein the character to be assigned and the position of the cell are indicated by an instruction by means. 8. The foreign language learning device according to claim 1, wherein a plurality of characters that can be instructed by said instruction input means are displayed on said display screen by said display control means, and said instruction input means displays the displayed characters. A foreign language learning apparatus, wherein the character to be assigned is designated by alternately selecting a plurality of characters. 9. The foreign language learning device according to claim 8, wherein two sets of the instructable characters are prepared, and the instruction input means alternately selects a character from the two sets of the plurality of characters. Foreign language learning device characterized by doing. 10. The foreign language learning device according to claim 9, further comprising counting means for counting the number of times that the determination result of the determination means according to claim 1 becomes a positive determination for each of the two sets, 2. The counting result of the counting means
2. A foreign language learning apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said display control means displays on the display screen according to claim 1. 11. The foreign language learning device according to claim 9, wherein each of the two sets of instructable characters can variably set a character type. 12. A recording medium attached to a foreign language learning device for performing a foreign language learning, wherein a processing procedure which is read and executable by the foreign language learning device is recorded, and the processing procedure is in the form of a matrix. Displaying the image of; and indicating the cell position of the matrix, and inputting a character to be assigned to the cell position; and causing the input character to correspond to the specified position in the foreign language learning device. Storing, in the same positional relationship as the stored characters, displaying the characters in a matrix of a matrix on the display screen of the foreign language learning device, and by storing the characters in the foreign language learning device Determining whether at least a part of the formed continuous character string is described in a word dictionary in the foreign language learning device; Notifying that at least a part of the continuous character string is a word when the constant is obtained.