Abstract This invention relates of a system for vocabulary selfinstruction and a method of teaching vocabulary skills which involves the concepts of both working and recognition vocabulary. The invention lends itself to a great variety of materials such as cards, books, slides, transparencies, etc. In particular, a word to be learned is presented through a sequence which gives its part of speech, syllabication, phonetic spelling, use in a sentence, an easy and a difficult synonym by way of definition, an approximate opposite meaning and, when appropriate, a widely known word element(s) of the word. All the words to be learned are categorized by part of speech which are indicated by various colors. Testing devices such as shields to cover parts of the above sequence and a desk top stand are herein described in the specification and claims.
Inventors
👤 Madeleine O Robinson
👤 Paul F Burton
Bibliographic Details
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JurisdictionUS
Data Sourcegoogle_patents
Last Synchronized2026-11-02 08:33
CPC Classifications
G; G09; G09B; G09B17/00; G09B19/00; G09B19/04
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim
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A system for vacabulary self-instruction, comprising a. a word-bearing card color coded according to the part of speech of said word, b. said card bearing information with respect to said word, c. a holder for said card and bearing spaces for written student responses, d. said holder being formed with an aperture to expose said word on said card and mask said information, e. said holder being a transversely folded panel apertured at diagonally opposite corners and formed with a cleanable writing surface.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
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A system for vacabulary self-instruction, comprising a. a word-bearing card color coded according to the part of speech of said word, b. said card bearing information with respect to said word, c. a holder for said card and bearing spaces for written student responses, d. said holder being formed with an aperture to expose said word on said card and mask said information, e. said holder being a transversely folded panel apertured at diagonally opposite corners and formed with a cleanable writing surface.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A set of vocabulary teaching cards, comprising a. a plurality of cards, b. each card bearing a selected word on one face thereof and color-coded according to the part of the speech of said word, c. each card also bearing information with respect to said word, d. a plurality of holders for said cards, e. each of said holders bearing word-related questions and spaces for responses thereto, f. each of said holders configured to mask said information and expose said word when superimposed on said card.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
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A set of vocabulary teaching cards, comprising a. a plurality of cards, b. each card bearing a selected word on one face thereof and color-coded according to the part of the speech of said word, c. each card also bearing information with respect to said word, d. a plurality of holders for said cards, e. each of said holders bearing word-related questions and spaces for responses thereto, f. each of said holders configured to mask said information and expose said word when superimposed on said card.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
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A set of vocabulary teaching cards, according to claim 2 wherein said holders are formed of a material having a cleanable writing surface.