User:OrenBochman/BetterPhraseBook

Idea
How to make more comprehensive phrase book via Wiktionary. The idea is to collect phrases in foreign/English pair and than to use this together with other Wiktionary resources to train a user to master the phrases.

Under this approach a user will have at thier disposal
 * 1) a lexicon
 * 2) a grammar (via appendixes & Wikipedia initially)
 * 3) a phrase book encapsulating the spoken language.
 * 4) a system to self learn/practice the language.

This page explores a minimalist approach to simulate a Pimsluer type instruction session. This method uses spaced intervals (called micro intervals) to optimize learnig of forigen vocabulary and integrates vocabulary grammar and speaking into a single activity.

The term deck refers to either a deck of flash cards or to a data structure maintained by the ANKI software. Using a prototype phrase book and a GOOGLE TTS the bulk of the Text has been generated (100 MB of voice). Therefore the rest seems to require a far smaller effort.

Decks a re often used via Clauzing.

Auto Clauzing Problem

 * This is the automatic creation of clauze from a sentences.
 * A [...] is a sentence with marked gaps - A clauze is a sentence with marked gaps.
 * A [...] is a sentence with marked [...] - more than one gap is allowed.
 * A [...] (Clue1) is a sentence with marked [...] (Clue2) - clues can narrow the task of filling in the gaps.

Pros

 * Clauzing produces a context into which words are inserted.
 * It makes the recall of cards more natural than a lone word
 * A \clauze\ could be generated from a \sentence\ - if it has a suitable markup
 * A \clauze\clue\ could be generated from a \sentence\clue\ clues can be placed in as well.
 * It is a superior method to train for grammar.

Cons

 * However without markup Clauzing requires a grammar and a graph structure over the language
 * OR a high level of human interaction.
 * Clauzes give too much away.
 * Requires user to read and type enter the missing words - not hands free.

Resources

 * 1) get a lesson script in the form of an hun/eng phrases book.  macro-deck
 * 2) convert this into mini decks representing a 10-45 minute training seession.
 * 3) micro interval

Some required components

 * 1) single word trainer
 * 2) hands free system
 * 3) instruction built in.

Psudo Code

 * assemble a micro-deck.
 * summarize-conversation.
 * if a phrase contains new words add them after the phrase
 * micro deck script:
 * listen to the: summary-conversation.
 * each phrase script as
 * sound the phrase. => add a recognize phrase card with a model: "you just heard " + new_word.hungarian + "which means " + new_word.English
 * explain new words =>	add a new recognize card model: "you just heard " + new_word.hungarian + "which means " + new_word.English + ["this means literally" + new_word.litral_trans]
 * teach new word -> incremental syllable break down from end add a new cards with a phonetic model: say: s_last, pause, s_last-1.s_last, pause s_last-2.s_last-1.s_last, pause etc.
 * recall the word add a new card with a recall model: "how do you say" + new_word.English; pause, new_word.hungarian
 * recall the phrase add a new card with a recall model: "how do you say" + new_word.English; +["this means literal" + new_word.literal_trans] + pause, new_word.hungarian