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LinguaTalk English, an English learning application, is used as an objective for better listening skills in English. We developed a new type of English learning application based on what we want as non-English natives who live in the US. We hope that our new English leaning method will help everyone who seriously wants to improve listening capability for doing business in English, studying abroad or living in English speaking counties.

[Overview]

LinguaTalk English is very simple and useful; it has 5-10 minutes English speech with English subtitle. The speech is divided into short sections, and you can play and pause by section with listening and reading. This application is great for learning for those people who can read English, but aren't capable of listening to it correctly because you can check to see if you heard everything right by checking the subtitles. There are many American dramas and movies that come with subtitles, but you might skip many words and phrases without comprehension because you cannot stop and/or rewind easily. Unlike those kinds of programs, LinguaTalk English works with you perfectly because it has four play modes that have different types of hearing levels.

[How to use LinguaTalk]

LinguaTalk is a very intuitive app. Follow these easy steps to get the full benefit of your LinguaTalk experience:

:: AUDIO ::

"Play" button: Starts/pause the program
"Rewind" button: Rewinds the program, a section at a time
"Forward" button: Forwards the program, a section at a time

The top slider also lets you skip from section to section. The numbers on the right of the slider shows the section number and the length of the program. The numbers on the left indicates the current section number and the elapsed time.

:: PLAY MODES ::

Use the menu right below the program title to switch between the 4 play modes.
1. "continuous": Plays the entire program
2. "auto stop": Automatically stops at the end of each section. If you tap the "Play" button after it stops, the program will repeat the same section. If you tap the "Rewind" or "Forward" button, the next/previous section will start.
3. "auto pause": Pauses for a specified period of time before playing each section. You can control the length of the pause in the Settings screen.
4. "ruminate": Pause length is based on the length of the current section that just played. The pause multiplication factor can be changed in the Settings screen.

:: SUBTITLES ::

"show caption": displays English subtitles
"hide caption": hides subtitles

:: SETTINGS ::

Tap the "i" button on the top-right corner on your iPhone/iPod touch to access the Settings screen.

Any settings configured in this screen, current play mode and caption preference will be automatically saved when you close the application.