20090061399 | EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE WITH EMBEDDED SHELTERED INSTRUCTION - A system, method and a computer readable medium for providing virtual learning of academic topic unrelated to languages in a non-native language of a student. The system includes an input device, which receives user input, a datastore, which stores the academic topic. At least a portion of the academic topic is stored in both native and non-native languages. The system further includes a processor, which obtains the academic topic based on the user input and an output device, which outputs the academic topic provided by the processor to a user. The academic topic is obtained by the processor with sheltered instruction in the non-native language. Upon a user request, the continuous providing of the academic topic is paused and at least one key term of the academic topic is provided in the native language. | 03-05-2009 |