New program to help people learn to speak English

A new program designed to help people learn to speak English quickly and easily is being used in Malaysia, Japan, South America, Korea, Saudi Arabia and throughout Australia. Developed by a team of researchers including USQ Head of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering Professor David Ross the project codes vowels and consonants to allow people to learn the different sounds in the English language. "It uses a new sound code that uses colour and coded symbols for vowels and consonants, enabling people learn how to say the sounds a word may have," Professor Ross said.

The program is designed for individual users who want to learn to speak English or improve their fluency. The product will undergo further development in the near future to achieve the goal of becoming the worlds most advanced, interactive and systematic spoken English learning curriculum.