11. The apparatus of claim 9 further comprising a further comparator comparing each single action to the respective word in the sequence of responsive words, to indicate a comparison when the single action and respective word compare, and a mispronunciation indicator responsive a successful comparison in the further comparator and a failure to compare in the comparator, to indicate that the respective word has been mispronounced by the student.
9. An apparatus for teaching a target language to a student comprising: a query generator presenting a query to the student requiring a response in the form of a sequence of responsive words in the target language and a series of physical responses; a first input device programmed to be operated by the student to produce a sequence of single actions, in the form of a key activation, each single action being potentially representative of a respective word in the multiword phrase; a second input device programmed to accept from the student spoken input as a response to the query; a comparator comparing words in the multiword phrase to portions of said spoken input based upon timing information derived from said sequence of single actions.