Certain aspects of the invention may be found in a method and apparatus
for aiding language pronunciation. In an aspect of the invention, based
on at least one triggering event, an audio enabled toy such as a babble
bear may be adapted to play back phonemes and/or lingos comprising
sounds, including words, phrases and sentences. The phonemes and/or
lingos may cover a wide range of phonemes from a variety of languages,
thereby exercising the hearing ability of infants and toddlers and
enhancing their ability to learn new languages. Phoneme sequences and
lingo sequences, or a combination thereof, may be retrieved from one or
more removable storages within the toy and selectively played back within
the audio enabled toy. Libraries of phonemes and lingo can be downloaded
from servers, personal computers and remote storage.