Abstract: A system and method are used for teaching a computer programming language, with the system having a visual module, a foundational module, a static module, and a dynamic module. The visual module includes example code of a particular program, a narrator, a console, a variable chart, a variable history, a flowchart, an animation control, a help window, and an optional example-specific control. The foundational module includes a shape module, a script engine, and a ScriptItem stored in a library. The shape module animates parts of the visual module. The static module provides all the static data for a given example while the dynamic module provides script items that correspond to the example code. In animation mode, the user sees an animated representation of the flow of the example code. In review mode, the user can click on the visual elements to see the relationship among the parts: code, flowchart, variables, inputs, and outputs.