1. Developing English Oral Language Skills using Speech Recognition Reading Assistant Expanded Edition

3. Reading Assistant - Your source for Oral English Proficiency Accent/pronunciation coaching English vocabulary development Oral English Fluency Practice reading longer texts Assessment of oral English skills

4. Reading Assistant Implementation Teachers provide instruction Practice reading orally in Reading Assistant for 20-30 minutes 3 to 5 times per week Reading Assistant listens carefully, intervening with support when students struggle or make errors Complete interactive vocabulary system Quiz questions to develop comprehension

5. Why is RA Expanded Edition so Fabulous? Expanded Content: –There is almost twice as much! –Passages will now be arranged and sold in 4 grade bands: K-3, 4-5, 6-8 and 9-12 –Each grade band includes a range of readability levels Expanded Insights: –We’re in RPI/Progress Tracker/Gateway! Expanded Learning: –Students will work with a stricter instructional sequence

6. Elementary Curriculum 90 passages Secondary Curriculum 150 passages NEW CONTENT K-3, 43 parts 4-5, 134 parts 6-8, 152 parts 9-12, 141 parts

7. RPI/Progress Tracker/Gateway RPI can place students in the RA Expanded Edition content Reading Assistant reports will only be available through Progress Tracker Students will log on through Gateway

8. Instructional Sequence Each content selection is broken up into 3 student activities: Preview and Read Silently including guided reading questions Record My Reading in fluency parts –Students must read each fluency part a minimum of 2 times and 3 times if the goal is not reached Quiz In the default mode, students work in the content from the easiest to the hardest content

9. An Extra 10 Minutes Cunningham & Stanovich. (1998) What reading does for the mind. American Educator, Spring/Summer, pp. 8-15. From Anderson,Wilson,& Fileding (1988). Growth in reading and how children spend their time outside of school.RRQ,23,285- 303. Marilyn Jager Adams

10. Students Love it! "I love [Reading Assistant] because “no one judges me while I read. My classmates don't know about the mistakes I make, and I have a chance to correct them all on my own.” – a student from Daphne Elementary, AL “Reading [Assistant] helps me learn better, it helps me listen better, it helps me read better, it helps me get my fluency up.” - Maggie Calderon, Rosemont Elementary, FL

11. Listening' computer revs up reading skills The interactive Soliloquy Reading Assistant boosts confidence and test scores. By Stacy Teicher Khadaroo August 2, 2007 e CSM Press and Broadcast Recognition!

12. Meet David 5 th grade Berkeley Charter School, Polk County Florida Second Reading- January, 2006 First Reading- September, 2005 It works!

13. Expected gain based on per-grade average of national norms collected by Hasbrouck & Tindal (1992) and Edformation (www.edformation.com). 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Grade 2Grade 3Grade 4Grade 5 Fluency Gain (wcpm) Expected Gain Control Reading Assistant (n = 182) (n = 228) Average 43% increase in fluency gain over national norms Average 23% increase in fluency gain over control group Research Validation

14. Adult TABE Gains

15. English Language Learning and Improvement  Pronunciation Professional narration Speech recognition  Vocabulary Context-related glossary  Reading Speech recognition  Assessment Closed-loop cycle American test content

16. Reading Assistant Options English Foreign Language Acquisition Academic Improvement Accent Correction and Pronunciation ●● Reading Practice ●● Vocabulary Development ●● Comprehension Training ●● Assessment ●

17. Reading Assistant Bundles Licensed network by site Mac OS X Windows 2000+ Noise- Canceling Headset

18. Reading Assistant The solution to advanced Language Skill Development