Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g2QGo8u25191; Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:50:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 11:50:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <108362@tommy.demon.co.uk> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: jn@tommy.demon.co.uk (John Nissen) To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3960] Re: NIFL-LD digest 1246 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: PCElm 1.11 Status: O Content-Length: 1981 Lines: 48 Hello Lucille, I think I asked you before, whether you've tried WordAloud. It may be just the thing where you have a students with a combination of ESL and LD. Having taught them the sounds using Orton or derivative, they can then try reading aloud to you while WordAloud displays each word silently. Then, with the speech synthesiser on, they can read through text by themselves, and hear what it should sound like. And finally they can practice reading by themselves, with speech off, and click on any difficult words to hear them spoken. You can download a free evaluation version of WordAloud from www.wordaloud.co.uk. (A single user licence is $44.95 in the US.) It's just British English at present, but American English is planned - and Spanish. BTW, are they using an English dictionary, or an English-Spanish dictionary; and is it online or on paper? Cheers from Chiswick, John -- In message <LOBBICLOAFKBEPDBHIAJIEGADIAA.lu@projectliteracy.org> nifl-ld@nifl.gov writes: >I just love your comments because they echo what I have observed. >Hi Barbara! >Re. using Orton/G (Wilson derives from Orton), my experience with ESL is >this: I have been working with Hispanic men who wish to learn English. In >about three months they have progressed to recognizing the sounds and being >able to read, write, and spell - enabling them to use the dictionary. With >this foundation we are now working on oral skills. > >I made no assessments re. learning differences but just used multisensory >kinesthetic approach. Particularly useful was skywriting to learn cursive >writing. Some men, educationally deprived, had to learn the alphabet. >We're all elated and on fire to continue. > >Lucille Cuttler www.projectliteracy.org -- Access the word, access the world! -- Try our WordAloud software!! John Nissen, Cloudworld Ltd., Chiswick, London Tel: +44 (0) 845 458 3944 (local rate in the UK) Fax: +44 (0) 20 8742 8715 Web: http://www.cloudworld.co.uk
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