Fast ForWord® Reading & Reading Assistant™
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FAST FORWORD READING
The Fast ForWord program is a learning acceleration program based on over 30 years of neuroscience research, designed for education institutions, English language learning centers, and clinical specialists worldwide.
The Fast ForWord program develops the cognitive skills that enhance learning. The strengthening of these skills results in a wide range of improved critical language and reading skills such as phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, decoding, working memory, syntax, grammar, and other skills necessary to learn how to read or to become a better reader.
For your English Language learners, the Fast ForWord program builds a strong cognitive academic language foundation. Learners experience rapid improvements in English language and literacy skills, including the essential skill of reading for meaning.
Just as a body runs better and quicker when fit, brains learn better after consistent use with the Fast ForWord exercises. The key is processing efficiency, and students around the globe, regardless of native language, are using the Fast ForWord program to develop the cognitive skills that enhance learning, leading to academic success.
Fast ForWord trains the brain to accelerate learning. It does this by developing and strengthening four foundamental skills which are essential for learning and reading:
MEMORY
Fast forWord enhances working memory, short and long – term memory.
ATTENTION
Fast forWord is designed to improve both attention and focus.
PROCESSING TIME
Fast forWord increases the rate at which students are able to process information.
SEQUENCING
Fast forWord improves the recognition of the order of sounds, letters, and concepts. Students who do Fast ForWord exercises strengthen these core skills. After participating in Fast ForWord students are better able to follow instructions, concentrate and participate in classroom discussions. They improve their reading, spelling and comprehension and find they enjoy school more. Their self- confidence increases which can lead to better behaviour and sociability.
NEURO SCIENCE PRINCIPLE
Brain science has determined that there are four basic principles that need to be applied for lasting learning to take place. Those Principles are:
FREQUENCY & INTENSITY
Neuroscience research demonstrates that completing a set of learning tasks in a frequent, intense timeframe accelerates learning.
ADAPTIVITY
Exercises adapt with key stroke to individual skill levels and responses, keeping students continuously challenged but not frustrated.
SIMULTANEOUS DEVELOPMENT
Exercises develop major cognitive and reading skills simultaneously to produce lasting improvements in learning
TIMELY MOTIVATION
Tiered rewards are designed to maximise motivation from start to finish. Fast ForWord applies these four key components together (similarity to how one would take tennis or piano lessons frequently with continual practice to improve) to effect significant changes in brain functions that result in lasting learning gains in a short period of time. The program is based on over 35 years of neuroscience research that has determined this model is the best way to learn.
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READING ASSISTANT
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Scientific Learning Reading Assistant Expanded Edition acts as a patient, non-judgmental listener that provides support to all students as they improve their English oral reading skills, essential for English language proficiency.
Reading Assistant software combines advanced speech verification technology with scientifically-based interventions to help students strengthen their reading fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Students listen to a model fluent reading of the passage, preview vocabulary, and read the passage orally. After reading, students review problematic words they did not understand and playback their reading.
Reading Assistant is for students who have attained basic word recognition and decoding skills and are now building vocabulary, fluency and comprehension. This includes students as young as pre-schoolers, all the way up to adults.
Students will:
* Preview and read silently
* Listen to a model reading of the text
* Answer guided reading questions
Using research-validated speech verification technology, Reading Assistant “listens” to a student as he or she reads aloud. Monitoring for signs of difficulty, the program intervenes with assistance when the student is challenged by a word. Students re-read passages several times to build automaticity. Students are assessed to determine their level of comprehension by skill.
The software maintains careful performance records and the corresponding audio of each reading session for review by student and teacher. The program computes the students Words Correct Per Minute automatically.
Reading Content
Each grade band collection contains highly-illustrated selections grouped in topical clusters, many with a science or social studies theme. This organization helps students build a body of knowledge and also read common vocabulary in different contexts.
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