Educational Insights EI-2306 Language Tutor User manual

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Ages
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EI-2306
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Why Language Tuto ?
Language Tutor provides an interactive, audiovisual
experience that is appropriate for a wide range of
students: struggling students in general education
classrooms and special needs programs, ELL/ESL learners,
and students who receive speech and language
intervention.
The system uses a multisensory, model-and-response strategy
for language acquisition. Students see the target words on
the cards, listen to them being spoken on the Teacher
track, and repeat them as many times as needed,
progressing independently and at their own pace. When
ready, students record themselves speaking the words and
compare their speech with the Teacher track, building their
skills and confidence in a systematic and motivating way.
Perfect for differentiated instruction, individual students,
and small groups, Language Tutor makes an excellent guided
or center activity.
What's on the Lesson Ca ds?
This card set introduces and reinforces important
beginning reading skills, including reading 60 high-
frequency sight words and recognizing them in sentence
context. The words in this set were drawn from the Dolch
and Fry word lists. Each card presents a word used in
sentence context and a full-color photograph.
Language Tutor
reads each card’s unique
bar code and speaks the
target word and sentence.
Cards are color-coded
and numbered for
easy identification.
The target word is
highlighted in
sentence context.
A full-color photograph
illustrates the sentence.
The target word is shown
in big, bold letters.
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Befo e You Begin
If you are using Language Tutor in a classroom setting,
designate an appropriate space for your Language Tutor
center. To the extent possible, this space should provide
a distraction-free environment for students. We suggest
that students use headphones equipped with a boom
microphone to eliminate classroom noise and improve the
quality of their recorded speech. Note: Language Tutor
supports the type of headphones equipped with two
separate jacks.
Getting Sta ted
Students should be comfortable using Language Tutor
before they begin working independently. Introduce the
unit, pointing out and demonstrating the function of the
STUDENT, TEACHER, and RECORD buttons. This guide
includes a brief summary of the unit’s operation. Refer to
the Language Tutor guide included ith the unit for a
more detailed explanation.
Monito ing Student P og ess
Sto ing Student Wo k
Language Tutor enables you to store and evaluate the audio
recordings of up to three students at a time for each card.
This important feature enables multiple students to work
on the same skill. This is especially helpful when several
students are having difficulty with the same card. To review a
student’s work, place the lesson card on the unit, dial that
student’s assigned number, and press the STUDENT button. To
review the work of another student on the same lesson card,
turn the STUDENT button dial to that student’s assigned
number, and press the STUDENT button.
The Student P og ess Reco d
The Sight Words card set enables you to
match the learning task to the needs of each
student. The Student Progress Record in this
guide makes planning and monitoring
student progress simple. Make a copy of the record for each
student. To assess a student’s knowledge of the target words,
administer a pretest of some or all of the cards. Have the
student read the word on the card; for example, the student
reads aor about. If you wish, have the student find the word
in the sentence and/or read the sentence. Note the date
assessed and whether the student correctly read the word.
Set aside incorrectly identified cards for further practice and
posttest assessment.
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Student P og ess Re
Name:
Pretest/ Posttest/
Card Target Word Date Date
1a 3
2 about
3 all
4 am
5 an
6 and
7 are
as
9 at
10 be
11 but
12 by
13 can
14 do
15 for
16 from
17 had
1 has
19 have
20 he
21 her
22 him
23 his
24 how
25 I
26 if
27 in
2 is
29 it
30 many
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Reco d: Sight Wo ds
Assessed by:
Pretest/ Posttest/
Card Target Word Date Date
31 me
32 my
33 not
34 of
35 on
36 or
37 out
3 said
39 see
40 she
41 so
42 that
43 the
44 their
45 them
46 there
47 these
4 they
49 this
50 to
51 up
52 was
53 we
54 were
55 what
56 when
57 will
5 with
59 you
60 your
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Using the Ca ds
Place a card on Language Tutor. Then choose one of the
following activities.
Play Teache Audio
• Press the TEACHER button.
• Listen to the default teacher audio.
• Student repeats the audio.
• Press, listen, and repeat as many times
as necessary until the student wishes to
record his or her response.
Reco d Student Audio
• Turn the STUDENT button dial
to the assigned student number
(1, 2, or 3).
• Press the STUDENT button.
• Press and hold down the
RECORD button.
• Speak into the microphone.
• When finished recording, release
the RECORD button.
• Student compares his or her audio
to teacher audio by pressing
the STUDENT button and then the
TEACHER button.
• Rerecord and compare as many
times as necessary until successful
results are achieved.
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Reco d Teache Audio
• Set the Teacher Audio button, located
in the compartment on the bottom of
the unit, to UNLOCK.
• Press the TEACHER button.
• Press and hold down the
RECORD button.
• Speak into the microphone.
• When finished recording,
release the RECORD button.
NOTE: Language Tutor’s tracking lights only
function with the default audio.
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Mo e Language Tuto Ca d Sets
Each Language Tutor card set focuses on a particular skill.
Look for these additional sets:
EI-2301 Readiness Cards
EI-2302 Phonics 1 Cards
EI-2303 Phonics 2 Cards
EI-2304 Picture Words Cards
EI-2305 Rhyming Word Families Cards
EI-2307 Compound Words Cards
EI-230 Home & Family Cards
EI-2309 School & Community Cards
EI-2310 Make-Your-Own Cards
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Vadim Ponomarenko, Zsolt Nyulaszi
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