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Target Clientele
Children and adults (5 years and older) who:
NOTE: Beginner reading skills are required for this program
Target Skills
Mode: Visual
Principal skill(s) targeted: Reading
Several approaches and methods to facilitate learning to read have been proposed - one of them being learning through pictograms. The objective is to reinforce the links between stimuli and responses, mainly for everyday words. This automatic response to words common to written texts enables better reading performances. Decoding should thus be simplified and accelerated.
Exercises
Levels Stimuli Classes: 1. Images 61 2. Words 61
Scenario and task: In these exercises, the client must associate words and images. The program’s content includes 1 220 vocabulary words related to concrete concepts (e.g. «furniture», «tool», «jewels», etc.). The response choice is proposed below the image or the word.
Class 1: Images. The client must identify what he/she sees a television screen. The client’s task consists of associating the image presented to the corresponding word.
Class 2: Words. The panel above the entrance of a cinema presents words. The client’s task consists of associating the word presented to the corresponding image.
Response mode(s): Click on the mouse or use arrow keys and the space bar to select.
Feedback:
Well Done! Correct response Oops… Incorrect response
Difficulty Level Variables
Level Completion Criterion: All items of the level (20 items per level)
* Note: the client automatically changes class after three consecutive errors.
The exam
The exam is comprised of 20 items representative of the Words class.
Background
Instructions
Class 1. Images :
« An image is presented. Identify the corresponding word. »
Class 2. Words :
« A word is presented. Identify the corresponding image. »