Improving reading skills

Tip 1: From analysis to synthesis. Have SprintPlus read the words sound by sound (analysis). The child pronounces the word. The computer reads the word again (synthesis).

Tip 2: From synthesis to analysis and back again to synthesis. The computer reads the word. The child spells the word. The computer reads the word again.

Tip 3: Following the text. Have the text read out loud (with words that contain the difficulties you want to practice). Switch on the colored blocks. This enables the child to follow the position within the text. The child attempts to read the text at the same time.

Tip 4: Preparing difficult words. Mark the words you want to discuss. Have SprintPlus read the highlighted words out loud. Discuss the difficulties. Practice part skills (depending on the problem word). Auditive synthesis, auditive analysis, knowledge of the letters, learning to recognize sound-character clusters , …. After practicing, the student reads out loud the highlighted words in the text. After each word, the student checks, by having SprintPlus read the word out loud.

Tip 5: Integrating difficult words in the text. Disable the highlighting of the words. The student now reads the complete text together with the computer voice.