ARROW (aural-read-record-oral write)
Individual 5 year package; Two-day online training for 1 tutor, 1 license – £1325
Standard 5 year package; Two-day on-site training for 3 tutors, 5 licences – £2775
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Colin Lane has for many years been refining his theory that hearing one’s own voice is a psychological key to much language comprehension and performance, that the cause of some children’s difficulty in learning to read and spell is having an indistinct or unattended ‘self-voice’, and that being able to hear their own voices can help some children make good progress. His system uses computer software with headphones to provide personalised many-layered programs tailored to each child’s particular needs. Children work individually with a laptop. The program displays a piece of text at an appropriate level, anywhere from a single letter to a short paragraph. The child hears it spoken, then repeats it aloud and records it, then plays it back – repeating this process as often as wished. Each mini-exercise ends with the requirement that the child writes down the piece of text. Each child should ideally receive the program for one hour a day for ten consecutive school days. One teacher or teaching assistant can supervise as many children as the school has laptops for. The scheme is particularly appropriate for children with reading or spelling weaknesses but has also been used as a whole-class programme.
The intervention is designed for Year groups 1-9. It should be delivered over 4-6 hours in 20-45 minute sessions, ideally daily.
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