As you are aware, I do not work with adults, only school-aged students. So how can this app benefit this population? Well if you go to settings, you can put the app in child friendly mode (this gets rid of vocabulary not suitable for students).
There are 3 ways you can use this app (and various goals to address for each).
Listen only- a vocabulary word is expressed and your student must select the picture that is being described. You can preselect the vocabulary or category (nouns, verbs, adjectives). You can use this to review the parts of speech and categorization as well. Once you student selects the picture to describe an adjective “what is ____?” “The ___ is ____.” To expand utterances and to learn how adjectives describe nouns.
Read only – a word presented to read and the student must pick the picture that is being read. This is great for beginner readers. What sound does it start with? Which pictures start with that sound? How many sounds are in the word? How many syllables? Is it a compound word? You can review vocabulary the same way: what category does it belong in, what does it look like, what part of speech is it, etc.
Listen & Read- the word is heard and the student must select the word by reading. This is great for auditory bombardment of sounds, building vocabulary, and reading skills.
For all sections, you can select vocabulary and categories or allow it to run randomly. You can select how many trials will be presented, difficulty level, and can have results emailed to you. The students have the option to have the words repeated if necessary. When a response is incorrect, the students have an opportunity to try again. This is great for teachable moments.
Now it is your chance to win this app and try it out with your students/clients. Remember this app is great if you work with adults and children. Just switch the setting and you are set! Great for working on receptive language skills at the word level! Build vocabulary and reading skills!
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