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Objectives:
- To
stimulate auditory and/or visual recognition and comprehension
for improved semantic and phonological processing.
- To
provide practice in repetition, picture naming and oral
reading of single words.
In
a typical exercise, the user selects a matching task
at an appropriate level of difficulty. Suppose a written
word to picture match is selected with three choices.
The user sees a printed word (the target) along with
three pictures (the target picture and two foils)
from which he or she selects the image that corresponds
to the printed word. Spoken initial phoneme and word
cues are available to assist selection. (For other
matching exercises, different cues are available.)
After the user selects a response, the simple feedback
“That's right” or “No, try again”
is heard. Each exercise consists of 20 items which
are randomized so that different combinations of words
and pictures appear during each exercise.
Program
Details:
Vocabulary
— The program targets 422 words organized
in three main categories: animals/objects, actions
and people. Vocabulary includes:
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animals
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items
of clothing
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foods
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large
objects (including vehicles, rooms and other parts
of a house, furniture and appliances and items
in the landscape)
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small
objects (including kitchen items, tools, office
items, personal care and leisure items)
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people
depicting various occupations
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actions
Type
of Match — Targeted items (pictures, printed
words or spoken words) are matched to a multiple choice
set (printed word or picture) which includes the target
(answer) plus one to three foils. The match may be:
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a
written word to pictures
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a
picture to written words
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a
spoken word to pictures
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a
spoken word to written words
Cues
— Spoken (initial phoneme and complete word),
written (complete word) and picture cues are provided
to assist the user in making the match. The cues available
vary depending on the type of match.
Level
of difficulty — The level of difficulty in
an exercise is determined by selecting the following
three parameters via the Exercise
Settings
dialog box.
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Vocabulary
familiarity — This is based on word frequency
and is categorized as follows:
Easy — words from the highest frequency quartile
Hard — words from the lowest frequency quartile
Mixed — words from all quartiles
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Choice
relatedness — Refers to the degree of relatedness
between the target and its foils.
Easy — means choices appearing with the target
are from different semantic categories.
Mixed — means that half the choices, on average,
will be from the same semantic category.
Hard — means choices appearing with the target
are from the same semantic category. (NOTE: choices
that appear with actions and people are always Hard)
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Number
of choices — The number of choices indicates
how many pictures or words will be presented on
the screen (two to four).
Results
— Each time an exercise is run a Report
is automatically generated and saved.
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