Speech recognition, also referred to as speech-to-text or voice recognition, is technology that recognizes speech, allowing voice to serve as the “main interface between the human and the computer.” This Info Brief discusses how current speech recognition technology facilitates student learning, as well as how the technology can develop to advance learning in the future.
Hearing the difference between similar sounding words such as grow and glow is easy for most children, but not for all children. Children who unable to hear these differences will be confused when these words appear in context, and their comprehension skills will suffer dramatically.
Children must understand how speech sounds work to be ready for instruction in reading and writing. There are many activities that you can do with your students to help them increase their knowledge of speech sounds and their relationship to letters.
These four short video clips give you the chance to watch and learn effective speech sound activities. The video clips are from Reading Rockets’ PBS television series Launching Young Readers.
Spelling is a challenge for people with dyslexia. The International Dyslexia Association provides a fact sheet explaining why people with dyslexia have trouble spelling, how to find out the reasons a particular child has this difficulty, and how to help children with dyslexia spell better.
Spelling difficulties can be enduring in individuals with reading disabilities, sometimes even after reading has been successfully remediated. Addressing spelling difficulties is important, because poor spelling can hamper writing and can convey a negative impression even when the content of the writing is excellent.
Although occasionally frustrating, spelling is logical, learnable, and critical to reading as well as to writing — but the most important thing is, it makes sense.
These short video clips give you the chance to watch and learn effective techniques for teaching spelling. The video clips are from Reading Rockets’ PBS television series Launching Young Readers.
Preschoolers who are getting ready to read expand their knowledge of the building blocks of oral and written language, and their use and appreciation of language. Learn activities parents can use at home to support children’s growth in each of these areas.
Witness spring gardens grow, see the color green with new eyes, explore colorful life in the sea, learn new outdoor games, and lots more in the pages of these poetic, Spring-fresh books.
Spring is in the air! Animals awaken. Baseball beckons. March winds begin to blow. Get ready for the new season by taking a look at some of its signs — in books!
Take a nature walk, start a community garden, hunt for edible flowers, listen for the sounds of a rainy day, learn about bees and some of the things that come from nature, and more — through the pages of these picture books, lift-the-flap books, and activity books.
