Robert Poulsen|Peter Hastings|David Allbritton
Tutoring Bilingual Students with an Automated Reading Tutor that Listens
DePaul University|DePaul University|DePaul University
children nonenglishspeaking homes doubly disadvantaged learning english school enter school less prior knowledge english sounds word meanings sentence structure get little reinforcement learning outside classroom article compares classroom standard practice sustained silent reading project listen reading tutor uses automated speech recognition listen children read aloud providing spoken graphical feedback previous research reading tutor focused primarily native speaking populations study 34 hispanic students spent one month classroom one month using reading tutor 25 minutes per day reading tutor condition produced significant learning gains several measures fluency effect sizes ranged 055 127 dramatic results onemonth treatment indicate technology may much offer english language learners