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Language Tune-Up Kit
Name
of Program: Language Tune-Up Kit
- Contact
Information
Jim Worby
JWor Enterprises, Inc.
4254 Marland Drive
Columbus, OH 43224-1901
Phone: (888) 431-6310
Fax: (888) 329-0407
E-Mail: jwor@jwor.com
Web site: www.jwor.com
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Student Population Information
Age/grade levels of students: Age 6 and up
Applicability to Students with Disabilities: Developed
for students with reading difficulties (dyslexics, ESL, etc.);
has an adaptation for physically-challenged students, e.g. "virtual
keyboard."
- Setting
Classroom program or School-wide program: Can be used in a
single classroom or a network version for the entire school.
- Synopsis
of program
- Language
Tune-up Kit
Students begin by learning the sounds of the letters and small
words. Lesson instructions are presented to the student by
a pre-recorded voice and text. A short quiz follows each lesson
presented in a game format. If the student wins the game (scores
80 percent or better), she is able to move on to the next
lesson.
- Lesson
contents**:
Lessons 1-10 provide the initial foundation material.
This includes a review of the alphabet, small words, and
basic word attack strategies.
Lessons 11-22 teach students initial and final blends.
Lessons 23-41 teaches basic silent-"e" rules,
digraphs, long vowel sounds and long vowel teams.
Lessons 42-59 teaches closed, two-syllable words, final
consonant "le" rules, and the letter "y"
sounds.
Lessons 60-75 teach "r"-controlled rules and
sound combinations, more on vowel teams.
Lessons 76-87 address digraphs, suffixes, hard/soft "c"
and "g", silent letters and numbers.
Review lessons are interspersed throughout
- Students
work through the lessons in this manner until they have completed
all 87 lessons.
**See www.jwor.com/instcont.htm
for the full summary of instructional content.
- Other
Features
- Instructions
and help prompts are pre-recorded.
- Stories
and sentences used in instruction contain only the words that
have been previously used.
- Features
an auditory test that helps determine if the child can distinguish
the differences in letter and word sounds.
- Features
an orientation exercise to help familiarize students with
the keyboard, mouse, and LTK-specific screen controls.
- Students
and teachers are able to keep track of performance using the
LTK reporting system.
- Has
an adaptation for physically-challenged students (virtual
keyboard)
- Development
Date/Revision Date:
Established in 1994
- Considerations
- Used
by State of Georgia "Reading First" Program
- Reports
and records the student performance
- The
web site has a set of sample screens. A potential consumer
may want to look at these screens to determine if the design
and content would capture and maintain student interest.
- The
only research provided by the web site was an article about
the learning disabilities that were studied by NICHD. This
article was supposed to reinforce the principles at the foundation
of the program.
- Suggestions/Additional
Information/Prerequisite Materials and/or Facilities
- Schools
need to have computers, staff knowledgeable in computers,
or the technological capabilities necessary to support the
network version.
- No
information about technical support for the computer program
or training on the program for individuals who are not proficient
on the computer.
- LTK
At Home Desmonstration CD-ROMs are free plus a $5 shipping/handling
fee to U.S./Canada
- Cost
Information: Results or your money back…**
Price
includes:
Unlimited number of student users
Comprehensive student management system
CD-ROM with 87 lessons
Language Tune-up Kit Card Decks and Teacher's Resource Guide
Single Workstation - $549
Network Version - $599 per workstation (there is a CD-ROM
for each PC)
Enterprise Network Version - $2599 (optional shared CD-ROM
on the network and supports increments of 100 students. Includes
one Student ID diskette.)
Additional Student ID Diskettes - $299 (adds 100 reusable
student IDs to the Enterprise Network Version)
**see enclosed material for complete Language Tune-Up
Kit Price Information
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