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Texthelp Systems www.texthelp.com has announced
the launch of Fluency Tutor, the latest innovative software to
improve oral reading skills. Fluency Tutor is an online tool which
helps develop oral reading fluency for early learners.
Children as young as five years old can log on to Fluency Tutor at school or at home and practise their reading. The software allows the child to listen to passages being read aloud before they record themselves reading and submit assessments to their teacher for marking. Fluency Tutor provides feedback to the student through a series of easy to understand graphical displays.
Fluency Tutor also benefits teachers through the provision of an
innovative method of developing and assessing the oral reading
fluency levels of their class. The software allows teachers to
select the right text difficulty level of exercises for each pupil
and to monitor a reading running record of their progress. Teachers
can evaluate the fluency errors made, words correct per minute
score and level of prosody (expression of reading) for every pupil
using Fluency Tutor.
Mark McCusker, CEO, Texthelp Systems comments “The
development of Fluency Tutor is based upon the Reading Fluency
cycle of Practise, Assessment and Instruction, which are proven
methods of learning. Fluency Tutor is the first truly web based
technology for developing fluency allowing access both in school
and at home."
Fluency Tutor delivers significant fluency gains for students and
also facilitates the provision of targeted individualised
instruction. The software has been designed to be fun to use and
will provide motivation to improve oral reading skills.
For further information on Fluency Tutor, to arrange an interactive
Webinar, or to receive a quotation for your school, please contact
Elaine on Tel: 028 9442 8105, Email: fluency@texthelp.com or visit
our Website: www.texthelp.com/fluencytutor
