Educational Insights EI-2305 Language Tutor Instructions For Use Manual

Grades

K

+

Ages

5

+

EI-2305

Why Language Tutor ?

Language Tutor provides an interactive, audiovisual
experience that is appropriate for a wide range of
students: struggling students in general education
classrooms and special needs programs, ELL/ESL learners,
and students who receive speech and language
intervention.

The system uses a multisensory, model-and-response strategy
for language acquisition. Students see the target words on
the cards, listen to them being spoken on the Teacher
track, and repeat them as many times as needed,
progressing independently and at their own pace. When
ready, students record themselves speaking the words and
compare their speech with the Teacher track, building their
skills and confidence in a systematic and motivating way.
Perfect for differentiated instruction, individual students,
and small groups, Language Tutor makes an excellent guided
or center activity.

What's on the Lesson Cards?

This card set introduces and reinforces important
beginning reading skills, including recognizing rhyming
word families and identifying letter patterns in words.
Each card presents a high-utility word family
(phonogram) and two full-color photographs. The word
families include most of the 37 high-utility phonograms
identified by Wylie and Durrell (1970). According to these
researchers, nearly 500 primary-grade words can be
derived from just these 37 phonograms.

Language Tutor reads
each card’s unique bar
code and speaks the
target words.

Cards are color-coded
and numbered for
easy identification.

The target words
are shown in big,
bold letters with
special emphasis
on the target
word family.

Full-color photographs
illustrate the words.

The target word family
is shown in isolation.

Before You Begin

If you are using Language Tutor in a classroom setting,
designate an appropriate space for your Language Tutor
center. To the extent possible, this space should provide
a distraction-free environment for students. We suggest
that students use headphones equipped with a boom
microphone to eliminate classroom noise and improve the
quality of their recorded speech. Note: Language Tutor
supports the type of headphones equipped with two
separate jacks.

Getting Started

Students should be comfortable using Language Tutor
before they begin working independently. Introduce the
unit, pointing out and demonstrating the function of the
STUDENT, TEACHER, and RECORD buttons. This guide
includes a brief summary of the unit’s operation. Refer to

the Language Tutor guide included with the unit for a
more detailed explanation.

Monitoring Student Progress

Storing Student Work

Language Tutor enables you to store and evaluate the audio
recordings of up to three students at a time for each card.
This important feature enables multiple students to work
on the same skill. This is especially helpful when several
students are having difficulty with the same card. To review a
student’s work, place the lesson card on the unit, dial that
student’s assigned number, and press the STUDENT button. To
review the work of another student on the same lesson card,
turn the STUDENT button dial to that student’s assigned
number, and press the STUDENT button.

The Student Progress Record

The Rhyming Word Families card set enables
you to match the learning task to the needs
of each student. The Student Progress Record
in this guide makes planning and monitoring
of student progress simple. Make a copy of the record for
each student. To assess a student’s knowledge of the target
word families, administer a pretest of some or all of the
cards. Have the student read the target words on each card;
for example, the student reads black and sack. Note the date
assessed and whether the student correctly read the words.
Set aside incorrectly read cards for further practice and
posttest assessment.