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Using computer‐delivered natural speech to assist in the teaching of reading
Author(s) -
Davidson Johan,
Coles David,
Noyes Peter,
Terrell Colin
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
british journal of educational technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.79
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1467-8535
pISSN - 0007-1013
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8535.1991.tb00295.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , test (biology) , computer science , scheme (mathematics) , natural (archaeology) , mathematics education , multimedia , intervention (counseling) , control (management) , psychology , natural language processing , artificial intelligence , linguistics , mathematics , psychiatry , history , paleontology , mathematical analysis , philosophy , archaeology , biology
The findings of a pilot study designed to evaluate a computer system developed to assist in the teaching of reading to beginners are presented. The system uses digitised speech and the content is based upon a reading scheme already in use in the schools. Twenty children, ten in the intervention group and ten in the control group, in two schools were involved over a four‐week period. Subjects were tested on a standardised reading test, a list of the 30 most frequently occurring words in written English, and on words from the published scheme. The experimental group improved their scores significantly more than the control group only on the standardised reading test. The results suggest the system can be helpful and that its effect goes beyond the words being practised.