Thursday, March 5, 2009

Online Language learning - posting 1


Enhance Vocabulary



Basically the website is specially designed for children to develop and enhance their vocabulary. Children can learn easily since the applications are user friendly and suitable with children age standard. However, user needs to sign up to apply interesting activities provided in the website. Furthermore, the colours usage are captivated and will able to attract children to learn language especially English. parents can help to guide their children since there is video to demonstrate and run the program.

The Reading Game will:

  • Build your child into a confident and successful reader
  • Nurture your child’s life-long love of learning
  • Promote bonding between you and your child
  • Empower you as your child's best teacher!

The Reading Game is:

  • Interactive, phonics-based, programmed reading
  • Classroom-proven over 20 years in 6,000 public schools
  • Based on proven Montessori educational principles
This site offers free programmed reading lessons that introduce 55 English words to new readers. The Montessori-style presentation of lessons encourages pupils to focus on the learning opportunity without unnecessary distractions. Montessori Home, Inc. has produced the Reading Game for the Web, as well as a variety of other products for pre-K through 3rd grade education.

How the Lessons Are Structured

The Reading Game is divided into 7 Levels that make it easy for your child to learn and to feel proud of the acheivement. Each Level contains a series of 4 Reading Adventures, each Adventure taking about a week for the child to complete. At the end of each Adventure is a Checkpoint that will show you how much your child is learning.

Reading Challenge

A Reading Challenge is "the question or problem" on one screen. So 5 challenges requires 5 screens on which the child makes 5 answers.

Session

A Session is one sit-down at the computer for however long or however many questions the student answers.

Reading Adventure

A Reading Adventure is a series of approximately 25 questions that teach particular words or concepts. Each adventure should take approximately a week to complete.

A Reading Level is comprised of 4 Reading Adventures. It will take a student approximately 4 to 6 weeks to complete a reading Level.

Winning The Reading Game

The Reading Game is complete when the student completes all 7 Levels. It should take about a school year for an average child to complete. At the end of that time the student has learned 500+ words and will be reading at better than a second grade level.

for further information, please check this url :
http://learntoreadonline.com/handbook/index.shtml#structured

2 comments:

norizan said...

Now please read again all your posting from posting 1 till 6. you will realize that your writing is getting better and you sound comfortable writing online. Refer to posting 6. Overall I'm satisfied and hope you will also add in all other tutorial activities, such as advertisement in the blog as well.

Mohd Hafiszudin Mohd Amin said...

ok Prof. i will do so :)