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Home » News & Events » Press Releases » Popular reading intervention program now optimized for Spanish-speaking students
NewsPress ReleasesPopular reading intervention program now optimized for Spanish-speaking studentsFeb. 07, 2004 NEW ORLEANS, LA. - AutoSkill International Inc., creators of the widely-used reading intervention software, the Academy of Reading, today announced the release of the Academy of Reading SpanishTutor, a multimedia instructional module optimized to help struggling Spanish-speaking students learn to read English. Unveiled here at the National Title I Conference, the add-on help system was developed in response to demand from teachers who serve a growing population of below-grade level readers from Spanish-speaking homes. “I'm an advocate of the Academy of Reading because of the positive results I've seen with my Latino students over the past two years. Now, with the addition of the SpanishTutor, our ELL students are interacting even better with the Academy of Reading and improving their reading skills faster," said Cesar Martinez, Media Specialist at Wahluke High School, Wahluke, WA, where more than 75% of the student population is Hispanic. "I'm really pleased with this new product!” Designed for use by Hispanic students enrolled in the Academy of Reading, and employing neutral enunciation and a generic accent, the new module delivers instructions and assistance in Spanish, enabling Hispanic students to improve their performance on their reading exercises and make faster progress toward reading proficiencies required by NCLB legislation. “The growing U.S. Hispanic population and the requirement of ESEA legislation made it a priority for us to develop this new product, said Peter Eddison, President and CEO of AutoSkill International. “The excellent results we've already seen with Hispanic students using the Academy of Reading will be even better with the addition of the SpanishTutor module.” The Academy of Reading SpanishTutor is simple to install and manage. Ideal for computer labs with an unpredictable mix of English and Spanish speaking students, the program administrator uses a drop-down menu to assign a native language preference for each student. After the assignment is made, students can do their reading exercises at any workstation in the lab and experience the ideal instructional environment.
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