To accelerate the ability to learn, our Fast ForWord software
develops critical brain processing efficiency in four key areas:
Fit Brains Learn English Better
Students start on the Fast ForWord program first for a simple reason:
Our Fast ForWord programs do what no other intervention can do:
it starts with cognitive skills like memory, attention and processing speed and
works from the bottom up, using the principles of neuroplasticity.
Our Fast ForWord programs do what no other intervention can do:
it starts with cognitive skills like memory, attention and processing speed and
works from the bottom up, using the principles of neuroplasticity.
Fast ForWord Develops the Following 4 Cognitive Skills:
“It’s difficult to provide individualised attention with only one teacher and a class full of students. With this
technology, that corrective feedback is instant. It’s also individualized so students can proceed at their own pace.
That makes it a very powerful tool.
MEMORY
Memory is essential for word recognition, comprehension of complex sentences and remembering instructions.
Students work on exercises that develop both working and long-term memory including:
- Statements or questions in working memory while retrieving picture-concept associations from long-term memory.
- Long-term recall of vocabulary and grammatical structures.
In this exercise participants improve their ability to recognise spoken words by having them use auditory and visual-spatial working memory to locate matching syllables.
“Some children have made 3 levels of progress in their reading.” Luba Leadbetter, Moseley School,
United Kingdom
ATTENTION
Attention is the ability to focus on ability and tasks and ignore distractions.
- Fast ForWord improves concentration and the ability to focus attention and ignore distractions through highly demanding attention tasks.
- It also Improves attention by sustaining interest across multiple conversation and passage segments and questions.
PROCESSING SPEED
This is the rate one is able to accurately process incoming information.
- Fast ForWord strengthens auditory and linguistic processing rates so that students can distinguish sounds quickly enough to discriminate individual phonemes and understand words and sentences.
- In the context of reading processing rate refers to how quickly one can distinguish speech sounds and identify letters and words to create meaning.
SEQUENCING
Sequencing is placing the detail of information in its accustomed order. In the context of reading sequencing is the ability to determine the order of letters within words or words within sentences.
- Develops sequencing by using word order to help determine precise meanings.
- Develops sequencing skills through exercises that require the use of word order to comprehend complex statements, follow multi-step instructions, and form appropriate responses to a specified sequence of actions..
Develops sequencing skills through exercises that require the use of word order to comprehend complex statements, follow multi-step instructions, and form appropriate responses to a specified sequence of actions.
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How Do I Know It’s Working?
We provide you with access to each student’s data including progress reports, error reports and participation.
WHAT IS THE EVIDENCE OF SUCCESS?
We are rated the # 1 software program on the US government’s What Works Clearinghouse.
HOW DO THE PROGRAMS IMPROVE LEARNING SKILLS?
Each exercise simultaneously develops memory, attention, processing speed and sequencing
IS THERE A VERSION FOR OLDER STUDENTS?
Our programs for older students have Hi/Lo content and emphasis advanced grammatical structures, specialist terms in maths and science and places increased demand on listening for comprehension.
HOW OFTEN DOES THE STUDENT STUDY?
We recommend that the student studies for 20/30 minutes a day for 3 to 5 days a week and attend one teacher led class also
ARE THERE CLASSROOM MATERIALS?
Yes. We provide whiteboard slides, workbooks, class planners and interventions for class and home use