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4 Speech Recognition Technology and the Assessment of Beginning Readers
Pages 40-49

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... THE IMPORTANCE OF FREQUENT READING PRACTICE Research has shown a positive correlation between frequent reading and reading achievement: Frequent reading improves the speed at which words are recognized which, in turn, leads to fewer disruptions in the comprehension process (Perfetti, 1985~. Extensive reading leads to enhanced phonemic awareness (Stanovich, 1986~.
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... Thus, class size is likely to be a constraint on students' opportunities for the type of reading practice that might be most beneficial. it is possible that new developments in speech recognition technology could increase opportunities for individual reading practice with feedback, as well as collecting assessment data to inform instructional decision making.
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... Specifically, the designers' goals are to provide reading practice, comprehension awareness, and a sense of reading as communication. The software uses speech recognition to assess a child's performance and provide individualized feedback.
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... These blends enable the system to recognize speakers with a wide variety of regional and second language accents. Word forms, representations of the actual vocabulary for an application, are constructed by concatenating the appropriate phonemes Tom the acoustic model.
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... Speech recognition technology is used in two modes: command and dictation. Command mode uses only the acoustic model along with a limited set of word forms.
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... Without continuous speech recognition, children must learn to speak slowly and deliberately so that their reading can be reliably assessed. The speech of children who are learning to read contains numerous pauses, repetitions, omissions, and partial words as they sound out unfamiliar words.
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... A second reason for not summarizing the data stems from the belief that fluent reading sometimes means that a reader makes meaningful substitutions. Goodman (1982)
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... All teachers mentioned Limited English Proficiency students as benefiting from the program. in the Houston Independent School District, classes for bilingual students are conducted mostly in Spanish, and Spanish is the primary language in their homes and communities.
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... R. The benefits of frequent reading also depend on the availability of extensive reading material at appropriate reading levels.
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... (2000~. Using speech recognition technology to enhance literacyinstruction for emerging readers.
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