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School Trial Results and Participant Feedback
The Listen To Read Program has been trialled in primary and secondary schools with outstanding results. Examples are below:
Primary School Trial
20 students used the Listen to Read program for a 12 week period.
The Trials have shown impressive results in:
- Reading accuracy – average improvement 6 months in 8 weeks
- Reading fluency – average improvement 3 months in 8 weeks
- Word recognition –average improvement 7.6 months in 12 weeks
- Spelling accuracy – average improvement 9.4 months in 12 weeks
High School Trial
31 students from Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 used the Listen to Read program for a 12 week period.
10 of the students were classified as Special Needs.
All students improved in their reading age with the average improvement being 2 years in 10 weeks.
Improvements ranged from 6 months to 3 years and 9 months.
Teenager Reading comments from High School students who have used the Listen to Read program.
- “I hated reading but now I want to read.”
- “I am glad I did the course, I think it will really help me, especially in English lessons.”
- “I am better at processing words while I am reading.”
- “I have borrowed some books from the Library and have read them. I didn’t do that before.”
- “My confidence has improved and I don’t mind reading in front of people now.”
- “Learning to break down words into chunks helped me to read bigger words.”