Type of exercises:

• 6 levels of: Reading & word meaning exercises:
• Picking items belonging/not belonging to categories
• Guessing categories from items presented

Use own words?: No

Help given: None

Record results: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• Need good reading
• Hard questions
• Creates new exercises each time you use

Beware:
    American words (e.g. food and drink items, authors)
 

Type of exercises:

• 4 levels of reading:
• paragraphs
• long stories

Can use own words?: No

Help given: Yes

Record results: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• The long stories are quite hard
• As you improve, the program moves you up a level

Type of exercises:

• Multiple choice
• Fill the gaps
• Finish the: sentence, phrase, definition

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• Need mouse to exit before the end of the session
• Lots of items

N.B: Also works on word meanings, Need good reading

Type of exercises:

• Putting things in categories
• What happens if…
• If…then…
• Word meanings
• Problem solving
• Reasons why

Access: Mouse (for all exercises except inferential naming which also requires keyboard)

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• Online subscription allows access to ALL modules so as you improve, you don’t need to buy new modules
• The CD version has more functions than the internet version
• Speech and Language Therapist can access results on your computer via the internet

N.B:
    American words
    American, computer voice
    Need good reading or good listening
 

Type of exercises:

Multiple choice reading:

• bills
• adverts
• labels
• timetables
• recipes.

Can use own words?: No

Help given: Yes

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments: Very American (e.g. American product labels, prices in) Some exercises only have 2 items to read

Type of exercises:

• Multiple choice
• Fill the gaps
• Complete the: sentence, phrase, definition

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments: Need mouse to exit before the end of the exercise session
Lots of items

N.B: Also working on word meanings
Need good reading

Type of exercises:

• Multiple choice
• Fill the gaps
• Reading letters
• Reading words
• Spelling words

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Type of exercises:

• Multiple choice
• Fill the gaps
• words that ‘sound like’ or are ‘the opposite to’ or are ‘the same as’

Can use your own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• Some Americanisms
• Some items are very hard
• Voice is American

N.B:
  Need to be able to spell
  Need to be able to read

Type of exercises:

• Speaking, repeating & reading aloud
• numbers
• time

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• No pictures (e.g. a clock face)

N.B:
  American voice

Type of exercises:

• Reading instructions (put things behind/next to…)
• Putting things in order

Can use own words?: No

Help given: No

Free trial: Yes

Support: Free

Comments:

• Can change colours for people with visual difficulties
• Helps with reading memory

N.B:
  Need very good reading