Language Adventures Pro
| Category | Price | Seller | Device |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | $24.99 | Smarty Ears, LLC | iPad |
All the basics of game play- player selection, dice rolling, and token moving- have been transformed for the iPad platform. Additionally, the app allows you to select from three levels of difficulty appropriate for elementary through high school-aged students, with accompanying school-based themes and vocabulary contexts, and save your students’ targets and progress over repeated plays. Question targets are related to the topics of each leveled game board (playground, cafeteria, and classroom), so that they are grounded in a stronger context to enhance students’ comprehension, semantic connections and use of more complex vocabulary. Language Adventures is based on research regarding language development and use of context clues to increase overall language skills, reading comprehension, and academic success. Research has indicated that targeting vocabulary facilitates reading comprehension and oral language skills (Dole, Sloan, and Trathen, 1995). The questions within Language Adventures are presented within real-world themes providing context clues to assist in learning vocabulary. By providing context-based questions and a thematic approach, Language Adventures assists children in strengthening word connections and developing meaningful concepts (Hickman, et al. 2004). Within the content of Language Adventures, the child is provided with meaningful learning activities related to their own experiences and encouraged to use student-friendly definitions of words within the app, which enhance language comprehension and production (Beck, et al., 2002).
Authors: Language Adventures was authored by Nichole Hanneken Ontis, M.S., CCC-SLP and Danielle Sears, M.S., CCC-SLP. App Designers: Sean J. Sweeney & Barbara Fernandes.
Language Adventures is based on research regarding vocabulary development and use of context clues to increase overall language skills, reading comprehension, and academic success. Research has indicated that targeting vocabulary facilitates reading comprehension and oral language skills (Dole, Sloan, and Trathen, 1995). The questions within Language Adventures are presented within real-world themes providing multiple context clues to assist in learning vocabulary. Studies have shown that when provided with specific types of linguistic information such as examples or restatements, students are able to unlock meanings of unfamiliar words within text (Baumann, Edwards, et al., 2003). By providing context-based questions and a thematic approach, Language Adventures assists children in strengthening word connections and developing meaningful concepts (Hickman, et al. 2004). Within the content of Language Adventures, the child is provided with meaningful learning activities related to their own experiences and encouraged to use student-friendly definitions, which are proven to enhance language comprehension and production (Beck, et al., 2002).
Language Adventures can be used to:
-Work in an adult-student pair or group of students on flexible word use, targeting synonyms, antonyms and multiple meanings.
-Develop vocabulary, naming, and description in the context of real-world settings.
Authors: Language Adventures was authored by Nichole Hanneken Ontis, M.S., CCC-SLP and Danielle Sears, M.S., CCC-SLP.
App Designers: Sean J. Sweeney & Barbara Fernandes.
Reviews
Great language app
Atim715
Language Adventures is easily my most used language app for speech therapy. As an SLP, I love the ease with which I can set up the game, as well as the ability to change between receptive and expressive responses. My students always get excited when I let them play and it makes data collection super simple for me. The only drawback is that I often have students working on the same goals and the same questions will be presented to multiple students within the same session. I also wish it would give a summary of which questions were answered incorrectly, so I could better analyze a student’s areas of need.
My favorite language app
School SLP01
This app is great for mixed language groups. You can target many different language goals, at different levels, plus you can specify if you want expressive or receptive responses. My students beg to play this app! It is a great app to purchase!
Crashing please help
gbspeechie
I can get through the set up of a player, the start up of level one and rolling the dice, but after moving the pawn the app crashes. Please fix as I would love to use this with students next week. Thanks!
The best Speech Therapy app
Luzi up34
This is by far one of the best speech therapy apps, and language learning apps I have bought. I enjoyed playing all levels without any problems. Easy to set up and get playing.
Crashes
AzSLT
Would be great if I could get it to work. App closes after student rolls dice. Please fix
Great for high school
Ttmttmttm
This has already proven to stimulate great language with my high school aged clients. I love ot
Language Adventures
Kathleen Mays
As a Speech Language Pathologist who utilizes my iPad in therapy - this is a refreshingly new idea. I can do group therapy, with multiple goals, and multiple levels, (for each of the categories) for each individual student. I can save and send results which decreases my paperwork overload. I can also use this with a wide age range of students. Best yet, it is evidence based.
Fabulous app
Speech Path lady
The best app for teaching children language skills. It is fun, engaging and the graphics are fantastic. Thanks for the update within less than 24 hours!!!
I can even use it in high school!
Deniseylico
Level 3 is a good level for ELL secondary students. Adding pictures with the kids' profiles is fun. We use CamWow for fun pictures. I want more levels and more games (inferencing? Conjunctions? Fact/Opinion?). Great job--again--Smarty Ears!
Fabulous!
AAC Girl
I just purchased this app and love everything about it for my students! The music, graphics, dice rolling, and questions are all excellent. I'm looking forward to even more content areas offered!
