[senco-forum] ARROW

hi

The Website for ARROW is

http://www.self-voice.com/

On 21/05/2008 15:09, "Lynda Canning" <Lynda.Canning at calderdale.gov.uk>
wrote:

> hi
> In a previous life I had information about this, however have lost this and
> can't find any information currently. Please can anyone post either the
> website or email address
> Many Thanks
> Lynda 
> 
> Lynda Canning
> Senior Support Teacher
> Statement Support & review Service
> Pupil and Student Services
> 01422 394130
> 
>>>> Luisa Pinnell <luisapinnell at hotmail.com> 05/19/08 10:18pm >>>
> 
> Great. I think I will  give it a go. I always thought that ARROW was very good
> for self esteem and, once you have a bit of practice with the Coomber, you
> certainly can do interesting things.  I once met someone who had used ARROW to
> help a friend who had suffered a stroke and several people who used it with HI
> pupils.
> I have always been a bit suspicious of the computer version but you have
> encouraged me to try it.
> Thanks 
>  
> Luisa 
> 
> 
> To: luisapinnell at hotmail.com; senco-forum-request at lists.becta.org.ukSubject:
> Re: [senco-forum] ARROWDate: Mon, 19 May 2008 17:06:34 -0400From:
> maggiechessher at aol.comI have recently used the updated computer based version
> of Arrow with 2 pupils with statements (Sp.L.D.  and MLD) to good effect,
> despite my initial, um, lack of enthusiasm!  It has also been used very
> successfully with groups of pupils of varying ability levels. Apart from the
> progress in literacy there have been big changes in confidence and attitude to
> learning by some pupils. It has also been used recently with adults with
> mental health issues, again bringing about changes in self-esteem because of
> impact on reading / spelling.The programme can now  be loaded onto computers
> /laptops and most children will be able to work fairly independently - another
> benefit for children who often rely on a good deal of support.Maggie
> Chessher-----Original Message-----From: Luisa Pinnell
> <luisapinnell at hotmail.com>To: maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk; senco forum
> <senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk>Sent: Mon, 19 May 2008 21:18Subject: Re:
> [senco-forum] Reading Recovery
> 
> Hi 
> A.R.R.O.W. stands for Aural-Read-Respond-Oral-Write and it is a self-voice
> taped 
> technique devised by Dr Colin Lane.  Originally a HI teacher, he devised this
> technique which is based on the principle that you learn  more effectively if
> you can hear your own voice rather than the teacher's. it is a 1-1
> intervention 
> and it requires the use of a record player (Coomber) with a silent pause
> button. 
> The tutor 'models' a sentence or a word, the student repeats it. You record
> the 
> student's voice. The silent pause button enables you to edit the recording, so
> you get the 'perfect utterance'.  You then use the recording as a basis for
> reading and dictation exercises.
> It has been going on for quite a longtime (over 30 years) and they are now
> using 
> IT(CDRom) to deliver the programme.
> I trained as an ARROW tutor in the ealy 90s. I still use it sometimes if I
> want 
> to give someone a boost. It is amazing to see their faces when they listen to
> the tape and realise that it is them, reading like they have never read
> before. 
> I have had some good results with it but it is very labour intensive and takes
> a 
> lot of time.
>  
> I agree with  you that synthetic phonics is a v. good way to start, but as you
> pointed out by the time they get to secondary school they  have picked up a
> lot 
> of faulty  habits, some are very scared of print and a few have been quite
> seriously affected by years of failure, so they don't see reading as an
> enjoyable activity but an ordeal. That's why I think that they also need
> paired 
> reading schemes where they can read with a partner, and guided reading where
> they can just listen to someone read and enjoy the story line. Especially
> pupils 
> whose parents/ carers are non-readers and have seldom experienced reading for
> pleasure outside the school setting.
> Luisa> Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 18:26:02 +0000> From: maizie2004 at yahoo.co.uk>
> Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Reading Recovery> To: lucass at loretto.com;
> senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk; luisapinnell at hotmail.com> > > What is
> A.R.R.O.W., Luisa? > > I ask because I am using AcceleReadAcceleWrite (ARAW)
> with a child and am wondering if you mean that, or something completely
> different!> > I agree with you that there isn't a 'miracle cure' for EVERY
> child, but I have found, so far, that basing instruction on synthetic phonics
> PRINCIPLES i.e filling in gaps in letter/sound correspondence knowledge and
> emphasising sounding out and blending all through the word, for reading, and
> segmenting words into their component sounds for spelling, has worked very
> well 
> for nearly all the children I have worked with. The biggest problem with I
> find 
> with secondary children is not teaching the correspondences and the sounding
> out 
> etc. but eradicating the faulty habits they have used over the previous 5 or 6
> years; guessing words, looking for words within words, not paying close
> attention to the orthographic information within a word and a pathological
> fear 
> of multisyllable words, which causes them to panic at the sight of one! > >
> Working within the parameters of the SP principles I might have to explore
> different ways of working with children with specific difficulties, but it is
> the most successful approach that I've found.> > Maggie> > --- On Mon,
> 19/5/08, 
> Luisa Pinnell <luisapinnell at hotmail.com> wrote:> > > > > Incidentally has
> anyone 
> ever tried A.R.R.O.W.? and if so> > what is your opinion?> > > >> > >
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