Englishtype Senior

• Product Names: Englishtype Senior
• Manufacturer/Publisher: EnglishType Ltd

Englishtype Senior is a multi-sensory touch typing tutor that boosts literacy skills at the same time

Learning to touch type brings many benefits to people with dyslexia. It reduces the need for handwriting, (often a disliked or problematic area), and typing is easily corrected without original mistakes being apparent. It vastly improves efficiency of computer usage, and Spell Checkers are an invaluable help. In addition, touch typing actually facilitates learning to spell, by making spelling more than a simple visual skill: spelling also becomes patterns on the keyboard - patterns and spatial skills are often areas of strength for people with dyslexia.

Englishtype was developed by an Educational Psychologist and is designed to maximise additional literacy benefits at the same time as teaching typing. It encourages reading, spelling, grammar & punctuation skills, uses National Literacy Strategy word lists and only age-relevant and useful vocabulary. Unlike other typing tutors, lesson data is highly structured, e.g. non-words are controlled letter patterns only; these are kept entirely separate from, and do not resemble, real words. This is to ensure there is no confusion in learning spelling.

Features:

• A multi-sensory approach
• Unique key / finger colour coding
• Visually simple presentation
• Both written & spoken instructions
• Choice of background screen colours
• Includes 300 most commonly used words in adult language
• 2 learning options; standard and fast-track

Short lessons and fun games keep motivation high; learning is self-directed. Includes detailed teacher reporting package, with class/group assignment; network versions have full functionality.

You will need:

• Windows 98 or later
• Pentium II 400MHz processor or faster
• 64MB RAM
• 20MB free hard disk space
• CD-ROM drive (disk in drive for single licence)
• SVGA video card
• Sound card
• Speakers or headphones

Free demo download available

To download the following demo of Englishtype Senior (10MB)

• Right click on the link provided
• Select “Save Target (or Link) As”
• You will be prompted to save your file on your hard drive. Choose a location and click the “Save” button.

N.B. Multi-user and site licences are special order items and therefore non-refundable, unless faulty.