Simbi's global impact motivates learners to read more books, more often.
Whether you're in school or at home, Simbi's global impact makes reading meaningful. Set Up Your Class - It's Free!Learning Readers to Reading Leaders
Simbi’s pedagogical approach, developed in partnership with literacy expert Adrienne Gear, leverages techniques backed by research.
Our “Read Aloud” and “Read Along” features, combined with the power of a collaborative reading platform, instil intrinsic and extrinsic motivation that drive a learner’s desire to read. They want read to improve their own proficiency, and to help others do the same!
References
Woodall, Billy. “Simultaneous Listening and Reading in ESL: Helping Second Language Learners Read (and Enjoy Reading) More Efficiently.” Freshwater Biology. Wiley/Blackwell (10.1111), 03 Jan. 2012.
Friedland, Aaron, Michelle Gilman, Michael Johnson, and Abera Demeke. “Does Reading-While-Listening Enhance Students’ Reading Fluency? Preliminary Results from School Experiments in Rural Uganda.” New Media and Mass Communication. N.p., 5 Jan. 2017.
Read Along
Reading Along, often called, “Bimodal Reading,” statistically significantly improves comprehension and fluency gains. Trials conduct globally have shown that students exposed to Reading Along vs. Silent Reading consistently outscored Silent Readers.
Narrate
You are more likely to remember something if you read it aloud. Studies show, that Read Aloud, dubbed the “production effect,” enable the dual action of speaking and hearing oneself that has the most beneficial impact on memory.
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