(NASDAQ: SCIL), has
introduced a new, cutting-edge product designed to help struggling
adolescents build advanced reading-comprehension and vocabulary skills.

Fast ForWord to Reading 5 is aimed at students reading at a 4th- to
6th -grade level -- a target that includes adolescents who are falling
behind in reading levels as well as older students or adults who may have
difficulty with their reading skills.

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Telephone Learning Software Helps Solve SAT and Literacy Crisis in American Classrooms with a Phone and the Web; New Technology Assists with Essay Portion of t

Once the student's audio writing samples are converted to text, they
are processed using an automatic essay evaluation program called
California Electronic Writer , currently in use in California school
districts.

Several high-school-aged student volunteers at Bridges Academy in Winter
Springs, Florida, field-tested the new product over the summer.

"The students really had fun with it, and I am definitely anticipating good
results with this product," she said.

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way has involved using the common telephone, linked to a sophisticated
Web-system which is beginning to provide authentic language learning
for the legions of foreign students at Miami Dade College's English
for Academic Purposes (EAP) program.

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The features of Fast ForWord to Reading 5
include:

-- Emphasis on metacognition (higher-order thinking that involves active
control over the cognitive processes engaged in learning)
-- Comprehension strategies and tasks that build writing skills
-- Focus on building vocabulary and skills with figurative language and
literary devices
-- Systematic use of academic vocabulary from multiple content areas .

The exercises align with the scientifically based reading-research
guidelines and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

This category contains sites which provide information, tips, guides , and activities to help kids and teens improve writing skills.

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And this
immigrant language problem is a burgeoning one, coast-to-coast.

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Professor Donahue notes, "With the new SAT
requiring an essay component, this is an incredibly important
invention for all American students to realize their college dreams.com).com

Professor Donahue can be contacted at (954) 920-8192 or
donahue.

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Donahue describes the urgent literacy needs of students in the
June issue of a Language Magazine article , "English as Second Language
(ESL) students might as well learn Cockney from the Queen of England
as attempt to study English in Miami.californiaelectronicwriter.

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HOLLYWOOD , Fla. Moreover, increased verbal
power spills over positively into related disciplines: writing,
grammar, accent reduction, vocabulary building, reading, even math."
Professor Donahue declares , "There has got to be a better way to
teach aspiring English learners the spoken language.com

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About Scientific Learning Corporation

Scientific Learning produces the patented Fast ForWord family of
products, a series of computer-delivered reading intervention products that
complement reading instruction.com, or
call toll-free 888-452-7323.

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languagemagazine.

For more information about Scientific Learning and its products, visit our
Web sites at www.

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PRESS RELEASE Scientific Learning Corp. Supports Adolescent Literacy With New Product

As part of the Fast ForWord family of
products, which is based on over 30 years of neuroscience research, this
software uses a unique approach to reading comprehension that has been
proven effective by independent research .

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The telephone learning system consists of 11 activities covering a
spectrum of learning: Spelling , Multiplication Tables, Dictation,
Tongue Twisters, Background Knowledge ("What is the capital of
California?, etc. The telephone learning system has
seen significantly improved speech and writing output by EAP students
in trial tests this past semester at the College.

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The software assignments can be viewed at
(http://www.

"The Fast ForWord to Reading 5 product is the end result of several years
of dedicated research, development and testing," said Dr.

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Beyond the classroom, the US Military has used his
software for learning exotic languages, such as Pashto and Dari, the
languages of Afghanistan and Iraqi Arabic.steven@gmail.

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Responses are converted to
audio files and emailed to the students, posted to a Web site, and
then analyzed with an audio to text converting program to assess the
accuracy of the responses.org/moodle

For a copy of the article, contact editor@languagemagazine .
Scientific Learning Corp.

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Activities involve both listening and actual voice output. Phone -in homework becomes an
interactive and documented experience.

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Language contact with native
speakers of English is becoming increasingly uncommon.brainconnection.

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To use the telephone system, students call a toll free number,
enter an individual PIN, select a lesson and assignment, and interact
with that assignment over the telephone. "This product will fill a pressing need by helping older
students overcome reading fluency and comprehension difficulties and will
be a powerful complement to classroom instruction and curricula."

The new product will build on the foundation set by the Fast ForWord to
Reading Prep and Fast ForWord to Reading 1 - 4 products by placing greater
emphasis on the advanced comprehension and vocabulary skills students need
to achieve academic mastery.

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" The phone learning system
is capable of processing student essays by telephone and returning
instant holistic scores.
The automated telephone learning system offers many advantages.
Finally, the work load of teachers is lessened. "Fast ForWord to Reading 5 picked up
where Reading 4 left off and is really great. There's no doubt that we'll
be adding it to the list of programs available to our students . Based on more than 30 years of
neuroscience and cognitive research, Fast ForWord products help children,
adolescents, and adults build the cognitive skills critical for improving
reading and language skills.

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Steven Donahue is a professor at Miami Dade College and features
editor for Language Magazine (http://www.

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He has
developed the software specifically for the woes of America 's poor
writers/speakers.

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The Web is
an integral part of the phone system, and allows students to pre-view
assignments, and get post-results, which are then emailed to them.

Topics include essays and reports, poetry, punctuation, spelling, and handwriting.

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") and free responses for writing and speech topics.

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Authentic listening and speaking can help take the place of the lack
of interaction with native role models. The
efficacy of the products has been confirmed by independent researchers, by
evaluating the results of standardized achievement tests, and by Scientific
Learning's scientists .

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----Steven Donahue,
professor and developer of innovative writing enhancement technology,
today announced the release of revolutionary Telephone Learning
Software to help solve the literacy crisis in American classrooms and
promises to truly "Leave No Child Behind. The
Fast ForWord to Reading 5 product completes the patented, award-winning
Fast ForWord to Reading series and reinforces the company's leading
position in neuroscience-based software that develops the cognitive skills
to improve reading and learning. A series of computer-based
exercises helps develop and strengthen the cognitive skills of memory,
attention, processing and sequencing to build a solid foundation for
improving reading ability. Steven Miller,
Senior Vice President of Research & Outcomes for Scientific Learning
Corporation. Carla
Brandt, the Fast ForWord coordinator and a Specific Learning Disabilities
teacher at Bridges Academy, says she's looking forward to implementing the
product after its official release.