Prosodiya is an innovative support concept to improve the reading and spelling performance of primary school children with and without LRS.
With Prosodiya, children train step by step to recognize the German language rhythm. They practice dividing individual words into syllables and recognizing the stressed syllable. They then learn how to combine these language rhythmic features with spelling rules. With the help of these skills, the children are able to learn to read and write more systematically and easily.
Contents
- Over 400 of the most important words in the basic German vocabulary
- Visual representation of all words for a better learning effect
- Easy-to-understand, child-friendly explanations of the learning strategies and tasks
- Children can use Prosodiya independently without the help of parents
- Exciting background story with many captivating images from the fantasy world of Prosodiya
Goals
- Recognize stress patterns and syllable boundaries
- Recognize and understand open syllables (long vowels) and closed syllables (short vowels)
- Consonant doublings such as pp, tt Recognizing and understanding , mm, ck, tz and stretch marks such as ie, silent h
- Writing words correctly using the features learned
- Continuous adaptation to the individual performance level of each child
Target group
The content of Prosodiya is 2nd and 3rd grade content in most elementary schools. However, the support program is also suitable for children in higher grades with reading and spelling problems.
Training recommendation
- 15 to 20 minutes per day
- 4 to 5 training days per week
- The total training duration is at least 8 weeks. Due to the continuous adaptation, weak children repeat more and train with it over a longer period of time.
Awards
Prosodiya received the European Serious Game Award at the Games and Learning Alliance Conference 2017 in Lisbon.
Funding
-EXIST start-up grant from the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy
-Digital Content Fund of the Media and Film Society Baden-Württemberg
Result of scientific research
As early as 2009, Dr. Katharina Brandelik to investigate whether there is a connection between the rhythmic language skills and the reading and spelling skills of children. As part of her dissertation at the University of Tübingen, she was able to show that children with dyslexia often have problems perceiving the rhythm of speech. For this, Dr. Brandelik 2014 the Science Prize of the Federal Association for Dyslexia & Dyscalculia eV
Based on these findings, the development of the Prosodiya support program began in 2014. From the beginning, development has been carried out in cooperation with the University of Tübingen, Prof. Dr. Jürgen Heller, Research Methods and Mathematical Psychology and Prof. Dr. Detmar Meurers, computer linguistics and the learning forum Brandelik, a tutoring and learning therapy provider. The Prosodiya research group now consists of Dr. Katharina Brandelik, Jochen Brandelik, Heiko Holz and Benedikt Beuttler.
In 2018, Heiko Holz carried out a Prosodiya funding study as part of the LEAD graduate school and research network. 129 primary school children from the second to fourth grade took part and trained with Prosodiya about 5 times a week for 20 minutes each over a period of 9 weeks. The children were divided into two groups and the groups trained at different times, a so-called waiting control group design. Spelling performance and the ability to perceive stress patterns were tested on 3 dates each. The results of the study suggest that the children were able to significantly improve both their spelling performance and their perception of stress through training with the Prosodiya app.
You can find more information at https://prosodiya.de
