Auslan Tutor vs LEST

The NextSense Auslan Tutor is a video-based Australian Sign Language (Auslan) teaching application. The NextSense Auslan Tutor has been designed to assist families of young deaf children learn Auslan. More than 500 Auslan signs are included. The NextSense Auslan Tutor moves beyond the basic premise of teaching individual signs by including five corresponding entries for each sign. These five entries are: • a photo of the handshape used to form the sign • a video clip demonstrating the single sign • a video clip of the sign used in a phrase • a video clip of the phrase used in a sentence • a text note about Auslan grammar that is pertinent to the sign, phrase or sentence These additional features help improve the users understanding and use of Auslan. The portability of the NextSense Auslan Tutor allows for ongoing communication opportunities throughout the day. Key features: • Clear and easy to follow learning hierarchy • Over 500 signs, each demonstrated multiple times in single signs, phrases and sentences • Special Auslan grammar instruction for each sign • Auslan Northern and Southern dialects • Sign search • Auslan alphabet • Auslan numbers • Categories • Related signs The NextSense Auslan Tutor was developed by staff at NextSense, in consultation with expert Auslan users. More apps **************************************** Take a look at our series on 'Songs for Listening and Language.' The series is designed to encourage the development of listening and language skills in young children. Available for iPad: • Old MacDonald • Row, Row, Row Your Boat • Dingle Dangle Scarecrow • Incy Wincy Spider

The Letter Sound Test (LeST) tests a person’s ability to sound out single letters and letter combinations.  - Run a LeST test session in under 10 minutes. - Automated percentile and z-score calculations for graphemes. - Practice marking before you buy. - Hear correct pronunciations of all the letter-sound combinations before you buy. More about the LeST: In order to be able to sound out words, we need to know which sound a letter or letter combination corresponds to. The LeST evaluates which letter(s) a person can sound out in isolation (i.e., not in the context of a word or nonword).  The LeST is a simple reading aloud task and contains 51 graphemes (single letters and letter combinations). This test can be administered to individual students. At the end of the test, the tester gets an overview of the grapheme a reader can sound out in isolation. The tester may then decide to train the letter-sound-correspondences for the letters that the reader could not sound out correctly. This app has been developed from the LeST literacy assessment tool created by Macquarie University Centre for Reading.