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<div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/kids_learning_language.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='New Program Helps Speed Up Childrens Understanding of Language' data-article-id='2905'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7604'>Learning to read provides a foundation for future learning in all areas of study.</span> <span data-start-time='7604' data-end-time='13021'>But reading is more than just sounding out words.</span> <span data-start-time='13021' data-end-time='18583'>Students need to understand what those words mean.</span> <span data-start-time='18583' data-end-time='27229'>And experts say students need to have a working knowledge of 10,000 words.</span> <span data-start-time='27229' data-end-time='36813'>Now, a new vocabulary program claims to greatly speed up a child's understanding of language.</span> <span data-start-time='36813' data-end-time='42000'> The program is called Mrs Wordsmith.</span> <span data-start-time='42000' data-end-time='52750'>The teaching system uses pictures and short word exercises to improve a student&rsquo;s performance on tests.</span> <span data-start-time='52750' data-end-time='56708'>Sofia Fenichell created the system.</span> <span data-start-time='56708' data-end-time='64854'>She worked with researchers from Cambridge University in Britain to develop the list of words.</span> <span data-start-time='64854' data-end-time='73979'>"We call it the 10,000 word journey and we believe that children can master these words from the age of seven to 17, and then not have to cram.</span> <span data-start-time='73979' data-end-time='82000'>And these words are typically the words they find in the books they read, in newspapers, in adult conversation.</span> <span data-start-time='82000' data-end-time='88083'>We're accelerating their ability to communicate, but also to improve their reading and writing age."</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/kids_learning_language_picture.png'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=10215 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/what_does_foundation_mean.m4a'>What does foundation mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='a basis; something that provides support for something else'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/international_teaching_programs.m4a'><span>international teaching programs</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/the_rate_at_which_a_child_reads.m4a'><span>the rate at which a child reads</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/to_begin_again.m4a'><span>to begin again</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/a_basis_something_that_provides_support_for_something_else.m4a'><span>a basis; something that provides support for something else</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=10216 data-hint-location='82000' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/the_program_accelerates_childrens_ability_to_communicate_but_also_improves_what.m4a'>The program accelerates children's ability to communicate, but also improves what?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='reading and writing age'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/running_speed.m4a'><span>running speed</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/reading_and_writing_age.m4a'><span>reading and writing age</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/interest_in_math.m4a'><span>interest in math</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/jump_rope_skills.m4a'><span>jump rope skills</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=10217 data-hint-location='36813' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/the_program_is_called__blank_.m4a'>The program is called <span class='blank'>Mrs Wordsmith</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Mrs Wordsmith'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/wells_fargo.m4a'><span>Wells Fargo</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/scholastic.m4a'><span>Scholastic</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/mrs_wordsmith.m4a'><span>Mrs Wordsmith</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/2381/leapfrog.m4a'><span>Leapfrog</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>

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