Articulation Station
Pricey but definitely worth it for kids struggling with pronunciation
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Articulation Station
Pros: Each letter is isolated, so teachers can help kids with problem letters.
Cons: You'll need to buy individual letters via in-app purchase; better to opt for the Pro version.
Bottom Line: For helping students with letter and word pronunciation, this highly valuable tool is worth the cost.
The need to purchase individual letters or the Pro pack, as well as identifying necessary letters on which to work, and creating one of six user accounts with many settings, make this app best for teacher-led, individual student practice. More than likely, younger students will need teacher assistance when working on Articulation Station, at least the first few times they use this app. ELLs (even those older than the recommended grades) may benefit from using Articulation Station but, again, they're likely to need teacher support at first. That said, for older students who can read well but have pronunciation challenges, Articulation Station may be used for independent student practice, as long as teachers have purchased the Pro pack or have identified the letters students need to work on already and instruct students on which letter activities to focus on.
For professional development and implementation resources, make sure to check out the downloadables available on the developer's website.
Articulation Station is an English language articulation and pronunciation app. It can help students learn and practice letter sounds and word pronunciation. With 22 letter sounds, students can practice more than 1,000 target words. Designed by a certified speech-language pathologist, the app lets students play with letter sounds via three well-crafted options: word games, sentences, and stories. Through these activities, students can learn correct pronunciation and letter and word recognition, as well as some built-in sentence structure. Articulation Station provides students with the opportunity to record and listen to their own voices as they pronounce the letters and words in conjunction with a narrator who speaks them. As a result, students can gain self-awareness and identify their own pronunciation strengths and weaknesses. There are two activities to choose from in the words section (flashcards or matching) and different levels within activities. You can tailor activities to initial, medial, or final letter sounds.
The good news is you don't have to be a speech-language pathologist to help students with Articulation Station, and it's easy to track students' progress and share via email with parents or speech therapists. Also, the many choices for data saving and sharing make this a winner. Teachers can tap on the light bulb icon at any point to access tutorials with teaching tips specific to that letter sound, and they have access to eight different play and scoring settings that can be customized for each of six user profiles. On the downside (unless you buy the $59.99 Pro pack), teachers must choose which of the 22 letter sounds they want students to work on by buying them (only P is free; the others are in-app purchases ranging from $3.99 to $7.99 each).
Articulation Station may be expensive as far as apps go, but for students who are struggling with pronunciation, it could provide tremendous practice and growth in speech proficiency. In addition to the activities, it's especially useful that students can record themselves speaking and compare their pronunciation to that of the narrator. Highly recommended.
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Students love this application for working on Articulation skills.
This product is a great one to have on your iPad if you do articulation therapy. It is easy to set up, easy to switch between sounds and skills for each student in your group. You can save data from sessions in the app. I think the picture prompts could be a little more relevant to the word represented.
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