FLINK – How to Read Fluently

About

FLINK (How to read fluently – Individual intervention on reading competencies) is a digital, browser-based reading fluency training programme. The aim of the training is to foster the reading speed of children in grades 2 to 6 in an individualised way. The training can be integrated directly into everyday school life without the need for additional support from teachers. The training is based on the so-called “text fading” approach: sentences are faded out letter by letter on the screen at an individually adapted speed. The perceived time pressure encourages children to read faster without compromising reading accuracy or reading comprehension. Text fading speed automatically adapts to the child's individual performance. This allows each child to progress at their own pace. Each training unit comprises 30 sentences with corresponding comprehension questions in multiple-choice format. The content is designed to be child-friendly and interesting. The adaptive structure ensures that the training continuously adapts to a child's performance level. If the reading comprehension remains constantly high, the speed is increased; if comprehension difficulties arise, the speed is reduced again. This ensures that individual support is tailored as precisely as possible.

FLINK is completely web-based and embedded in the existing quop platform for learning progress assessments managed by the University of Münster. Quop records the respective learning levels in the areas of reading and arithmetic over ten measurement points per school year. Teachers can activate the training for individual children or entire groups (ideally based on the results of the regular quop reading tests). The training can be flexibly integrated into everyday school life, e.g. as part of remedial teaching or in independent study phases. The effectiveness of the training has been scientifically proven: Children who regularly train with FLINK improve their reading speed more than children who have only rarely taken part in the training. Children with initial reading difficulties in particular benefit from the adaptive support approach. FLINK therefore offers an efficient and easy-to-implement way to promote reading fluency at an early age and thus strengthen the basis for successful learning to read.

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Team

• Prof. Dr. Jan-Henning Ehm
• Dr. Fenke Kachisi
• PD Dr. Telse Nagler

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