The recording process is exactly the same. When your client is ready to make the reassessment recordings you will need to create and then send a link to the recording pages just like you did for the initial Time 1 recordings.  Click on the “Recording” button on the main page of the website. Then create a link for your client this time selecting the Reevaluation program. The link that is automatically sent to your client’s email inbox will take them to the Introduction page of the Reevaluation.  There is a shorter version of the background information page where they will, most importantly, enter their email address which will ensure that you, as the teacher, will be able to retrieve their recordings. Your client will then follow the same instructions to record the 66 stimulus response words, which are divided between 2 pages, and the reading passage. The last page will congratulate them for successfully completing the re-evaluation. Back to Top

What if I make a mistake in transcribing spontaneous speech sounds?
You can erase any symbol by clicking on it to bring up the IPA drop down menu. Then click on the blank area in the upper left corner of the menu.  Or you can select another symbol to replace the one chosen previously. Back to Top 

Why are there 3 rows of error sound boxes?
Your  client may make more than one type of substitution error for a particular sound.  Therefore we have provided 3 rows for 3 different potential error sounds. When you click on the error sound box you will bring up the IPA symbols.  Just select the IPA symbol that represents the error your client made. Back to Top

Where do I transcribe my client's errors from the modeled reading passage?
Remember your client listened and repeated the phrases from the first paragraph of the Reading passage. Now it’s time to identify any of their errors from the Modeled Reading Section. After saving your transcription entries from the reading passage go to the top of the screen and click on the link that says “Continue”.  This will take you back to the Main Login Screen.   Enter your password. Your client’s name should still be there. Now select “Modeled” for the session name.  Their language should still be accurately identified.  Log in. Back to Top

How do I know if my client made the same errors during the modeled reading as he did during Time I?
Now you will see the first paragraph of the reading passage.  The player is at the bottom. When you click on the words in the boxes you will see your client’s errors from Time I in a lighter shade in the error sound box.  Begin to listen to your client’s recording labeled Eval_Model.  As the recording plays you will hear pauses between your client’s utterances.  The pauses are when they were listening to the online teacher’s model.   If you hear the same error in any given word just click on that lightly shaded phoneme and it will darken.  If you don’t hear the error just leave it alone. The program will know not to count it as a modeled reading error.  If they made a different error just click on the appropriate language specific error choice or click twice on the box itself to obtain the drop down grid of IPA symbols.  When you have finished transcribing make sure you save your work. Back to Top

How do I find out the percent improvement between Time I and the modeled reading?
After you save your transcription work on the modeled reading section click on the “Comparison” link to view the results of your client’s modeled reading pronunciation ability.  Enter your password, select Modeled for the session and then login. Direct your attention to the right half of the table at the top.  You will see the number of errors your client made during their reading of the first paragraph during Time I.  Next to that you will see how many errors they made during the modeled reading section. It also shows the percent change which will help you in forming a prognosis for improvement for your client.  For example, if the client made 51 errors during Time I but only  10 errors during the Modeled reading it indicates an  80 % improvement. Make a note of the percent improvement and then close out this screen. DO NOT USE ANY OF THE LINKS ON THIS SCREEN. Return to the Modeled reading portion of the Phonetic Transcription screen and click on the “Continue” link to return to the login. Log back in and select Time I to continue with your transcription.
Note: If you want to view the Results Summary Screen again do the following steps: 1)Click on "Phonetic Transcription" on the main page of the website; 2)Enter username/password, select client, select "Modeled" for session name; 3)Click on the "Comparison" link at the top of the Modeled Reading screen. Back to Top

Where do I transcribe my client's spontaneous speech errors during the conversational speech sample?
The next step in this process is to transcribe any errors from your client’s conversational speech sample. That’s from Section 4 of the evaluation. Click to highlight the recording in the player labeled Eval_Spont.  You will do all of your transcribing for this recording  using the target phoneme locater menu.  This is the same menu you used when transcribing your client’s spontaneous speech errors in the carrier sentences.  This is accessed by clicking on any of the question mark symbols along the left margin. Back to Top

How do I document my client's grammar errors?
If you hear a grammar error just click on any of the exclamation marks along the right margin.  This will open up a text box where you can type in the sentence containing the grammar errors. Back to Top

I've finished transcribing.  What do I do next?
There is one more thing you need to do to prepare your client’s Personal Speech Analysis – select a general frequency of occurrence of errors.  You will do this by using two screens. The Transcription Display Screen and the Pattern Analysis. To view the Transcription Display screen click on the “Transcription Display” link at the top of the page.  This will take you to the Login page.  Enter your password and select Time 1.  On this page you will see the phonemes that your client mispronounced.  They are categorized and displayed on the left margin of this screen.  If your client did not make any errors for a specific tested phoneme that phoneme will not appear in the left margin.  The phoneme position and frequency in the 66 stimulus words are also displayed.  For example the consonant /p/ was presented in the initial position 4 times and in the final position 2 times. If you hover your cursor over the position labels a pop-up will appear displaying the words in which those target sounds were tested. For example: /p/ in the final position was tested in the 29^th word “mop” and in the Reading passage in the word “up”.  On the Compton PESL phonemes are tested in the initial and final positions for the 66 stimulus response words.  However in this online format we have provided an opportunity to document the occurrence of errors in the middle position for the reading passage and spontaneous speech sections.

You will now see all of your client’s errors displayed in the error boxes for each tested phoneme. After the error sound boxes you will see 4 columns.  They are identified as word count, sentence count, reading count, and spontaneous count.  They will contain numbers that were derived from the selections you made on the phonetic transcription screen. If you hover your cursor over the numbers in the first 3 columns a pop-up will appear showing the exact words in which your client produced the error. The contexts of the spontaneous speech errors, that you typed in on the phonetic transcription screen, will all be displayed in this error context boxes.

How do I attribute a frequency of occurrence for each error sound?
The only step left in completing your client’s analysis is to attribute a general frequency to the occurrence of errors. The gray rectangular  box labeled Frequency, on the Transcription Display Screen, allows you to select a general frequency of errors produced for that specific target phoneme.

How do I access my client's Pattern Analysis?
Click on the link at the top of the Transcription Display Screen labeled "Pattern Analysis". Or you can access your client's Pattern Analysis anytime you want by looking under "Reports and Tools" on the main page of www.ComptonPESLonline.com. Back to Top

How can I use the Pattern Analysis to help me make a decision regarding frequency of occurrence of errors?
The Pattern analysis is an organized summary of the phonetic data you recorded on the Phonetic Transcription Screen.  The Compton PESL online program does this for you. Some teachers find it helpful to look at the Pattern Analysis side by side with the Transcription display screen as they perform the final step to preparing their client’s personal speech analysis. To view both screens just right click on the Pattern Analysis link at the top of the page and open it  in a new window.   Now reposition the screens by clicking and dragging to resize, as necessary, so you can view both screens at the same time. Back to Top 

What do the colored ticmarks represent?
The Pattern Analysis displays all of the tested phonemes and the occurrence of those phonemes in the 66 stimulus words.  Your client’s errors are shown with corresponding colored ticmarks indicating context and frequency.  The red marks indicate stimulus words in isolation
black = stimulus words in context; blue = reading and green = spontaneous speech. For example:  If a client produced an unaspirated /p/ 2 times at the word level there will be 2 red ticmarks ||; 2 times at the sentence level will have 2 black ticmarks ||; 3 times at the reading level will have 3 blue ticmarks ||| and twice at the spontaneous speech level will be indicated by 2 green ticmarks ||.. Back to Top 

Not all of my client's errors are on the Pattern Analysis.  Why not?
Please keep in mind neither the Pattern Analysis nor the Personal Speech Analysis  display errors your client made in the MIDDLE position of words.  You can review those errors whenever you want by looking back at the Transcription Display screen.  You may also want to review the contexts in which your client’s spontaneous speech and grammar errors occurred by looking at the Transcription Display Screen.  One of the benefits of this online format is that all of your client’s recordings, phonetic transcription, pattern analysis and personal speech analysis are available for you to see at any time. You can select any of the buttons on the home page of the website to retrieve this information. Back to Top.  

Can I print out the Pattern Analysis?
Yes. Just click File and Print on your browser.  You may want to look at Print Preview first and adjust the scale to your preference before printing as the scale may vary depending on the browser. Back to Top

How do I access my client's Personal Speech Analysis?
Now your client’s Personal Speech Analysis is complete.  The link to view it is at the top of the Transcription Display Screen and the Phonetic Transcription Screen.  Or you can access it at any time by clicking on the "Personal Speech Analysis" on the main page of www.ComptonPESLonline.com.  All of your client’s error sounds and frequencies are now filled in for you.  You can email this to your client or print it out and place it in your client’s program notebook.  When your client views it online they can click on the Phonetic Symbols table.  This has an added feature of an audio recording of each target phoneme in the context of words.  If they open this link in a separate window they can place each screen side by side to assist them in having a better understanding of which of their sounds were mispronounced. Back to Top 

How do I access a new Pattern Analysis and Personal Speech Analysis reflecting Time 2 errors?
Compton PESL online will update your client’s Pattern analysis and personal speech analysis based on the Time 2 results.  After closing out the Results Summary Screen look for the links at the top of the Phonetic Transcription Screen to view these pages.  Again you will see a professionally displayed pattern analysis for Time 2 and an updated Personal speech analysis. To send the Personal speech analysis to your client just right click on the URL and copy and paste it as a link in the text of an email. Back to Top 

How do I find out the percent improvement my client made between Time I and Time 2?
To view the percent improvement between Time 1 and Time 2 click on the comparison link at the top. Enter your password, select Time 2 for session and login.  The Result Summary Screen displays the number of errors in words for Time 1 and Time 2 and a the percent change.  It also displays the number of errors in the reading passage for Time 1 and Time 2 and percent change. You may want to share this information with your client. Back to Top.

How can I get help with additional questions?
If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact us.  Just  click on the Contact us button on the home page of www.ComptonPESLonline.com. Back to Top