Nothing definite here. Activities with TeXT Handler belong to a wider
learning sequence et fulfil certain functions.
They may be a discovery or comprehension phase. Or take place at the end of a sequence
as follow-up.
A number of patterns are possible.
Before or during tasks.
| PHASE | WHAT DOES THE LEARNER DO ? | WHAT DOES TEXT HANDLER DO? |
| reading | The learner reads the text, anticipating what his strategy will be. This phase can be skipped for immediate handling. | TXTH allows for
three reading modes - free (no-time constraint) - text scrolls - words pop up and disappear in a random non linear order |
| filtering (selection of the words to be retrieved) | An option allows the learner to build himself the list of words he will have to retrieve at a later stage. He builds his OWN strategy (the words he thinks he'll be able to retrieve relying on context, own knowledge, etc.) | TXTH builds the
list of word to be retrieved according to one of four modes - interactive (learner's choice) - predetermined (teacher's choice) - automatic, based on word global category ("lexical" words, "grammatical" words, or both or finer categorization (forms of be, determiners, etc.) - frequency (1 out of 5, etc.) |
| listening and viewing of a multimedia document ( advanced uses) | He finds support in another document (of an audio or video nature) that he can handle while building his strategy. | TXTH allows digital objects to be inserted in the workspace, such as audio clips , video clips, graphics, images, charts, chat rooms, Internet links, and so on ... |
| help | He resorts to TXTH to get some hints and clues rather than idle in a dead-end. | TXTH can produce - the list of words that haven't been found - the "grammatical" category of the word - the string of successive characters that make up the word - the ending (-s, -ed, -ing) TXTH can accept a number of "jokers". |