The Reading Buddy is a tool to help pupils in Swedish schools improve their reading comprehension in a fun, engaging, and rewarding way. By interacting with the Reading Buddy and answering questions about a text, pupils are given a sense of progression and accomplishment which makes the reading experience more enjoyable and motivating.
Research-based dialogue with teacher-developed questions
Läskompis is developed with a strong base in pedagogical research on how children learn reading comprehension. The dialogue engages pupils with open questions on, between, and beyond the lines of the text to stir their imagination and memory, and provides hints and answer alternatives to help them keep going if they get stuck on a question.
Questions are developed by and in close cooperation with teachers to capture the needs of students in and outside the classroom, and to meet the requirements of curriculum.
Loved by teachers, students, and innovators
The Reading Buddy has received extremely positive feedback from both pupils and teachers for, among other things, motivating pupils to read more and being a useful tool for pupils with different needs.
Läskompisen has also been selected for IVA100, the 100 most innovative projects by Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin.