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title: Sentence Sorter
description: "## Purpose One of the most common problems faced by people with aphasia is difficulty with **sentence production**. Sentence production poses far **greater** **processing** **demands** than **single word** production, since it entails far greater complexity of **cognitive**and**linguistic processing** [(Ferreira &…"
url: "https://cuespeak.com/docs/sentence-sorter/"
updated: "2022-09-04"
category: Therapy Modules
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# Sentence Sorter

## Purpose

One of the most common problems faced by people with aphasia is difficulty with **sentence production**. Sentence production poses far **greater** **processing** **demands** than **single word** production, since it entails far greater complexity of **cognitive**and**linguistic processing** [(Ferreira & Cokal 2016).](https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-407794-2.00022-5)

![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-1-600x449.jpeg)

**Sentence Sorter** offers a **range** of sentence production exercises, approaching the task both from the **psycholinguistic** perspective, with tasks such as **reversible sentence ordering** (to address**mapping**difficulties) and the **functional** perspective, with tasks such **social greetings** and **asking questions**. The module can be configured to create tasks targeting:

- Sentence **anagram sorting**
- **Reading aloud** & **repetition**
- **Sentence completion**

In addition it is possible to **pre-fill** specified elements of the target sentences so as to create graded therapy **hierarchies**.

In all formats of Sentence Sorter, a spoken or written**question** is presented, together with various types of **help** to **answer**that question.

## Configuration

The **default** configuration of Sentence Sorter involves the sorting of a **sentence anagram** to answer the question. The user is required to **drag** the orange tiles into position on the blank grid. Each tile plays aloud as it is touched, so you can audition each one before placing it.

Once all the tiles have been placed, the **resulting sentence** is **played aloud** to help the user to **judge** whether the tiles have been placed **correctly**. You can **hear this again** by tapping the **speaker** button beneath the sentence.

A **check button** (in the form of a smiley face) will also now appear in the bottom right hand corner. Once the user is happy with the order, they can **tap** the check button. Any **incorrectly** placed tiles will then be **returned** to their original positions below. If all tiles are placed correctly, **positive feedback** is given and the next question becomes available.

If the user has **difficulty dragging** the tiles, you can switch to "**tap tiles to place**". The tiles will then be placed in order in which they are tapped. To **return** a tile to its original position, **tap it again**. One compromise of this is that it becomes harder to **audition** tiles prior to placement - you then need to touch a tile and move it slightly before releasing to avoid triggering placement.

[![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-4.jpeg)](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-4.jpeg)
Sentence Sorter: format SenS 1, anagram sorting

[![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SedS-5.jpeg)](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SedS-5.jpeg)
SenS1 after sorting: speaker icon and check button appear

You can choose to **pre-fill** any specified element of the sentence. Select the prefilled element according to its **grammatical class**. In the first example here, the **wh-question** is pre-filled:

[![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-1.jpeg)](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-1.jpeg)
Wh question pre-filled

[![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-6.jpeg)](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-6.jpeg)
Reversible sentence with verb pre-filled

Sentence anagrams are particularly well suited to **psycholinguistic** tasks such as **reversible sentence ordering**. In the second example above the **verb** has been **pre-filled**.

To create a simple exercise in **reading aloud** or **repeating** a sentence, you can pre-fill **all** the tiles. Go into **exercise settings**, scroll down to **pre-fill tiles**and tap **select all** in the top left hand corner of the box.

## Controlling task complexity

In **exercise settings** you can control the **complexity** of the **question**, the **number** of **words** in the **response** and the phonological **complexity** of the **answers**.

## Help for understanding the question

- You can hear the **whole question** again by tapping the **blue button** on the bottom toolbar
- You can hear the question broken down into **chunks** by tapping the individual blue **question TABs** at the top of the screen

## Help for saying the answer

- You can **hear**the individual **words** in the answer by tapping each of the orange **reposnse TABs**, both before and after they've been placed
- You can hear the **whole sentence** of the response by tapping the grey speaker button that appears when all tiles have been placed
- By tapping the red **articulation video button** on the bottom **toolbar** you can view **videos** of the **whole sentence** being spoken, together with separate videos for each **word** in the sentence and, by scrolling down, for each **syllable** in any polysyllabic words

[![](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-3-600x450.jpeg)](https://cuespeak.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/SenS-3.jpeg)
Articulation videos: tap the words you want to see spoken. Scroll down for syllable breakdown