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PERSONALIZED LEARNING FOR LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
Personalized learning in in System System 44 is driven by the proven FASTT (Fluency and Automaticity through Systematic Teaching with Technology) algorithm which helps English learners manage their acquisition of new information and then carefully synthesize this information as long-term memory Universal Screener & Placement Tool
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