Linguistic Inquiry and Word CountWith a computer program tool called Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) one can process text where each word in that text is compared with a dictionary file. These dictionary files are broken up by category (e.g. pronouns, social words, cognitive mechanisms, positive/negative emotion) and can show attentional focus, emotionality, social relationships, thinking styles, and individual differences (Tausczik & Pennebaker, 2010). This method gave me metrics by which to quantify progress amongst or regression amongst the class cohort. For instance, prepositions (e.g., to, with, above), words longer than six letters, and words that Tausczik and Pennebaker (2010) have categorized as cognitive mechanisms (e.g., cause, know, ought), are all indicative of more complex language