LITTLE ENGLISH
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Getting started
Start with the task: connecting words with meaning calls for vocabulary activities; connecting letters with sounds calls for phonics at a suitable starting point. One first app does not need to cover everything.
Getting started
You can organise activities, listen together and connect recordings with real objects. You do not need to provide every pronunciation model yourself. Begin with one or two words whose meanings you have checked.
Getting started
Choose one small task, such as hearing and finding two familiar objects. Ten minutes is an example for planning, not a required duration or a standard for learning outcomes.
Getting started
Give a word a purpose in a small action: finding a toy, passing a cup to a doll or putting things away. Every encounter with English need not require an immediate spoken answer.
Phonics and four course levels
Vocabulary activities connect words with meaning. Phonics activities connect written letters and letter groups with sounds. They address different tasks and can be combined according to the child’s current needs.
Phonics and four course levels
Singing the alphabet sequence, naming letters, recognising letter sounds and blending sounds are different tasks. Singing ABC alone does not show that a child has experience with all of them.
Phonics and four course levels
Reduce the task to one short word with familiar meaning and sounds. Model how the sounds come together, then invite a shared attempt instead of repeatedly asking for a guess.
Phonics and four course levels
The series has four levels with separate apps: Level 1 introduces letters and sounds; Level 2 focuses on vowels; Level 3 on consonants; Level 4 on long vowels and other common sounds.
Phonics and four course levels
First distinguish letter names from letter sounds. If your child mainly knows the alphabet song, check Level 1 foundations; if letter sounds are familiar and vowel work is the next task, examine Level 2.
Phonics and four course levels
Level 4 covers long vowels and other common sounds. It is a later stage in the four-level programme; finishing it should not be equated with being able to read every book independently.
Vocabulary and meaning
Meet the same word in a different, understandable setting, modelling it before observing. Recognising a familiar card and using the word with another picture, object or action can be practised separately.
Vocabulary and meaning
Put a familiar word into a meaningful exchange, such as greeting a toy with “Hello, bear.” A longer word list or an entire book does not have to be the immediate next task.
Vocabulary and meaning
High frequency describes how often a word occurs. Whether a child can decode it using current knowledge depends on its spelling and the sound correspondences already taught. These are different ways of describing words.
Vocabulary and meaning
Arrange meaningful encounters with the same word through objects, actions or phrases, with help available. One forgotten answer does not establish a need for more practice or an assessment of the child.
Listening and speaking
Keep nonverbal ways to participate, such as pointing, choosing or passing an object, and offer a short response to imitate. Immediate speech need not be the only way to join the activity.
Listening and speaking
Current Speak Out activities use prepared learning situations. It is not an open-ended AI teacher for arbitrary topics. Released interactions and the longer-term vision for personalised education are described separately.
Listening and speaking
Give language a role in taking turns and choosing. In a toy shop game, a child can choose, pass an object or use a short phrase without every step being scored.
Beginning to read
Decodable texts generally organise words around letter–sound relationships already introduced. Graded readers organise reading through a particular difficulty system. Look at the actual text to decide whether it fits.
Beginning to read
Start with a small passage you can understand together: a familiar topic, explainable sentences and an opportunity to participate. Choose adult read-aloud books separately from texts the child will attempt independently.
Beginning to read
The new graded reading app is in preparation. There is no confirmed release date, store ID or download link here. The historical “reading course” entry is not evidence that the new product has launched.
Devices, downloads and purchases
Check each product separately. Speak Out offers its first lesson, Words and Songs free, with a one-time full unlock. Toby Math has free content and offers monthly or permanent unlock options.
Devices, downloads and purchases
Toby Math learning activities are confirmed to work offline without a learning account; purchases require a connection. This fact must not be assumed to cover every English app in the collection.
Devices, downloads and purchases
Three legacy Android entries remain: Phonics, the main course and the reading course. The new-version wish button records interest in a future Android release. These serve different purposes and can coexist.
Devices, downloads and purchases
Start with the current store listing for 英语单词－从单词到阅读启蒙, App ID 1418814513. The territory, date and editorial evidence for a historical feature are not documented here, so this site withholds that promotional claim and does not use it as evidence of learning outcomes.
AI and personalised education
Our perspective is that stronger models could provide teaching capabilities: more suitable explanations, examples and practice paths. “Distillation” is an analogy here, not a claim that a child’s development is equivalent to training an algorithm.