MyWordz®: My Word Bank!
Quacking the Code

Mapped Wordz® matters for so many learners!
 

MySpeekie gives non-speaking children a voice, can be used as a spell-check tool, supports those learning English as an additional language, and addresses the core difficulties identified in the Delphi Dyslexia Definition—phonemic awareness, phonological working memory, and language.
 

Use these words to talk with learners. Let them choose the words that matter to them—they’ll talk much more!

The tech is also ideal for teaching phonics, as it makes the phoneme-to-grapheme mapping visible, allowing adults to map words with learners using a Universal Spelling Code.
 

Although the expected letters (graphemes) and sounds (phonemes) are prescribed by the Department for Education (DfE)—based on the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)—many teachers have never used the IPA and may not realise the discrepancies between the expected sounds and those used by learners when learning phonics. Without this awareness, they may miss opportunities to better support children—especially those who find phonics difficult to learn.
 

While the core correspondences are prescribed (as tested in the Phonics Screening Check), the expected mapping of other correspondences is often unclear—highlighting the importance of using the IPA. This tech reduces the workload for adults and provides the on-the-job word mapping training they aren’t getting elsewhere. Their learning happens because they’re using the tech.
 

Phonemies are child-friendly alternatives to phonetic symbols, created to make it easier to connect letters and sounds—to 'talk on paper', even if it doesn’t exactly match how we speak. This universal code is unconsciously understood by skilled readers with strong phonemic awareness. It’s how they easily store words in the orthographic lexicon and therefore recognise words on sight and know when a word ‘looks right’ when spelling—it’s all thanks to a huge brain word bank.