Help with English

Help with English helps primary age children to practice their English language skills, including spelling, sentence construction and comprehension. It also helps children learning English as a second language to practice their word and sentence skills.

Help with English is games-based, with personal score targets. The focus is on spelling common English words and also reading and understanding simple English sentences, supported by illustrations and voice audio. The content is based around themes, vocabulary and grammar found in most major English language schemes for young learners and is structured within six graded levels of difficulty, a, b, c, d, e and f.

Themes and sub themes

1. Myself

level a: Me and my body
level b: family members
level c: feelings

2. Animals

level a: pets
level b: farm animals
level c: zoo animals

3. My bedroom

level a: toys
level b: clothes
level c: furniture

4. Home & school

level d: at home
level e: at school
level f: from home to school

5. Sports & hobbies

level d: playtime
level e: sports
level f: being creative

6. Out & about

level d: in the street
level e: in the countryside
level f: at the seaside

Using Help with English

1. There are 8 different games, all simple and easy to play. Children soon learn to play them and then want to replay over and again to achieve faster and better results. That way they benefit through repetition and self-motivation.
2. The games are played against the clock, with one point scored for each correct answer going towards a session score target.
3. Each game contains a bank of questions from which six are randomly selected each time a game is played. If children give a wrong answer to a question then the question will be repeated immediately so that mistakes can be put right straight away. However if children really are stuck then they can ask to see the correct answer, but at the cost of one penalty point deducted.
4. Children decide their own score targets. That way they are motivated to keep improving.
5. Every screen has an online help screen. These are aimed primarily at adult supervisors.