AGO Phonics Sound Pad vs Oxford Phonics World: Personal Usage & Stats
AGO Phonics Sound Pad is a fun tool for exploring and learning English phonics sounds and vocabulary.
Touch words and images on the screen to hear clearly voiced phonic sounds with 3 high frequency words given for each phoneme. Switch between male and female voice US English voice.
Overall over 700 picture vocabulary items and 150 phoneme patterns are practiced.
This app is a companion to the AGO Phonics playing cards series. The phonemes are arranged over seven pages set at different levels and arranged by phoneme type.
Level Zero, and Level 1 (Aqua) can be used with both male and femle voice. All other levels are available for free in one of either male or female voice, or users can pay a one time fee to upgrade and unlock both voices for each level, and some other bonus features, too.
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FOR EFL STUDENTS AND TEACHERS:
This app makes it easy to reference and hear English sounds when playing AGO games outside the classroom. Parents with a lack of confidence in their own English pronunciation will also benefit from using this app when playing the games.
The AGO Phonics sound pad goes far beyond the ABC's - over the levels, it covers many of the phonemes that exist in the English language, plus a number of word families, and obscure patterns that you are sure to come across as you learn English and learn to read.
Naturally, consonant blends, digraphs, r controlled vowels, diphthongs, long vowel sounds, silent letters and more are included in the app.
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- Free
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Help your child read and spell in English. Oxford Phonics World is the first step on your child’s journey into English.
Oxford Phonics World is a three-level phonics course that leads you through the sounds of English. Children over three years old learn sounds step-by-step with a tried and tested methodology. Games, puzzles and fun animations motivate children to discover and remember the connections between sounds and the letters that represent those sounds.
With the Oxford Phonics World app your child can:
• learn the English alphabet
• understand the relationship between letters and their sounds
• blend sounds together to read words
• learn through play, with a range of games
The three levels have over 200 words and fun animations:
• Level 1 teaches the English alphabet and its sounds, introducing over 100 words along the way
• Level 2 teaches how sounds combine together with consonants to form more complex words (e.g. ram, can, cup, jet, and many more)
• Level 3 introduces different spelling variations of long vowel sounds (e.g. rain, seed, night, bow, cube) and introduces over 75 new words
The first unit of each level is free. Access to other units and complete levels require inApp purchases.
Extras:
• complete all units of a level to win a trophy and certificate!
• each level of Oxford Phonics World contains an Extras unit with fun activities such as a Picture Maker and Animation Gallery
• Unit Access allows you to switch between following the curriculum in order or moving between your child’s favourite activities
- Apple App Store
- Free
- Education
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AGO Phonics Sound Pad VS. 
Oxford Phonics World: PersonalJanuary 17, 2025