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Touch typing is an essential life skill for everyone in today's modern world. Computers are everywhere - in academic, professional and personal life. Using a keyboard without touch typing is like using a feather and pot of ink - painfully slow! Proper keyboard skills are a must for using a computer efficiently. For Special Needs individuals, written work is often a difficult, challenging & disliked area; for children & adults with Dyslexia, Dyspraxia/DCD, Austism/ASD/Aspergers, Semantic Pragmatic Disorder and Visual Impairment, touch typing often completely changes both quantity & quality of written work production, and can be a life changing skill.
Englishtype builds typing speed and accuracy quickly and easily. Give your children a head start at school, teach typing today. Or learn to type yourself - it's never too late, our oldest customer is 78!
"You want to put wings on the heels of your children?
Teach them to touch type. They'll bless you for it in later life.
Or they'll hunt and peck like electro-chickens for the rest of their days."
John Sutherland, Professor, University College London
Englishtype is a leading brand of touch typing tutor developed especially for the UK by an Educational Psychologist (educational designer of the BBC schools typing program, Dance Mat Typing). Ideal for using in the classroom or at home, this typing course is quick and easy to follow and can teach typing in as little as a week. Short lessons & arcade-style games make typing practice fun, and achievement certificates are awarded in the end of course typing test.
Unlike most other typing software, Englishtype has many unique features that maximise its educational benefits, (see Junior or Senior page for more information).
Boosts literacy at the same time as teaching typing, improving reading, spelling, grammar & punctuation
unlike other typing programs, Englishtype uses a carefully controlled vocabulary uses National Literacy Strategy word lists in Junior and 300 most common Adult English vocabulary words in Senior no nonsense words and no mix of real words & non-words
Special Needs friendly design features make it ideal for mixed ability groups, challenging the brightest students whilst giving extra help to those with Special Needs
strong multi-sensory design aids learning unique colour coding system of keys & fingers both written & spoken instructions visually simple & uncluttered presentation extra lessons to help spelling designed originally for Dyslexic pupils, it is used across a variety of Special Needs very successfully (click for more information)
A detailed Teacher Administration program in Educational versions
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"It was great to learn how to touch type, it's so useful when you get older,
for school and university and at work. My dad is a barrister and he's always
working on his laptop. He can type so fast, now I can be like him"
Augusta, aged 9
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