Spelling Champion

Learn spelling words on the go and hands-free.

Consolidate your spelling memory.

Receive the advantage of a larger vocabulary and better handwriting.

Improve handwriting with letterforms and a style that appeals to you.

Review words are included with each new lesson.

Enhance memory retention by typing, writing, and then speaking each spelling word.

Machine learning methods automatically identify correct and incorrect spoken and written spellings.

Enhance memory performance of spelling words through diminishing-cues retrieval practice.

Accelerate reading and writing in young children who have less developed sensory-motor skills through typing each word.

Facilitate written language acquisition by handwriting words, which establishes sensory-motor memory traces.

Handwrite words to recruit letter processing of brain regions known to underlie successful reading.

Memory cues are reduced with each successful spelling to facilitate recall.

Kids love tracing the dotted font to spell words.

Spelling cues are phased out based on spelling mastery leading the student to a testing environment similar to an actual spelling bee.

Make routine tasks more enjoyable by spelling words to Spelling Champion while listening to your favorite light classical or instrumental music.

Spelling Champion conforms to privacy best practices for audio recording permissions.

Reduce eye strain with Night Mode.

Optional Functionality:

Spelling Champion must be allowed audio recording permissions to perform voice recognition of spoken words.

What’s new:

Spelling Champion beta offers a greatly expanded word set, including the important English words and fun lists of spelling bee words. Words are , organized by proficiency, or CEFR levels corresponding to grade ranges. Along with spelling, definitions and use in a sentence are taught for many of the words.

Spelling Champion lessons are available as a list from the home screen. Lessons are organized into three phases: typing, handwriting, and speech. Each pass through a lesson becomes more difficult as memory cues are reduced for correct spellings. Point awards are increased with the number of correct spellings for a word.

Aspiring to Use Cutting Edge Technology:

Spelling Champion is an app that is being evolved to use the latest cutting edge libraries and tools, including: the Architecture Components, Room, Lifecycle, and Navigation, as well as DataBinding for stability and maintainability. Spelling Champion is based on the Model-View-ViewModel architecture pattern.

Handwriting tips:

Trace and write can be performed with a finger or stylus made for Android. A digital arts glove is not required, but it makes for more natural handwriting by allowing the student to contact the screen with the palm while writing. There are several handwriting fonts to choose from. Try a few and pick a font you enjoy.

Speech recognition tips:

Speech recognition can be used with a phone or tablet held at a comfortable distance when there is little or no background noise. Changes in the background noise can result in false negatives, that is, being told you misspelled a word when in fact you got it right. False negatives can be frustrating and every effort is made to avoid them. To control background noise during speech recognition, use noise canceling headphones that have a microphone.

To improve speech recognition accuracy you can also speak with a commanding and clear voice, find the best spelling tempo, and avoid additional mouth sounds. Emphasize the last letter of the word and try not to inhale after spelling a word. If you hold a microphone, avoid scratching it or changing the position of the microphone from your face until the recognition is complete. You might find yourself wanting to spell at a slightly faster rate than Spelling Assist. If so, turn off Spelling Assist when you find your own optimal spelling tempo.

We hope you enjoy learning to spell with Spelling Champion.