DecodeForge is a structured-literacy workshop for older readers who read below grade level. Segwyn the master decoder and the crew each show one decoding move. Practice is private; a slip is never a failure.
This home-language support is added alongside English — it never replaces it. Your English words don't go away.
Words
Each English word is shown with its 中文 meaning and an example. Tap 🔊 to hear it.
SegwynSegment & blend (mentor) — slides a word apart into its sounds and back together
拆音与合音:把一个单词拆成一个个音,再把这些音滑合回去(/s/–/o/–/l/ → “sun”)。
“把单词拆成一个个音,再把这些音合回去——这就是解码。”
“Slide the word apart into its sounds, then slide the sounds back together — that's decoding.”
sun↔太阳
太阳在早晨升起。
map↔地图
我用地图找路。
step↔脚步(一步)
每一步都带你走得更远一点。
ChipSyllable division — chips a big word into syllable chunks you can say
音节切分:把长单词切成一块块(音节)来念——就像汉语里一个字一个音节。
“长单词只是排成一排的小块——切开它,再念每一块。”
“A long word is just short chunks in a row — chip it, then say each chunk.”
rabbit↔兔子
兔子跳得快(rab-bit)。
napkin↔餐巾纸
用餐巾纸擦一擦(nap-kin)。
basket↔篮子
篮子里装满水果(bas-ket)。
DigbyDigraphs — fuses two letters into ONE sound (the 'one-breath' trick)
双字母组合:两个字母合成一个音(sh、ch、th)。
“两个字母,一口气——sh、ch、th 各自发出一个新的音。”
“Two letters, one breath — sh, ch, th each make a single new sound.”
ship↔船
船在海上航行(sh)。
chin↔下巴
他摸了摸下巴(ch)。
thin↔细(薄)
铅笔很细(th)。
BlendaConsonant blends — smashes a cluster together so each sound still shows
辅音连缀:几个辅音在一起,但每个音你都还能听见(st-、bl-、cr-),和双字母组合不同。
“在连缀里你还能听见每个音——st-、bl-、cr- 一起滑过,但不合并。”
“In a blend you still hear every sound — st-, bl-, cr- glide together but don't merge.”
stop↔停
车要停下来(st-)。
blue↔蓝色
天空是蓝色的(bl-)。
crab↔螃蟹
螃蟹横着走(cr-)。
Silent EllieSilent / magic-e — stands silent at a word's end and makes the vowel say its name
“A suffix goes on the end — and watch the spelling change: happy + ness = happiness.”
kindness↔善良
“-ness”变成名词:kind + ness=善良。
helpful↔乐于助人(有用)
“-ful”=充满:help + ful=乐于助人。
running↔跑(正在跑)
“n”要双写:run + ning=正在跑。
FluennaFluency — reads the same passage until it flows (repeated reading)
流利:把同一段读到顺畅为止——顺滑而有感情,绝不是比赛速度。
“再读一遍,再读一遍——流利是顺滑而有感情,绝不是比赛。”
“Read it again, and again — fluency is smooth and with feeling, never a race.”
smooth↔顺滑
他顺滑地读完这一段。
expression↔(有)感情/表情
带着感情读。
MapperPhoneme-grapheme mapping — maps each sound to its spelling tile
音—字对应:每个音(音素)都有它的字母格子(字位);把音和字母连起来,拼写就说得通了。
“每个音都有一个格子——把音和字母连起来,拼写就说得通了。”
“Every sound gets a tile — map the sounds to the letters and the spelling makes sense.”
fish↔鱼
f-i-sh → 3 个音,3 个格子。鱼在游。
duck↔鸭子
d-u-ck → 3 个音(“ck”=1)。鸭子在游。
A translanguaging-informed vocabulary + access support for multilingual learners — NEVER a claim to 'close the EL gap' or replace bilingual instruction. The home language is an asset. Written and checked by a person — not machine-translated.