Typing practice: English, 한글, ローマ字 and 注音
For parents and teachers of children from about Year 3. Your child types short lines on a real keyboard; each key is checked, and at the end you see speed, accuracy and which keys slipped. Free, no sign-up, nothing leaves this device.
How to use it with your child
- Choose the keyboard your child is learning: English, 한글 두벌식, ローマ字 or 注音.
- Start with the home-row lesson. The next key glows on the on-screen keyboard, so your child can keep their eyes on the screen.
- Your child types each line. A wrong key doesn't move on; the letter shakes and they try again.
- At the end you see speed (WPM for English; keystrokes per minute, 타수, for the others), accuracy, and a heat map of the keys that slipped most.
- A new personal best is only kept when accuracy is 90% or more, so speed never wins over care.
Which school years it suits
Touch typing suits children from about Year 3 (age 8) once their hands span the home row. Korean schools practise 타자 from Year 3–4; romaji input is taught in Japanese schools from Year 3 (小3).
Why it doesn't need the computer's input method
Korean, Japanese and Chinese normally need an input method (IME) to turn keys into characters. Pencilhop reads which physical key was pressed and builds the jamo, kana or zhuyin itself, so the lesson works the same on any computer and with any keyboard language setting.
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Questions parents ask
Does it work on a tablet?
Yes, with a keyboard attached. Without one, tap the on-screen keys; it's slower, but fine for learning where the keys are.
Which romaji spellings are accepted?
Both styles: shi or si, chi or ti, tsu or tu, fu or hu, ji or zi. っ is typed by doubling the next consonant (kk, tt) or with xtu; ん is n before a consonant, otherwise nn.
How is 타수 counted?
Correct keystrokes per minute, the usual Korean measure. A syllable like 닭 is four keys: ㄷ ㅏ ㄹ ㄱ.