Abstract grammar rules are hard to generalize. **Syntax City** uses functional, real-world context to help students turn isolated rules into meaningful communication.
By practicing grammar in a Bakery, Zoo, or Beach, students see how language works in the places they actually visit.
Every mission starts with a story that explains why a specific grammar rule matters, providing a "recipe for healthy speech".
Target specific goals—from "Do/Does" to Irregular Plurals—ensuring therapy is always focused on the student's unique needs.
Each district is dedicated to a specific syntax target. Whether you're an SLP targeting IEP goals or an ESL educator building fluency, you can choose the neighborhood that matches your student's needs.
Every mission in Syntax City uses a "Cloze" procedure—a proven educational technique that requires students to supply missing words in a sentence. This forces the brain to process the entire sentence structure rather than just isolated words.
Students analyze a high-quality photograph to understand the context before choosing the correct grammar tile.
Correct answers trigger fun animations, while incorrect choices disappear, providing a safe "trial-and-error" environment for ESL learners.
The app can read the sentence aloud, allowing students to "hear" the correct syntax, a vital feature for caregivers supporting literacy at home.
Whether you are working with early elementary students or middle schoolers with language delays, Syntax City provides the right level of challenge to build confidence without frustration.
Focus exclusively on standard rules, such as regular plurals or third-person singular "s" endings.
Transition to tricky irregular forms, ensuring students master the "exceptions" that define fluent English.
A mixed level that challenges students to apply both regular and irregular rules dynamically during the mission.
Managing a diverse caseload requires tools that are both fast and flexible. Syntax City allows you to onboard students in seconds, ensuring that therapy time is spent on learning, not configuration.
Select up to 4 students per session, making it ideal for school-based group therapy.
Add student photos or fun avatars to "Visitor Badges" to increase engagement and ownership.
The app automatically rotates turns based on player icons, reducing conflict and keeping sessions organized.
Syntax City isn't a "one-size-fits-all" game. Our robust settings menu allows **caregivers** and clinicians to adjust feedback and audio prompts to match the specific sensory and cognitive needs of the child.
Turn "Play Audio" on for students who need auditory modeling, or off to encourage independent reading.
Choose between "Remove Item" or a simple "Buzz" when a wrong answer is selected to customize the learning experience.
Enable or disable the automatic prompt for voice recording to streamline the session or focus on oral rehearsal.
"Once a child can demonstrate that she understands it... we want to go ahead and let them read that phrase or say it back to you". This reinforces the learning moment by pairing correct selection with active speech production.
Students record the target phrase immediately after solving the challenge, helping them internalize the correct grammatical rhythm.
Listening back to their own recording reinforces the correct use of subject-verb agreement and pronouns.
Essential for ESL learners and educators to move students from passive recognition to confident expressive language.
Syntax City provides a powerful incentive for accuracy. When a student answers 10 questions correctly on the first attempt, they earn a token and unlock a special "Treasure" for that neighborhood.
Students can visit their "Treasures Found in Town" screen to see everything they have collected across the 8 districts.
Whether it's farm animals or ski gear, rewards are themed to the neighborhood, encouraging students to explore the entire city.
Caregivers and educators can print or share the sticker collections, giving students a physical sense of achievement.
Stop spending your clinical hours on manual data entry. Syntax City automatically tracks every response, calculating accuracy percentages across multiple syntax targets simultaneously.
View accuracy bars for specific goals like Do-Does, Was-Were, or He-She.
Review results by date to track growth over weeks or months, essential for IEP meetings.
Generate and share PDF reports instantly with parents or school administrators.
Syntax City keeps your workflow organized by separating quantitative data from qualitative rewards, allowing you to focus on what matters most in the moment.
Review and share the collection of neighborhood-specific stickers earned by your students.
Access granular data for individual students to guide your future lesson plans and IEP reporting.
See the app in action! This tutorial covers everything from student registration to advanced clinical settings, helping you integrate Syntax City into your therapy sessions immediately.
Syntax City isn't just a game; it is a clinical tool designed to target specific linguistic deficits through research-backed instructional strategies.
Research shows that teaching grammar in context—like a bakery or zoo—improves the generalization of skills to everyday conversation.
The app utilizes "cloze" (fill-in-the-blank) sentence completion to reduce cognitive load while focusing specifically on syntax targets.
Pairing real-life photography with high-quality auditory models supports students with diverse learning styles and ESL backgrounds.
"Syntax City provides a systematic approach to practicing syntax... and organize their thoughts into clear, grammatically correct sentences."
"My favorite part of the app is the flexibility that each student can work on a different goal. It makes it easy to target grammar in groups in my school setting!"
"Syntax City is a great app that takes the tediousness out of working on common grammar difficulties. It’s perfect for single users or groups."
"These apps have transformed the way I approach speech therapy... making sessions more effective and engaging for both clinicians and clients."
