Decode vs. Encode in Reading: The ABCs of Brain Power

Have you ever read a word and felt like it held more than just letters?

Like it carried a system that only some people truly understand?

That system is built on two skills, decoding and encoding.

These are the tools that turn printed words into speech and spoken words into print.

They shape how students learn to read and write, yet they’re often misunderstood.

Once you understand how decoding and encoding work together, you’ll see how they fuel reading confidence and writing accuracy, two key pi...