Speakable is tailored to enhance English as a New Language (ENL) programs by integrating advanced text-to-speech, speech-to-text, and AI technologies. These tools help educators create engaging activities, provide instant feedback, and streamline grading, ultimately improving student proficiency in English.
Features
With a focus on simplifying activity creation and grading while maximizing student engagement, Speakable provides a robust set of features for ENL programs. These include:
- Activity Builder: Create custom activities using a variety of media types, including audio, video, and text.
- Instant Feedback: Provide immediate feedback on student responses, helping them improve quickly. Feedback includes grammar suggestions, suggested responses, rubric-based feedback, and estimated proficiency levels.
- AI-Powered Auto-Grading: Automatically grade speaking and writing assignments using custom rubrics or simple grading methods.
- Proficiency Level Estimation: Assess and track student proficiency using WIDA level estimations.
- Spaces for Collaboration: Use the Spaces feature to facilitate teacher collaboration, creating and sharing folders of activities.
- District Library: Share and access a wide range of activities and resources across your district.
Use Cases
Educators can integrate Speakable activities into their ENL programs across various assignment types and proficiency levels:
- Speaking Practice: Engage students in speaking exercises that are automatically graded and provide instant feedback.
- Writing Assignments: Assign writing tasks that are graded using AI-powered tools, ensuring consistency and accuracy.
- Listening Comprehension: Develop listening activities using text-to-speech technology to improve students' auditory skills.
- Reading Comprehension: Create reading tasks that assess and track students' understanding and proficiency.
- Proficiency Tracking: Monitor student progress and proficiency levels over time with detailed analytics.
- ACCESS Test Preparation: Prepare students for the ACCESS test with targeted practice activities and proficiency assessments.
Focus Areas
Speakable is used in various focus areas within ENL programs, including:
- Newcomers
- Intermediate learners
- Advanced proficiency students
I teach HS ESL. My class of newcomer students loves Speakable. They say it is helping them more than another, popular, language acquisition app we've used in the past. They are engaged, practicing, and showing confidence they didn't have before. They actually begged me to put up more sets for them to practice. Austin and Andrew have been absolutely fantastic in answering any questions I've had about how to use the site. Thank you for Speakable. It's a gamechanger.
- Cris Flay, ESL Teacher at Yadkin City Schools
Get Started Today
Create a free teacher account to get started now. You can also explore our free pilot program to experience all the benefits of Speakable firsthand.
