Teaching tools for language schools and ESP trainers

With the SpokenSkills Language Lab your school will be able to create and offer unique online speaking activities.

• Speaking assessments
• Recorded feedback
• Self-practice speaking activities
• Group assignments
• Presentation training

The Lab's ease of use and advanced technology facilitates the delivery of language classes and meets the demands of the Internet generation.

Find out more about the main features here.

Features

		Spoken assessments and assignments Pronunciation Assessments Job language skills assessments TOEFL, Pearson, IELTS test training Placement tests Job Interview Preparation Assessment (JIPA)
		Self-practice pages The instructor can create sample recordings and transcripts for students to practice by listening, recording and comparing. Examples ESP practice activities
		Collaboration media message board All students in a class and the instructor can post and share messages with video, audio, images or text and participate in group assignments.

Presentation training
Instructors use this component to help students improve the written script and oral speech of a presentation. Business English students have the option to work with their own PowerPoint presentation.

Customized school login page
Each school has its own Learning Lab log in page that includes the school's logo and welcome message.

Instructor admin

• Catalogue: create, edit and store spoken language activities
• Class admin: create student groups, assign work and post messages
• Instruction: assess and provide personalized student feedback

Institution admin

• Add instructor accounts, each with its own instructor admin section
• Create and administrate spoken language activities that are available to all the institution's instructors
• Allow teachers to create and share materials

With the SpokenSkills Lab license, instructors have access to training on how to create assessments, assignments and integrate existing class materials.

Seamlessly integrate the SpokenSkills Language Learning Lab with your existing LMS (Blackboard, Moodle, Sakai, Angel, etc).

If your institution requires specific learning activities, content integration or features, SpokenSkills developers are available to create customized solutions.

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Testimonials

"Tech support is very responsive and effective. Also, the sound quality is good and the students found SpokenTest easy to use."

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"Thank you Spoken Skills for providing an outstanding, professional service to the TESOL community. Because of your website, I have been able to expand my teaching career in ways I never thought possible. My students have responded very well to this new tool and it is very rewarding to see them flourish. You all receive an A+ in my book!"

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"Spoken Test is an easy, customizable tool that helps managers and teachers measure their students', employees', or job applicants' speech and listening skills, accurately identify problem areas, track training progress, and archive results -- all online from anywhere in the world."

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Testimonials from Dr. Yontz's students in the Oral Communication Skills for Business class of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign:

"I think SpokenSkills is a very good site providing interactive communication between learners and instructors. This one-to-one tool allows close monitoring on learners' progress. As a learner, I can understand better the feedback given by my instructor in spoken form, compared with the traditional written form. In terms of technical aspect, SpokenSkills is extremely user-friendly. The instructions of how to start using all the functions are clear. The recording quality is also good."

More student testimonials...

Content options

1. Develop your own materials
   The SpokenSkills Learning Lab allows you to create your own materials or incorporate your institution’s existing materials. SpokenSkills provides free consulting and support.


2. Purchase ready-to-use content
   Below a list of available materials currently used by TESL professionals and available for purchase:
   
   
   • Pronunciation teacher kit for college level students
   
   
   • Accent Reduction and Pronunciation Training for professionals
   
   
   • Presentation Training for professionals
   
   
   • Workforce Language Competency Tests
   
   
   • NEW! Job Interview Preparation for non-native English Speakers (JIPA)
     JIPA For Career Services (MBA programs, Government Employment Services, Placement Services)
     Benefits for Career Services (Video)
   
   JIPA For Language Centers and Tutors
   Benefits for Language Centers (Video)
   
   
3. Subcontract content development
   SpokenSkills can provide you with an experienced instructional designer to develop your materials.


4. Hire an experienced language instructor
   If your language center is in a non-English speaking country, you have the option to hire an online native English instructor to assess your students’ speaking skills and provide each student with personalized practice activities.

For more information: customer-service@spokenskills.com

SpokenSkills Learning Lab Trial Pilot

Sign-up for a two-week trial pilot and see how you and your students can benefit from using the SpokenSkills Learning Lab. The process is very simple:

1. Select (or make) one assessment for the pilot (Pronunciation, Interview Preparation, Everyday English).
2. Assign the assessment to students in a class - up to 20 students.
3. Provide students with recorded feedback and examples to practice.
4. Students have 2 weeks access to practice with the instructor's examples and feedback.
5. Instructor has access to support and training throughout the two-week pilot.

Pilot Price: $100 (100% will be credited to future purchases)

Pilot Sign-Up

* Required fields

*Name: *Organization: *City: *Country: *Telephone: *Email: Website: Any questions or specific issues you would like to discuss before the pilot? *Preferred dates and times for us to contact you for a 20 minute set-up session for the pilot: *Preferred contact method: Telephone Skype    My Skype ID: *Please enter text shown in above picture:

Please contact us if you have any questions.

Email: spoken-lab@spokenskills.com
Tel: 604-696-0696

Pricing

SpokenSkills offers three versions to suit the needs of different learning environments.

University instructor version

• Instructor Login
• Student Login
• Materials: Assessments and practice pages
• SpokenSkills Learning Lab features (view features)

Per student	* $ 9.00 per month
Set-up fee	$100.00

* Student fee payment options: a) University purchases the student licenses or b) Each student purchases online his/herSpokenSkills license for the duration of the course.

Language center version

• Instructor Login
• Student Login
• Integration of the Lab with the school's web site
• E-commerce for the sale on line tests and activities (more...)
• Materials: Assessments and practice pages
• SpokenSkills Learning Lab features (view features)

School license	$ 50.00 per month
Per student	* $ 9.00 per month
Set-up fee	$100.00

* Student fee payment options: a) Language Center purchases the student licenses or b) Each student purchases online his/herSpokenSkills license for the duration of the course.

LMS version

For universities and large language centers with several teachers sharing their materials and more than 200 simultaneous students. This version can be integrated with the institutions existing LMS like Blackboard or Moodle.

• Administrator Login (unlimited administrators)
• Instructor Login (unlimited instructors)
• Student Login
• Materials: Assessments and practice pages
• Integration with the institutions existing LMS
• SpokenSkills Learning Lab features (view features)

For LMS pricing and volume discount, please contact:
spoken-lab@spokenskills.com
Tel: 604-696-0696

ARTESOL Conference 2009 Presentation Clips

Clips from the online presentation given at the ARTESOL Conference 2009 by Professor Ruth Yontz of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She talks about how she uses the SpokenSkills Learning Lab in her classroom.

	How Prof. Yontz uses the SpokenSkills Learning Lab. 2m 2s			Example of how to use the SpokenSkills Lab to teach listening discrimination. 2m 8s
	Example of how to use the SpokenSkills Lab to teach controlled speech. 1m 34s		Example of how to use SpokenSkills for video answers. 1m 6s
	How Prof Yontz takes advantage of the SpokenSkills Lab's audio feedback feature. 2m 20s		Benefits for teachers using the SpokenSkills Lab. 2m 1s
	Benefits for students using the SpokenSkills Lab. 3m 17s