Speech Practice

This screen gives you training and feedback on speaking and increases your confidence in speaking in the language.

How To Complete

The program will ask you to speak words or phrases.

When you hear a tone and the Record prompt opens, speak into the microphone.

The length and color of the arc around the Record icon indicates your level of accuracy:

Excellent!

Close enough.

Try again.

If you pronounce the word or phrase correctly, you will move on to the next task. If you pronounce the word or phrase incorrectly, you will be prompted to try again.

Depending on the prompt, you might:

Repeat the phrase you hear

The native speaker says a word or phrase and you repeat the words you hear and see on the screen. Sometimes the text will not be displayed, and you listen and repeat.

Repeat the phrase you hear:

Create a new phrase

Speak a new phrase that matches the picture, using what you have learned so far. The software does not prompt you with the phrase, so you create it on your own.

Speak a new phrase:

Pronounce syllables

Speak each syllable that makes up the word or phrase, and then the whole word.

Speak each syllable:

Note: When you turn off speech recognition, the Speech screens simply play the phrase for you to hear. To turn off speech recognition, see The Preferences Menu.