Speak Everywhere: An online oral language practice/assessment/research platform

Atsushi Fukada

Purdue University

This presentation first discusses major problems with speaking instruction in language teaching today (i.e., a lack of extensive basic oral practice and assessment). It then introduces a technology-based solution whereby ample oral practice opportunities are provided online outside the classroom. The solution is called Speak Everywhere, and it is available commercially world-wide and for free of charge on Purdue's West Lafayette campus. It is an online oral language practice/assessment/research platform. A demonstration will show how it addresses the pedagogical problems and how it can be used in linguistic research to collect oral language data.