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TL;DR Speak is delivering a bunch of new features for its language app’s winter update, including Speak Level fluency metrics.
A home screen refresh keeps users focused on their progress, and what’s coming next.
New voice-first lessons and vocabulary practice tools are rolling out.
Apps have changed the way many of us learn new things, and solutions like Duolingo — or more recently, Google Translate’s Practice mode — have really been revelations for those of us who may have struggled before to pick up a new language. Another that’s been on our radar for a minute has been Speak, which emphasizes spoken conversations. We already found its approach to teaching quite effective (especially at building language confidence) and today we’re learning about all the new upgrades on the way, including a handy fluency metric for tracking your progress.
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The overarching thinking behind these latest changes is that learning a new language should be an ongoing, personalized process. So rather than feeding you pre-packaged lessons, Speak wants to keep you engaged with methods that are tailored to you.
That starts with the app’s home screen, which is getting a overhaul that focuses on clearly communicating your progress. The new system being introduced to measure that is Speak Level, attempting to quantify what you know, how well you’re learning it, and what’s next to tackle. Initial access to Speak Level will be limited to English-learning users abroad, but that’s set to expand to everybody next year.
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