iSpraak

Results (2015-2022)

To help determine the impact of the software, we can look at a student's improvement that follows multiple attempts on the same activity. Here we analyze a student's initial attempt vs. their best attempt, and also indicate an average number of attempts per language.

Language

Improvement (x̄)

Attempts (x̄)

All Languages

9.16%

3.44

Arabic

14.54%

3.69

Chinese

13.41%

3.24

Dutch

10.40%

3.17

English

13.09%

3.5

French

12.72%

3.61

German

9.99%

3.48

Italian

11.93%

3.51

Japanese

12.78%

3.47

Korean

11.78%

3.31

Portugese

12.63%

3.15

Russian

9.95%

4.1

Spanish

12.49%

3.39

These data represent 18,061 unique records. Only 13% of students have multiple submissions. Below illustrates a breakdown of data points by language.

Nickolai, D. (2024). Quantifying the impact of ASR-based instruction: What does the iSpraak platform learner data show?. The EuroCALL Review, 31(1), 16-23. https://doi.org/10.4995/eurocall.2024.20221