In my capacity as Director of Studies
at Excel English Language College, I have had the opportunity to
use the EyeSpeak Software package on the computers in our computer
laboratory. This programme has proved very popular with the students
as it provides instant feedback in several forms and students can
see appreciable progress being made. They also enjoyed the fact
that the programme seems to recognise them as individuals and to
keep a record of their development.
Teachers have also found it useful, both as a teaching tool and
as a way of helping students with their individual pronunciation
difficulties without using up valuable classroom time. An added
bonus is the feature which enables teachers to set individual lessons
for the students and to check on how the students are progressing
and any improvement that has been made.
I personally have found this programme to be better in all aspects
of interactive pronunciation practice than others I have seen in
my 12 years of EFL experience, teaching in the UK, the Middle East,
Eastern Europe and Australasia. It is a very exciting tool and I
have no hesitation whatsoever in recommending it to other language
schools, universities or indeed individuals to help them improve
their pronunciation.
Director
of Studies - Excel English College |