10/10/2024
I've been using Read.ai for my English lessons for about a year now, and the data it provides has been an amazing sales tactic for my business, and the student stats have really increased student confidence and achievement. 📊
The detailed data it offers has significantly impacted students' progress in learning English. It's also been a powerful tool when explaining course packages and progress to clients.
Here’s how I use Read.ai in my English teaching business:
🔹 Tracking comprehension: By using the words per minute feature, I’ve been able to show students how their understanding of standard English speech has steadily improved over time. This indicates that they have a stronger understanding of prosody of time-stressed languages. Seeing their growth in real numbers builds confidence!
🔹 Reducing filler words: Data from Read.ai shows a clear reduction in the use of filler words, proving that students are becoming more coherent in their speech. This is especially important for the Cambridge Exams speaking sections, where fluency and precision are key and which my business heavily focuses on.
🔹 Sentiment and nonverbal cues: The sentiment analysis feature, combined with observing students' nonverbal cues, helps me instantly gauge whether they truly understand the lesson. I do this innately, but the sentiment feature makes analyzing comprehension much simpler in real time!
On top of that - it saves me loads of time. I coded a bot that gathers the Read.ai transcripts, sends them to ChatGPT with a prompt to produce a progress report, and then uploads that report directly to my student management system.
This means I just teach, and everything else—from progress reports to uploading lesson recordings and sending feedback emails—is fully automated, saving me about 10 hours a week.
I can’t recommend Read.ai enough for freelance teachers looking to improve efficiency and student outcomes.
