Description
OpenDoors Speaking Coach: general speaking and IELTS-style practice inside WordPress
OpenDoors Speaking Coach is a WordPress plugin that helps English learners practise speaking with timed tasks, instant transcripts and clear feedback. It covers everyday speaking as well as IELTS-style Parts 1, 2 and 3, so learners can build confidence for daily life or for an exam.
The plugin includes eight built-in practice sets with 20 questions: three Part 1 sets, two Part 2 cue cards with one minute of preparation, two Part 3 discussion sets and a set of everyday topics. Every question has a model answer that learners can read or listen to.
Learners hear the question, speak against a timer and, in supported browsers, see their words appear as a live transcript. They can play back their own recording and receive a simple fluency check showing words per minute, speaking time, filler words, linking phrases and word variety, with practical tips.
Three scripted role-plays, at a café, asking for directions and in a job interview, let learners reply aloud to a partner’s voice and compare their reply with a sample.
All of this works without an API key. For deeper help, connect your own OpenAI (GPT), Anthropic (Claude) or Google (Gemini) key. Learners can get AI feedback on fluency, vocabulary and grammar with corrections marked in their transcript and more natural phrases to try. They can also hold a conversation with an AI partner in situations such as an interview, small talk or a doctor’s visit, and finish with a feedback summary. Only text is sent to the AI, never audio. Keys stay on your server, and you control who can use AI features and how many requests each user can make.
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.Requirements: WordPress 6.0+, PHP 7.4+ and HTTPS for the microphone. Feedback is based on text, so it does not judge pronunciation. IELTS is a trademark of its owners; this plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.
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