Speaking capabilities overview
DodoSpeak speaking capabilities at a glance: practice types, scenarios, pipelines, and four configuration layers.
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Audience: Organization admins / teachers / solution evaluators · Applies to: SaaS / private
Goal: Understand what students practice, how teachers assign it, what organizations enable, and what the platform can provide.
How the product is structured
DodoSpeak separates speaking instruction into configurable capabilities:
| Concept | In one sentence | Primary users |
|---|---|---|
| Practice type | The form of the conversation, such as free speaking, scenario practice, voice dialogue, role play, or speaking exam. A practice type is not the same as one of the five student tabs | Teachers assigning work; students practicing |
| Scenario | A specific topic and goal, such as a Japanese self-introduction or a job interview | Teachers selecting topics; organizations enabling content |
| Practice pipeline | The evaluation and dialogue chain behind a practice, such as standard practice, pronunciation-enabled practice, or a formal exam. It is normally hidden from students | Organization policy; platform capabilities |
| Capability pack | The unit that defines the maximum set of features a platform instance can enable | Platform / super admin; organization purchasing |
| Practice policy | The practice types and scenarios an organization actually enables, including whether self-directed practice is allowed | Organization admin |
Four configuration layers
Platform capabilities (L0) → organization policy (L1) → teacher task / class defaults (L2) → student preferences (L3)
Rule: A lower layer cannot exceed the limits of the layer above it. If the organization has not enabled a practice type, teachers cannot assign it and students cannot select it for free practice.
See Four configuration layers at a glance.
Suggested reading
| You want to… | Read |
|---|---|
| Understand who manages what | Roles and boundaries |
| Understand practice types, pipelines, and scenarios, including how they relate to the five student tabs | Basics: practice types · pipelines · scenarios |
| Find where students practice | Speaking tabs overview |
| Understand teacher task settings and what students can change | Basics: teacher tasks and student preferences |
| Understand capability packs and who enables them | Advanced: platform capability packs |
| Configure organization practice policy | Advanced: organization practice policy |
| Oral placement—what it is, class impact | Topic: Oral placement |
Business topics
| Topic | For | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Oral placement | Org / academic / teachers | Topic: Oral placement |
How this relates to the task guides
- For login, assignment, and import steps, see Student first login, Assign speaking tasks, and Trial signup.
- For the student entry points—Self practice, To-do, Speaking tasks, Multi-party dialogue, and Speaking exam—see Speaking tabs overview. Their relationship to practice types is explained in Practice types · pipelines · scenarios.
- This section explains capability and configuration boundaries; it does not replace the step-by-step task guides.