One-off practice with a goal: scenario practice, exam practice, or a mock interview. Assigned by a parent or teacher, or to yourself; practised under Learn → Practice tasks.
A speaking task is one practice session with a goal: say the set content, optionally by a due date.
Where it is
What you want to do
Where
Practise a task
Learn → Practice tasks, tap Practice
Assign a task
Me → Family / Teaching, or Space → Speaking tasks
See the summary and completed tasks
Space → Speaking tasks
Task types
Type
What you practise
Materials
Scenario practice
Pick a scenario and practice mode; it opens in Self practice
Not needed
Exam practice
Pick the exam and level, then What to practise: an item type and number of items, drawn from speaking-item materials
Speaking-item materials needed
Mock interview
Under Exam practice, choose Mock interview in What to practise
No item materials needed
In Practice tasks the tags are “Assigned · Speaking”, “Assigned · Exam”, and “Assigned · Mock interview”. Speaking steps from a plan are tagged “Plan · Speaking”.
Steps: assign
Open Assign speaking task and choose Assign to. You can pick several people; each gets their own copy. You can also pick Me to assign it to yourself.
Choose the Task type and fill in the scenario or exam, item type, and number of items.
Optional: task title, instructions, suggested length, due date.
Tick Activate on publish. If you leave it unticked, the task is saved as Not activated and cannot be practised yet.
Tap Publish task.
Steps: practise
Open Learn → Practice tasks. Filter by All / Assigned / Plan.
Tap Practice to open that task on the Practice page.
When done, you return to the Learn tab you came from. Review completed tasks in Space → Speaking tasks or Progress.
Task states
State
Meaning
Not activated
Saved but not activated; cannot be practised yet
Not started
Activated but not practised yet
In progress
Practice has started
Overdue
Past the due date and not done
Completed / Cancelled
Finished tasks
By role
Role
What you can do
Personal
Assign tasks to yourself and practise them
Parent / teacher
Assign to a child, a learner, or yourself; see the summary in Space. Activity only shows completed practice
Child / learner
Practise under Learn → Practice tasks
If…
Situation
What to do
You are told this level has no such item type
Pick an item type that has materials, or tap Assign a mock interview / Assign scenario practice
You are told the person has no speaking-item materials yet
You can still assign it. They see a notice when they open it; a parent or teacher gets or buys the material in the store
A child or learner opens a task and is told materials are missing
Tap Message a parent / Message the teacher
The list is empty
Ask the assigner to publish and activate the task, or use Self practice
The Practice tasks tab is missing
It may be turned off in space settings; links in notifications still open the task
