I have studied English for 12 years, and it is difficult to even ask for directions when traveling abroad. Are you the "dumb English" generation?In order to keep their children from repeating the mistakes of the past, parents of this generation attach great importance to their children's oral skills. In fact, speaking really cannot be improved by one or two classes a week, but by spending a few minutes a day to develop the Xi of English expression, and to cause qualitative changes with quantitative changes. Author: Shen Meizhuang. If you like Blue Oak's articles, please remember to "star" us!...Best friend Mandy is a little upset. Her son, who was born in the United States, did not pass the interview at an international school. "The teacher said that Michael did not speak English well and could barely communicate. In fact, Michael's English is not bad, he can read the original Oxford tree, and his vocabulary is more than 1000, which is definitely higher than that of children of the same age. But due to the lack of a linguistic environment, Michael was dumbfounded when it came to colloquial expression. "It comes down to a lack of training in language responses. ”Mandy thinks. In fact, Mandy also helped his son find a few foreign teachers, even if it is expensive, the quality is really uneven, and the churn rate is also high. After several times, Mandy put aside her spoken English and participated in the interview by luck, and sure enough, she encountered a "Waterloo". **Can you find a stable and high-quality English speaking teacher?It not only troubles families who take the international route, but also parents in the system. Jane was shocked when she counted the number of English classes a week for her daughter, "When we were studying, we had 1 English class a day, and now my daughter only has 2 English classes a week!.""I took English classes for 2 years, and I still stayed at reading texts aloud and doing some mechanical oral interaction, which made Jane a little anxious. Follow this trendIn the future, it will be "dumb English" again. Jane believes that in the early years of Xi, only by allowing children to dare to speak English can they develop a mother tongue mindset. "Only then can children truly have bilingual skills, and then they will be able to read and write. After ChatGPT was launched, perhaps out of the sensitivity of the old mother, Jane noticed:Maybe AI can be the perfect speaking coach!Mandy and Jane's troubles are also a pain point for tens of millions of Chinese families. Thinking of my child's stumbling spoken language, I had to pay attention to the "black technology" products of English learning Xi, and inadvertently swiped an officially recommended product in the Apple storehi echo。
I strongly feel that this virtual oral language private tutor developed by Netease Youdao will make a group of "Li Ghost Foreign Teachers" unemployed and finally solve the difficulties of Chinese oral English learning and Xi. Simulate a real person dialogue,More stable teaching quality than real peopleI've heard a friend recommend Hi Echo before, and it was immediately ** after it was launched in early October. On December 15 they updated 20 version, can't wait to update a version, and tried it with my 8-year-old son.
First of all, let's talk about the power of this artificial intelligence technology. Hi Echo uses a "large language model" that uses large amounts of text data to train machine Xi to generate and understand human natural language. Those who have used ChatGPT should have an understanding of the learning ability of artificial intelligence, which can learn Xi Xi itself based on your feedbackGet "smarter" and more and more. So, compared to the previous voice apps, Hi Echo is really very much like a real person. Unlike the previous human-machine dialogue, it can not only recognize speech, but even understand the content of the interlocutor!
The difference between the two is that the Hi Echo canLike a real teacher, understand your topic, understand your semantics, and have a deeper conversation. Let me tell you a few things about how I feel about using it. 1.Personalized settings for different levels of linguistic XiAfter entering the page, Hi Echo will prompt you to set the difficulty level, from primary school to workplace, providing 5 stages to choose from, with 3 levels of adjustment of speech speed, and English pronunciation and American pronunciation are optional. In the case of Mandy and Jane's family, they can choose the primary section, the elementary level. In a more relaxed and natural environment, improve children's oral confidence and let children dare to speak. 
2.If the foreign teachers were so beautiful, my English would have soaredHi Echo has a total of 3 avatars. Echo, Sherry, and Daniel. is not only handsome and beautiful, but also their own personalities.
Our heroine, Echo, can speak both English and American sounds, and is from Beijing. The MBTI type is ESFJ, an enthusiastic, emotional, and rigorous English Chinese teacher. The other two foreign teachers are also very friendly, with authentic pronunciation and natural and fluent language. After chatting with them, my biggest feeling is that I am very good at throwing topics, guiding you to talk about it according to your ideas, and I will not be cold. Especially children, when they take a foreign teacher class or talk to an English teacher, they will actually be a little frightened and always afraid of making mistakes, but when faced with the image of a virtual person,Children can dare to speak and communicate boldly, which promotes the improvement of oral skills.
There is a comparison of Chinese and English on the dialogue interface, and you can also turn off this function when you actually use it, and train your listening while practicing speaking. 3.88 topics, 10 scenes, you can talk as much as you wantStudents who have taken speaking classes with foreign teachers will know that foreign teachers generally set a discussion topic and a lesson revolves around a scene. The "topic library" provided by Hi Echo is very powerful, covering 10 scenes, 88 topics, talking about movies, literature, sports, exams, travel, ......Pretty much everything. You can also set your own discussion topics and customize conversation Xi.
For Chinese students who do not have a language environment, spending 10-20 minutes a day chatting with "virtual humans" about topics of interest is both an improvement and an entertainment. If you really have nothing to say, you can click the "prompt" on the interface, and the recommended dialogue template will jump out, and follow the voice prompts to practice Xi, which is also a kind of oral progress. 
4.Super AI editing function, correct pronunciation, and improve expressionA good coach should not only be able to make you brave enough to speak English, but also point out the shortcomings in your expression. That's what makes the Hi Echo so amazing. After each conversation, it will be removed fromPronunciation and grammar score your performance and give AI polish suggestions. For example, when I asked her "who are you", the pronunciation of this WHO was not standard enough, she pointed out that my pronunciation of WHO was not standard enough, and gave me the correct pronunciation of many words of the same kind. 
At the same time, the expression who are you, not authentic and polite enough, echo suggested that I could say: "nice to meet you, echo!".could you please tell me more about you?”
For those who have no overseas life experience, it is really rare to have the opportunity to learn such a euphemistic expression!Including a lot of expressions that I used to think were correct, there are also many cases of improper use, echo patiently corrects them one by one, like a real coach, gradually improving your oral expression level. In addition, this scoring system is also very popular with children. When there is a score as an instant reward, it becomes the most interesting game to beat your highest score over and over again. 
Students to white-collar workers, enlightenment to examsEcho is your "good partner" for spoken EnglishAfter trying it for a few days, I'll talk about who the Hi Echo is suitable for. The first is, of course, the student party. From the beginner's speaking to the TOEFL and IELTS preparation parties, from primary school students to graduate students, they can quickly improve their English speaking ability through multi-scene, timely feedback, and error-correcting oral dialogues. The second is the white-collar crowd. If you're preparing for an important English interview, set up an interview scenario and let Echo do the mock interview for you. If you work for a foreign company, then echo can help you improve your oral expression skills and make your boss impress. In fact, anyone with a Xi need to learn English speaking can **hi echo as their oral sparring partner. 
It's not that foreign teachers can't afford to be hired, it's that virtual people are too cost-effective. For the price of one foreign tutor lesson, you can get a private speaking instructor around the clock for a whole year. With fragmented time, you can practice anytime, anywhere. To be honest, speaking really doesn't depend on one or two lessons a week to improveInstead, spend a few minutes a day to develop the Xi of English expression, and cause qualitative change with quantitative change.
In fact, for many Chinese, the first step in oral progress is to "dare to speak", but I people really can't do it. The more you dare not say it, the worse you say it, and the worse it is, the more you dare not say it, and gradually enter a dead circle. Hi echo broke this dead knot, i people secretly homeschooled for a year, turned around and amazed everyone!ConclusionI also recommended Hi Echo to Jane and Mandy for the first time, and they can't wait to use it for their children. For families who value their children's spoken EnglishNothing beats a virtual oral language coach who is relatable, on-the-go, and professional. When ChatGPT first came out, many people panicked and thought they were going to lose their jobs.
I've always had high hopes for the positive impact of AI, and I think AI will first unravel the dead knot that has plagued us for years. For example, the involution that has been talked about. Why do you want to roll in?The main contradiction is the scarcity of high-quality educational resources. But if artificial intelligence can leverage a large number of people at a very low cost. Whether you are in a first-tier city, or a third- or fourth-tier city, you can have a one-to-one virtual human foreign teacher with stable quality, so why do you still push up the cost of foreign teachers' class hours and squeeze your head to involution?Optimistic about the development of artificial intelligence will achieve educational equity.