Parents specify "what to practice today" for their children through Family Space. When the child completes it, record it in Record → Speaking Task.
Related: speaking Tasks (Overview), Open Family Space, Child Account, Parents Monitor Progress.
Preconditions
- Log in with the parent’s main account (not the child’s account).
- Opened family space.
- Created child account.
- It is recommended to allocate practice minutes to prevent children from completing half the time.
Where to put the entrance?
Assign speaking tasks in My → Home (not the Speaking Tab).
| Who | What | Where to go |
|---|---|---|
| Parents | Assignment | My → Family → Select your child → Assign speaking tasks |
| Child | Complete | Speaking → Spoken Task |
| Parents | Review | Record (Review) → speaking Task |
It is recommended that the main buttons be placed alongside Allocate Minutes and Confirm Plan on the member card. For details, see internal guide-app (DESIGN-DOC · dodotalk-speaking-tasks-product).
Why not put a speaking tab: The speaking page is a place for children to practice speaking; the layout belongs to "management members" and should be completed in the family space.
Standard process (product goal)
| Steps | Parent operation | Child side |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | My → Family → Select Child | — |
| 2 | Assign speaking tasks (topic selection/scenario, description, recommended duration) | — |
| 3 | Publish | Speaking → Spoken Task New entry appears |
| 4 | Optional: Parent-child message reminder | Receive reminder (if turned on) |
| 5 | Watch on behalf of Record · Speaking tasks | Complete exercises and save |
Examples of task content: "Complete 5 rounds of ordering conversations in Japanese" "Read the specified paragraph aloud and answer two questions."
Current App (2026-08-30)
| Item | Status |
|---|---|
| Family · Members and Minute Allocation | ✅ |
| Family · Assign speaking tasks (button + form dialog) | ✅ |
Task writing talkSpeakingTasks + remote API (failed to fall back to local machine) | ✅ |
| Children's speaking tasks Tab to read published tasks | ✅ |
| Automatic reminder for parent-child messages | ❌ Not done |
How to use
- My → Family → Select children.
- Click Assign speaking tasks → fill in the title, scene, requirements, etc. → Publish.
- After the child logs in, he can see and complete it in Spoken → Speaking Task; record it in Record · Speaking Task.
Study Plan can still be used to make multi-day arrangements; coexisting with independent task sheets, see internal guide-app (DESIGN-DOC · dodotalk-speaking-tasks-product) §5.
Differences from teachers
| Parents (Family) | Teachers (Teacher Pro) | |--|--------------|--------------| | Space | Home | Teaching | | Member | Child Account | Student Account | | Arranging the entrance (planning) | My → Home | My → Teaching | | Documentation | This article | Assign tasks and plans |
if…
- Children cannot see the task: Confirm that you are logging in with a child account; whether the task has been published (after going online); the demo environment may only have one sample task.
- Want to arrange but can't find the button: It is a known gap, please use the plan first or practice by yourself; see speaking Task·Current Ability.
- Record after completion in "Self practice": You must enter from Spoken → Speaking Task instead of practicing Tab by yourself.