Glossary
Key terms and definitions used across the Speakly.PRO platform.
A reference of terms, roles, statuses, and concepts you'll encounter on Speakly.PRO.
| Term | Definition |
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| OrgAdmin | Organization Administrator — has all teacher capabilities plus organization-wide management: user oversight, billing, and analytics. |
| CEFR Level | Common European Framework of Reference for Languages. Standardized proficiency scale: A1 (beginner) → C2 (mastery). |
| Term | Definition |
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| Course | A collection of lessons organized around a language learning curriculum. Has a title, target language, CEFR level, and category. |
| Course Lesson | A template lesson within a course — the blueprint from which student instances are created. |
| Lesson Instance | An individual student's copy of a course lesson, tracking their personal progress. |
| Lesson Type | Classification of lessons: Class (synchronous live session), Exercise (practice activities), or Homework (assignments). Homework and exercise lessons can be deleted by teachers at any time; class lessons follow a 12-hour deletion window. |
| Live Session | A real-time interactive class conducted between a teacher and students with video, audio, and screen sharing. |
| Enrollment | A student's registration in a course. Links a student to a course and tracks their overall progress. |
| Invite Code | A code generated by teachers that students enter to join a course directly. |
| Instant Lesson | A temporary lesson created on-the-fly during a live session. Instant lessons do not appear in the regular course lesson list and are tied to a specific session. |
| Demo Lesson | A publicly accessible sample lesson viewable without logging in. Showcases the platform's editor and exercise capabilities. Available at /demo/lessons. |
| Status | Meaning |
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| Added | Lesson created but not yet started by the student. |
| Started | Student has begun working on the lesson. |
| Passed | Student completed the lesson successfully. |
| Verified | Teacher reviewed and confirmed the lesson completion. |
| Canceled | Lesson was canceled (usually by teacher). |
| Status | Meaning |
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| Draft | Course is being created or edited — not yet visible to students. |
| Published | Course is live and available for student enrollment. |
| Status | Meaning |
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| Scheduled | Session is planned for a future time. |
| Active | Session is currently in progress. |
| Ended | Session has finished. |
| Canceled | Session was canceled. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Homework Verification | Teacher review and grading of submitted homework, with written feedback. |
| Feedback Scores | Teacher assessments on homework including grammar, vocabulary, engagement, clarity, and complexity ratings. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Sentence Builder | Exercise where students arrange words into correct sentence order. |
| Speech Recorder | Exercise where students record spoken responses for review. |
| Memory Game | Matching pair memory game where students find related items. |
| Word Scramble | Exercise where students unscramble letters to form correct words. |
| Category Sort | Exercise where students sort items into the correct categories. |
| Would You Rather | Discussion activity where students choose between two options and explain their reasoning. |
| Breathing Timer | Guided breathing exercise for classroom mindfulness breaks. |
| Roulette | Gamified spin wheel for random selection of topics, students, or prompts. |
| School Board | Interactive drawing canvas (powered by Excalidraw) for diagrams, illustrations, and collaborative whiteboarding. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Vocabulary Practice (Cards Game) | Interactive flashcard game for reviewing and learning vocabulary. |
| Lemma | The base/dictionary form of a word (e.g., "run" for "running"). Words are grouped by their lemma, and synonyms are linked at the lemma level. |
| Vocabulary Status | Tracking state: Learning (actively studying), Learned (mastered), Skipped (not needed). |
| Vocabulary Capacity | Maximum number of words a student can add to their personal vocabulary collection, tracked separately per language. |
| Spaced Repetition | Learning technique that increases intervals between reviews as a word is mastered. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Token | Platform currency ($1 USD = 100 tokens). Used for AI generation, homework, and marketplace purchases. |
| Currency Code | Organization-level setting (e.g., USD, EUR, PLN) that determines how monetary values are displayed throughout the platform. |
| Token Balance | Current credit amount available for spending. |
| Burn Projection | Forecast of when tokens will run out based on current spending rate. |
| Marketplace | Store where teachers publish lessons for purchase and students buy self-study materials. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Lex Editor | Rich content editor supporting 60+ content types, interactive exercises, media, and real-time collaboration. |
| AI Lesson Generation | Automated content creation using AI to draft lessons, exercises, and vocabulary lists — always reviewed by teachers. |
| Lesson Analysis | AI-powered analysis of a student's completed lesson. Examines answers across all exercises and produces a report with performance breakdown, error patterns, strengths/weaknesses, and follow-up recommendations. Costs 70 tokens (single) or 500 tokens (bulk, last 20 lessons). |
| Edit Permission Toggle | A teacher control available during individual live sessions that grants or revokes a student's ability to edit the shared lesson document in real time. Shown as a green pencil (can edit) or red pencil-off (view-only) icon on the student's avatar. |
| Collaboration | Real-time multi-user editing powered by Y.js, with live cursors, comments, and presence indicators. |
| Annotations | Comments and suggestions added to lesson content for collaborative review. |
| Game Widget | Interactive exercise component embedded in lessons (e.g., matching, fill-in-blank, sentence builder). |
| DSL (Domain-Specific Language) | Text-based syntax for defining lesson structure and game widget configurations. |
| Ask AI | In-editor AI assistant that helps teachers generate, rewrite, or improve content directly within a lesson. |
| Term | Definition |
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| Engagement Tiers | Student activity classification: Highly Active, Active, Occasional, At Risk, or Churned. |
| Cohort Retention | Tracking what percentage of students from a joining month remain active over subsequent months. |
| Completion Rate | Percentage of course lessons a student has completed. |
| Homework Turnaround | Average time between homework submission and teacher feedback. |
| Cancellation Rate | Percentage of scheduled lessons that were canceled. |