Do partners give feedback about student conversations?

In participating sections, TalkAbroad conversation partners provide feedback to professors about student conversations. This makes it simpler for teachers to identify conversations to be checked more closely so they can support learners better.

Who can participate?

To participate, this feature must be activated in a section by TalkAbroad. Please contact sales@talkabroad.com for more information.

What feedback will professors see?

Teachers will see icons beside conversations that have feedback when they click View Completed beside an assignment name or student name (on the section page).

The red exclamation point icon ❗️represents the following feedback from the conversation partner:

We think you might want to check on this one. The learner could use additional support.

The yellow smiley face icon 😁 represents the following feedback from the conversation partner:

Our conversation partner felt that this student was exceptionally well prepared for the topic.

Not all conversations will have feedback from our conversation partners. Students will not see this feedback; it will only be visible to professors.

How does it work?

TalkAbroad trains its conversation partners to give feedback about each conversation, if applicable. Once the feedback is provided, it will appear in the talkabroad.com account of the learner’s professor along with the other conversation information.

The feedback provided is not to be interpreted as a score or a performance evaluation, and it is not recommended that programs use the feedback to be critical of student performance. Rather, we hope that this feedback serves as one very useful data point among many that help teachers as they guide students.