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SoulfulStories

Founding Tutor Pilot · limited to 10 tutors

Your students arrive having already practised.

Lesson time goes on correcting, not on waiting for someone to warm up. Your students retell true stories aloud at home, in the Part 2-style long-turn format, and get feedback on pace, fillers, pauses and story accuracy — and each week we send you a summary of who practised and what to work on.

How the pilot works

  1. A 20-minute setup callWe set up your 10 seats by hand and pick starting stories at your students' levels — every story exists at three reading levels.
  2. Assign storiesChoose stories that fit the cue-card types you're working on. The Part 2 guide maps stories to card types, which is a starting point.
  3. Students retell at homeOne minute of notes, up to two minutes speaking, recorded in the browser. It works on phones and in Safari, with nothing to install.
  4. You get a weekly summaryThere is no tutor dashboard yet. During the pilot we put together a summary by hand each week and email it to you: who practised, how many retellings, and their pace, filler, pause and story-accuracy trends. Students agree to share their results with you when their seat is set up.

It doesn’t give a band score or predict one. Scores come from a certified examiner on test day. The pilot measures what your students can hear in their own recordings and fix the next day.

The method your students will follow

The long turn: one minute to note one word per card point, then two minutes speaking alone. Every Part 2-style practice card pairs with a true, sourced story, so the two minutes fill themselves. The full routine is on the IELTS Speaking Part 2 practice page.

Questions

Does it give my students a band score?
No. It measures delivery (pace, fillers, pauses, pitch, volume), checks the retelling against the story's key facts, and notes vocabulary level. Band scores come from a certified examiner. You stay the judge of exam readiness.
Is this an official IELTS product?
No. It's Part 2-style practice with original cue cards. See the line at the bottom of this page.
What do students need?
A browser and a microphone. It works on iPhone and iPad in Safari and on computers in Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari.
Where do the stories come from?
Every story is a true event, written from cited sources and fact-checked before it's published, at three reading levels. The methodology page explains how.
Can students use their own topics?
Yes. Pro lets anyone paste in their own story and retell it.
How do I cancel?
Monthly through Polar's customer portal, from Settings → Plan & billing. Seats stay active until the end of the paid month.
Who do I contact?
support@soulfulstories.ai — the same address books the setup call and answers everything else.

IELTS is a registered trademark of its owners. SoulfulStories is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to IELTS, the British Council, IDP or Cambridge. We don't give band scores.