Skills, prompts & guides.
Everything we use to coach the text-controllable parts of TOEFL Speaking — installable Claude Skills, a one-file LLM prompt, and L1-aware pronunciation guides. View any of them in your browser or download to keep.
Beginner Course slide deck
New to the 2026 Speaking section? Start here. A self-paced deck covering the format, scoring, and the first habits to build.
TOEFL Speaking 2026 — Beginner Course Slide Deck
SlidesA self-paced slide deck that walks you through the 2026 Speaking format from scratch: the 11 prompts, the two task types (Listen & Repeat, Interview), the 1–6 band scale, and the highest-leverage habits to build first. View it live in Canva or download the .pptx to keep.
Drop-in LLM prompts
Attach to Claude or ChatGPT and start coaching in one message. Plain Markdown — open it, read it, edit it.
TOEFL Speaking Coach (Claude / ChatGPT prompt)
MarkdownA single Markdown file you attach to Claude (or any LLM) to turn it into a 2026-format TOEFL Speaking coach. Covers Listen & Repeat, Take an Interview, the 1–6 band scale, the elaboration ladder, and an honest scope of what text can and can't judge.
Installable Claude Skills
Each .skill installs into Claude as a discoverable skill. Start with the core orchestrator, then add the drills you want.
toefl-speaking-coach
CoreCore orchestrator. Install first — sets the 2026 format, scoring constructs, and routes to the right drill.
toefl-listen-and-repeat
Drills the Listen & Repeat task with original sentences and the encode-and-deliver tactics.
toefl-take-an-interview
Drills Take an Interview with answer-first structure, the elaboration ladder, and a story bank.
toefl-pronunciation
L1-aware sound diagnosis and drills tied to Intelligibility (Korean, Turkish, Chinese, Spanish, Japanese, more).
toefl-score-explainer
Explains the 1–6 scale, CEFR mapping, old→new concordance, and how to set a target and a gap.
toefl-mock-test
Runs a full timed Speaking mock with original items and debriefs by construct.
toefl-integrity
Keeps responses safe from automated cheating-detection: adapt, don't template.
L1-aware pronunciation guides
The handful of substitution patterns that cost your first language the most Intelligibility points — with minimal pairs and drills.
Spanish → English
ESThe handful of sounds Spanish speakers most often lose Intelligibility on, with drills and minimal pairs.
Chinese → English
ZHTargeted drills for the highest-impact Mandarin/Cantonese substitution patterns.
Japanese → English
JAVowel length, r/l, consonant clusters — the moves that lift Intelligibility fastest.
Korean → English
KOTense/lax pairs, final consonants, and the cluster work raters notice first.
Technical documentation
The reference docs behind the scoring engine and coaching method — the same source-of-truth our team builds against.