As a Languages Department Head or School Leader, you’re not just selecting digital tooling and content for your educators to pick and choose from — you’re making investments to ensure that your teachers are supported at every stage of the teaching and learning process. From planning and delivering language instruction, to assessing students and helping them practice and master skills, the right platforms should amplify your team’s impact, not just add complexity.
At Education Perfect, we think about the needs of language teachers in terms of: Instruction, Assessment, and Practice. Each with sub-themes that reflect real classroom needs, specific to the language teaching learning process.
This guide will help you evaluate your tooling needs based on how well supported you are in these three categories, as well as help you compare usability, integration, security, and impact for any tools you use or select.
Part 1: Supporting Each Phase of the Language Learning Cycle
✅ 1. Instructional Support
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How Education Perfect Delivers |
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Support for course planning |
✔️Providers that offer easy ways to map department goals to their functionality & resources |
Supports faculty collaboration and planning |
Teachers can use EP’s course planner tool to align EP resources to curriculum goals and your scope and sequence |
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Support for explicit teaching |
✔️Providers that offer rich learning content for use in class ✔️Quality explanations ✔️Interactive lessons ✔️Supports languages curriculum requirements |
Enables clear, direct instruction |
EP includes engaging tools for introducing new vocabulary and language patterns including interactive thinglinks, videos, native speaker audio and scaffolded activities |
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Targeted instruction tools |
✔️Providers that make it easy to individualise learning at scale ✔️Smart grouping ✔️Ability to assign gap-based tasks |
Enables personalisation without extra work |
EP auto-groups students based on diagnostic and task data and provides learning recommendations |
✅ 2. Assessment Capabilities
Great assessment tools inform language instruction—not just report outcomes.
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How Education Perfect Delivers |
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Readiness diagnostics |
✔️Providers that offer pre-built skills assessments within different topic contexts |
Supports planning and intervention |
EP’s Smart Diagnostic tests identify readiness for learning and misconceptions |
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Formative assessment tools |
✔️Providers that support low-stakes quizzes or check ins ✔️ Live, instant feedback ✔️Intuitive analytics |
Helps adjust teaching in real time |
EP shows who’s stuck, who’s guessing, and who’s succeeding—instantly |
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Summative assessments |
✔️Summative Assessment tasks that focus on written and spoken production and interaction in authentic contexts. ✔️Ability to tie assessment results to specific curriculum outcomes ✔️Ability to compare assessments to assess progress |
Tracks mastery and accountability |
EP includes curriculum aligned reporting and ‘compare pre-post test’ functionality |
✅ 3. Practice & Revision Support
Consolidation is where deep learning happens—and where digital tools can really shine.
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Guided practice tasks |
✔️Scaffolded, feedback-rich activities |
Supports skill and topic mastery |
EP offers scaffolded lessons/activities with hints and help built in |
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Independent practice |
✔️Assignable tasks by skill or by topic ✔️Engagement features such as gamification and multimedia integrations |
Builds fluency at a personalised pace while maximising student engagement |
EP supports self-paced learning with teacher oversight as well as offers competitions, leaderboards, multi-media integrations and interactive content |
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Revision & exam prep |
✔️Automatically recommended tasks based on gaps ✔️ Exam -style practice tasks and assessments |
Focuses student effort where needed Builds confidence ahead of high-stakes assessments |
EP generates revision based on assessment or activity data EP includes revision modes, quizzes, and practice exams |
Part 2: What to expect from any EdTech provider
Whether you are taking advantage of a single tool to support the whole teaching and learning cycle, or using multiple tools to support different areas, there are several boxes that must be universally ticked.
✅ 1. Teacher Usability & Department Collaboration
A platform only works if teachers want to use it—and can do so with minimal friction.
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Intuitive teacher dashboard |
✔️Simple interface, minimal clicks |
Reduces training time and improves adoption |
EP offers a user-friendly interface and personalised onboarding support |
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Smart task assignment |
✔️Quick, flexible task creation |
Saves time for teachers, especially under pressure |
EP lets teachers assign by topic, skill, student group or diagnostic data |
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Live analytics |
✔️Visual, actionable data for intervention |
Helps prioritise class and individual support |
EP shows live performance and progress across tasks, topics, and time |
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Collaboration tools |
✔️Shared courses, tasks, and student groups |
Supports department planning and alignment |
EP enables easy content sharing and cross-class tracking |
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Customisation options |
✔️ Ability to edit and tailor content to the needs of a teacher or class |
Teachers can align their tools to their practices and class needs |
EP offers customisable content, ability to create your own content and is flexible to integrate into different teaching practices |
✅ 2. Integration & Technical Setup
If it’s not easy to integrate, it won’t get used.
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How Education Perfect Delivers |
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LMS integration |
✔️Sync with Google Classroom |
Avoids double-handling and reduces admin |
EP integrates with major LMS platforms |
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Single Sign-On (SSO) |
✔️One-click secure access |
Reduces login friction and IT support issues |
EP supports many options including Google and Clever |
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Data syncing |
✔️Easy student/teacher import |
Ensures up-to-date classes and data |
EP supports CSV, MIS and third-party integrations |
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Device compatibility |
✔️Browser-based, cross-device support |
Works reliably in all classroom environments |
EP works on Chromebooks, iPads, PCs, tablets |
✅ 3. Data Privacy, Security & Compliance
Especially for student data, trust and transparency are non-negotiable.
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How Education Perfect Delivers |
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Compliance certifications |
✔️Aligned with regional data regulations |
Required for ethical and legal use |
EP holds certifications in ST4S, ISO, Student Privacy Pledge and more |
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Secure logins |
✔️Encrypted and authenticated access |
Protects student identity and access |
EP uses encrypted logins with SSO support |
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Transparent data use |
✔️No selling or misuse of data |
Builds trust with parents and staff |
EP never shares or sells student data |
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Data export & deletion |
✔️Easy to manage and audit records |
Required for compliance and cleanup |
EP provides full control over school-held data |
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Server security |
✔️Your provider is storing data on reliable and resilient servers |
Protects students, teachers and your school |
EP uses AWS Cloud Sydney and adheres to their stringent security measures |
Learn more about Education Perfect’s comprehensive security & privacy measures here.
✅ 4. Evidence of Impact
Choose a tool with a proven track record—not just nice features.
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Why It Matters |
How Education Perfect Delivers |
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Efficacy studies |
✔️Evidence based learning |
Build confidence your investment will drive impact on student results |
All EP content is designed by a team of Languages experts and is based on learning science. EP has produced several ‘Evidence Of Impact’ studies. |
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Accredited learning design |
✔️Providers can show how their learning design aligns to best practice |
Ensure quality and depth of content |
EP holds the Digital Promise Product certification and Efficacy Bronze certificate for Real Result. Our research has also been independently validated by John Hopkins University. |
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Independent case studies |
✔️Real school success stories |
Validates effectiveness in classrooms |
EP has case studies showing growth in student performance and engagement. |
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Positive teacher feedback |
✔️Real-world usability |
Reflects adoption and impact |
91% of teachers report EP improves lesson efficiency and insight. |
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Student engagement metrics |
✔️High usage, repeat activity |
Correlates with sustained impact |
Students regularly engage with EP in and beyond class time. |
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Supports all learners |
✔️Impact across ability levels |
Ensures equity and challenge |
EP adapts to high-performers and supports intervention needs equally. |
Learn more about the impact of Education Perfect see our here.
✅ 5. Cost, Value & Licensing
A smart investment is scalable, sustainable, and proven to deliver value.
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Transparent pricing |
✔️Easy to budget and justify |
No hidden costs or confusion |
EP offers clear per-student or site-wide licensing. |
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Subscription tiers to suit your needs |
✔️price optionality |
Find a tailored solution to meet your departments needs & budget |
EP offers several subscription tiers to support different schools’ needs. See more detail here. |
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Flexible implementation |
✔️Start with one year or the whole school |
Tailored to your department’s scale |
EP can be trialled in a year group or school-wide. |
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ROI metrics |
✔️Evidence of value over time |
Supports leadership buy-in |
EP schools report improved student outcomes and workload reduction. |
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Free trials |
✔️See it in action before committing |
Ensures confident decision-making |
EP offers guided pilots with support and training included. Register for your free trial here. |
📊 Summary
➡️If you are looking to streamline your investment in tools and resources to support language teaching and learning, look for platforms that can support your educators across all phases of the learning cycle.
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➡️Every tool in your toolkit should offer high quality features & content and deliver impact.
No matter what your tool[s] of choice support, you should also consider their strength in the following:
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Deep curriculum-alignment |
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Intuitive interface |
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Time-save features such as auto-marking |
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Easy integration options (LMS integration/SSO) |
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🧠 Final thoughts for department heads and school leaders in Languages
Your role is to lead strategy, not just chase tools. Prioritise platforms that can:
- Enable great instruction, assessment and practice
- Reduce your team’s admin load
- Help you and your teachers intervene earlier and more effectively
- Amplify the impact of the teacher not just digitise existing practices
- Deliver student results
