Listening LMS for language teachers

Listening immersion you can measure.

Curate real videos, set listening goals, and give every student credit for the time they put in.

Currently in beta with private schools in Japan

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Yuki, "Slow Japanese News" · just now
The problem

Listening is the hardest skill to teach.

Students improve listening by hearing real language, consistently — not from class time alone. But for most teachers, what happens between classes is invisible.

01

It’s hard to build a consistent listening habit outside class.

02

You can’t see how much listening is happening between classes.

03

Without evidence, it’s hard to see who is falling behind.

What changes

From assigned homework to visible progress.

Listening becomes something you can see, support, and celebrate.

Before

You assign listening outside class.

What happens between classes is invisible — so listening becomes guesswork.

How much listening is Kenji getting between classes?
After

Students listen in Fluent Listening.

You see real listening time, celebrate progress, and know exactly who could use a check-in.

Listening this week
Check in →
Maria
3.2 hrs
Yuki
2.6 hrs
Kenji
0.8 hrs
The system

Turn real content into measurable progress.

Fluent Listening gives you a simple system to build the habit — and verify it.

Build a video library by level and topic.

Add any YouTube video. Students browse and filter by level, topic, or playlist.

Set daily listening goals that build habits.

Default 15 minutes a day. Streaks and goal-met badges keep students coming back.

Run time-based challenges to drive consistency.

Set a class-wide goal over any time period. Leaderboards and milestones do the rest.

Track active listening time across your course.

No more guessing — gain clear visibility into who’s putting in the work.

Time you can trust

Listening minutes that reflect real listening.

Active playback tracking, periodic attention checks, and tab-focus detection give you (and parents) confidence the numbers on the dashboard mean something — not just a video running in a background tab.

Active playback only Periodic attention checks Counts while tab is focused
B1 · Intermediate News
Class engagement view
12:34
🌸 Cherry Blossom Forecast
In ENG-201 library · 23 of 28 students have watched
Watched
23 / 28
Avg. watched
87%
Avg. rating
4.2 / 5

How students felt about this video From 21 attention-check responses
Positive
14
Neutral
6
Struggling
1
Examples: engaging, helpful, just right, too fast, confusing

Who’s watched See all 23 →
MK
Maria K.
100%
YT
Yuki T.
92%
KN
Kenji N.
18%
How it works

Three steps to your first listening course.

1

Curate your library.

Add YouTube videos and organize them by level and topic. No editing, no uploads — just paste a link.

2

Set goals & challenges.

Define daily listening goals and run challenges over a set time period. Students see their progress in real time.

3

Track progress.

See how much listening your students are getting — and who could use a hand — in one dashboard.

Built for the classroom

Designed for real classrooms.

Real teachers created Fluent Listening for real groups of students.

Make the listening habit stick.

Daily goals, streaks, and class challenges give students structure and momentum — the kind of rhythm off-platform homework rarely creates.

Use content students enjoy.

Real videos beat artificial materials every time. Curate the YouTube content that fits your class.

Save time managing progress.

No spreadsheets. No manual tracking. The dashboard is the gradebook.

Address screen time concerns

Flexible screen time controls for each class or student

A common parent concern is open-ended YouTube. Fluent Listening gives teachers — and families — direct control over what students watch and for how long.

Set a daily class-wide time limit.

Cap how many minutes any student can listen each day. Once the limit’s hit, the player stops — even mid-video.

Override the limit per student.

If a family wants stricter limits — 15 minutes a day, only weekdays, no Sundays — just set it on that student’s profile.

Only videos you’ve curated.

Students can only watch videos in your school’s library. No open YouTube search, no recommendations, no related-video sidebar.

No autoplay. No "next video".

When a video ends, it stops. Students choose the next one deliberately — no algorithmic rabbit holes.

Class settings · ENG-201
Limits
Daily class limit
30 min / day
Applies every day, for every student in the class.
10m30m60m

Parent-requested overrides Add override
KN
Kenji Nakamura
Family request · weekdays only
15 min
AS
Aiko Sato
Family request · weekends only
20 min
Open YouTube search and autoplay are off — by design.
Who it’s for

Perfect for second-language classrooms.

Language schools and tutors
Immersion-based programs
English teachers (EFL / ESL)
Any second-language classroom
Start free

Immersive environment, visible progress.

Build a video library, set listening goals, and give every student credit for the work they’re putting in.

Your first course takes about 5 minutes to set up No credit card required