Who Values the Sharing of Objective Speaking-Practice Data? An Exploratory Survey of Perceived Usefulness and Purchase Intention among English-Language Learners and Instructors in Canada

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Mobile speaking applications can support sustained oral practice, while smartphone-based voice-activity detection makes it technically possible to estimate periods of speaking without relying solely on self-report. The commercial value of sharing such records with teachers, parents, sponsors, or language schools, however, remains uncertain. This exploratory study examined whether learners and instructors regarded speaking practice as important and whether comfort with sharing speaking-practice data with teachers and perceived value of reports to parents or sponsors were associated with regular-use intention or willingness to pay for a proposed application. A Microsoft Forms survey was completed by 33 English￾language learners and four instructors at a Canadian language school. Among learners, 87.9% rated speaking practice as very or extremely important, supporting the educational premise of the application concept. In contrast, 45.5% rated the proposed application as useful, 39.4% indicated an intention to use it regularly, and 24.2% expressed willingness to pay. Comfort with sharing data with teachers was weakly associated with regular-use intention, and perceived value of reports to parents or sponsors was weakly associated with willingness to pay. Because all respondents evaluated the same application concept, the study did not estimate the causal effect of adding or removing a sharing function. The findings therefore confirm broad recognition of the importance of speaking practice but do not provide sufficient evidence that favorable attitudes toward third-party sharing are strongly associated with regular-use intention or willingness to pay. Larger studies should compare alternative sharing designs, including optional and tiered disclosure. Keywords: English-language learning; learning analytics; data sharing; educational technology; privacy; exploratory survey

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Rei.Katsumata (2026). Who Values the Sharing of Objective Speaking-Practice Data? An Exploratory Survey of Perceived Usefulness and Purchase Intention among English-Language Learners and Instructors in Canada. https://doi.org/10.35542/osf.io/zvf4t_v1