AI and Language Learning: Breaking Barriers for English Learners

Speaking Every Language: How AI Is Transforming the Experience of English Learners

For the more than five million English Language Learners enrolled in U.S. public schools, and the hundreds of millions of English learners worldwide, language barriers create one of the most pervasive forms of educational inequality. A student who cannot understand the language of instruction is effectively excluded from the content being taught—no matter how bright, motivated, or hard-working they may be. AI is emerging as one of the most powerful tools for dismantling this barrier.

The application of AI to language learning has a history stretching back decades, but the past five years have produced genuinely transformative capabilities. Ea ...