The transmission of knowledge is for now mainly the job of teachers, if it's a local knowledge you will not need translation and it's over. However to solve complex problems, local knowledge is not enough, you may need additional knowledge from other places in different languages.
At first translation will help transmit knowledge quickly, but the loss of the true meaning in the translation process will push you to learn the language it self, so you can access the knowledge. In some situation language is not only a vehicle of thoughts, they are the same thing. An idea may exist only in a specific language, so language is thought and for startups language is technology.
Startups in the ed-tech field are developing solution for language teachers and learners, this post is presenting startups targeting:
- kids in elementary school,
- job seekers,
- specific occupation professionals.
Their products concept are about:
- automating course creation,
- gamification of learning,
- educational resources marketplace.
Career-specific English
On the 20 January 2021, GLOBAL EDTECH STARTUP AWARDS twitted SLANG as the first place winner of 2020 competition, SLANG APP enables organizations to easily create custom professional-English development programs, using AI-driven software to automate course creation, spanning a diverse array of fields.
English used by health professionals is different from English used by information technology engineers, it come with English words specific to the job, used only by a relative minority of professionals and critical for their ability to perform their daily activities, so every professional must understand nuances in English expression.
Arabic
On the 10 March 2021, MIT enterprise forum published an article announcing BALEEGH as the Saudi startup competition social track third place winner. BALEEGH is a freemium gamified platform for Arabic language learning, it's intended to build skills of the younger generation, including their linguistic, logical and mathematical skills.
Spanish for K-12
On the 07 June 2021, at&t aspire accelerator published a post announcing BEEREADERS as 2021 class member and on the 21 September 2021, onRamp education & workforce innovation twitted BEEREADERS as a 2021 accelerator cohort member,
BEEREADERS is a digital platform that promotes literacy, reading and comprehension skills among k-12 spanish-speaking students using adaptive learning and authentic Spanish content in a game-like environment.
BEEREADERS app give teachers access to:
- students monitoring,
- reporting,
- early detection of difficulties,
When students can access:
- books,
- non-fiction short texts,
- gamified learning experience,
- dictionary,
English for blue-collar job seekers
On the 01 July 2021, PlusVC twitted EDUPLOYMENT as the C3 (companies creating change) social impact accelerator third place winner, EDUPLOYMENT is a recruitment portal for blue-collar job seekers that provides English language courses and training to help you improve your chances of finding better jobs. EDUPLOYMENT is highlighting the relationship between job search and foreign language proficiency level, their app is a job board that insure other functionality:
- learning English,
- English proficiency level certificate delivery.
Language educational resources market
according to a post published on Facebook by MEDC McKinney Economic Development Corporation on the 24 November 2021 announcing that they worked with LANGUAGE LEARNING MARKET through their innovation fund. LANGUAGE LEARNING MARKET is a marketplace and directory for language learning resources where parents and teachers can purchase digital educational resources such as:
- activities and lesson plans,
- educational toys: puzzles, games,
- electronics.
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