Sapere: The Latest Breakthrough in AI-Powered Language Learning

Whether it be in school or at work, language learning is a formative and enriching experience. It is a long process in which any lack of support often leads to demotivation and halted progress. Enter Sapere: the newest artificial intelligence for language learning. Discover the advantages of using AI to learn a new language, how Sapere can adapt itself to your particular needs, as well as this new platform's features.

What Is Sapere?

Sapere is an AI-powered tool that was developed for educational purposes. We aim to make language learning accessible for all by offering services tailored to each user. In fact, our name is derived from the latin verb sapere meaning “to know”, “to be wise” and “to have taste”. This is where our core value comes into play: to learn a foreign language is to acquire precious knowledge and develop a taste for different cultures.

We created this platform with 4 very important groups in mind: 

• Students

• Teachers

• Businesses

• Schools

Here is how Sapere can help each of them according to their particularities and needs: 

Students

Students can use Sapere alone or with an educator to further practice the language they are learning. Each user’s profile is set up according to their language level and academic field to generate customized exercises. For example, if a learner is preparing for an oral presentation for their Spanish class in which they have to discuss their family tree, the AI is able to generate relevant exercises on the matter. At any moment, they can update their profile to match their current studies. If necessary, they can even ask their teacher for more detailed feedback on their completed exercises.

Teachers

Sapere believes in the importance of teachers when it comes to language learning. We are not looking to replace educators and their indispensable experience, but to support them in their work. They could save lots of time by generating various kinds of exercises, thus focusing more on their students. They can also benefit from Sapere’s services to follow students’ progress and offer additional help to those who are having more trouble. The tool allows you to see who is using it and for how long, as well as the motivation score of each user: a statistic that combines the number of completed exercises and the frequency of practice. 

Businesses

Being a polyglot is a highly valued asset in the job market. A company that commits to training its employees, mainly to speak multiple languages, opens the door to many professional opportunities. It facilitates interpersonal and international relations by allowing staff to speak fluently with their colleagues and clients. Businesses also save money by offering training that is solely tailored to their employees: Sapere personalizes lessons to include vocabulary that is particular to their domain. This makes training more efficient and ensures that employees become fluent sooner.

Schools

It is a sad reality, but certain students opt to use artificial intelligence to cheat in their schoolwork and take the easy way out. To get ahead of this issue, why not teach them to use AI ethically and as a means of additional learning, rather than banning its use altogether? AI is becoming more and more prevalent in the professional world. So, it is important to teach young people its ethical risks and how to address them. Sapere also aims to facilitate the learning process for all, with the help of artificial intelligence. Since AI adapts to the learner, it is able to encourage inclusivity at school and offer a great starting point for students who struggle with learning disabilities.

Reasons to Use AI in Language Courses

Artificial intelligence is an invaluable time-saving tool for students, educators and businesses. Below are the services that AI provides to simplify language learning and optimize the educational experience:

Language Level Assessment

To offer relevant courses, it is essential to know each learner’s language level. Thanks to artificial intelligence, you can now generate mini tests that determine a new user’s CEFR level (A1 to C2). Generalized group lessons and approximating students’ competencies? No longer! AI assists educators and language schools by providing accurate results on which they base themselves to modify their teaching methods. Students also benefit from this service: while doing the exam, they identify their strengths and weaknesses from the get-go, all while familiarizing themselves with the platform. 

Personalized Courses

Once it knows the individual’s language level, artificial intelligence is able to create lesson plans and customized exercises. Need to learn Business English in two months? AI can establish an accelerated study plan without diminishing the quality of the education. You are a high-school student preparing for an upcoming Spanish exam? You can upload your class notes onto the platform, and the AI will use them to create relevant practice questions. Artificial intelligence even helps educators save time! All they need to do is inform it of the student’s profession and interests so it may create personalized content.

Varied Exercise Generation

Artificial intelligence does not limit itself to creating one type of exercise. It has a plethora of knowledge with which it can generate many different exercises, each one adapted to a particular learning style (visual, auditory, reading/writing, etc.). Learners can benefit from this variety to find the activities that best motivate them and help them understand the course material. As for teachers and educational establishments, AI is useful when it comes to generating unlimited exercises. This way, they will no longer have to create repetitive questions based on an outdated textbook; they can offer varied and up-to-date lessons. In doing so, they will also have more time to focus on their students, especially those with learning disabilities.

Sapere’s Features

Sapere uses artificial intelligence to meet many pedagogical needs by relying on personalized content. Here is how we optimize the language learning journey with the help of customized lexical fields, exercises that are relevant to daily life, and interactive activities:

Lexical Field

According to the learner’s profession or studies, Sapere creates a personalized lexical field that promotes vocabulary they can use on the daily. For example, a user with a career in web development may see the words “update”, “query” and “interface” on their dashboard. Presented in flashcard form, each word is accompanied by its definition, its etymology and a few contextualized examples to encourage correct usage.

Relevant Exercises and Feedback

A student, a teacher or Sapere itself are able to generate several types of customized exercises, all tailored to the user’s profile:

• Multiple choice questions

• True or false

• Fill-in-the-blank exercises

• Listening and reading comprehension

• Voice recording

These exercises help students practice grammar rules, writing and pronunciation. The questions are based on the interests and/or professional domain of the student, who can also provide additional information to generate even more pertinent activities. For each completed exercise, Sapere provides extensive feedback that highlights their errors and explains how to correct them. Finally, it remembers which notions were more or less understood.

Role-playing Exercises

Sapere is also able to generate role-playing exercises, where the AI asks questions that the user must answer in conversation. If their language level is more that of a beginner (A1 to A2), the scenarios will be simpler (introduce yourself, order at a restaurant, etc.). However, if the student is more advanced (B2 to C1), the questions will be more open-ended, and will encourage reflection and expression of subjective ideas (opinions on politics, on the environment, etc.). These exercises can be done alone or with a teacher.

Student-Teacher Collaboration

Sapere is proud to be the first language learning AI-powered platform that can be used alone or alongside an educator. As we have previously mentioned, second-language teachers are irreplaceable. That said, the continued advancement of artificially intelligent technology is also inevitable. This is why we must integrate it into education so it may support the student and the teacher. The learner generates exercises to practice between online classes, and the educator offers them an individualized educational experience thanks to the tools at their disposal. 

In conclusion, Sapere benefits from artificial intelligence to support each user’s individual learning journey. Regardless of your role in the language learning process, this program will offer you a personalized, motivating and effective experience.