Tara: AI-powered virtual voice teacher and StarTeacher: customised teacher-training programme

Tara is a virtual voice teacher that is a combination of a voice platform (such as Amazon Alexa) and Learning Matters' proprietary content and books. Tara is typically deployed with Learning Matters' proprietary, comprehensive teacher-training programme - StarTeacher.

Tara teaches communicative English to both teachers and students and has opened up a whole new world of teaching for teachers by bringing in flexibility, differentiated instruction, and empowerment into the classroom. With Tara acting as an effective teaching assistant who works with individuals, small-groups, or large-groups of learners, teachers are now able to easily incorporate differentiated instruction. They are able to have students work alternatively with Tara and with them, thus reaping the benefits of interacting with both instructors. The addition of Tara in the classroom has also reaffirmed that the teacher’s role is pivotal. The teacher is in control of, manages and monitors the students’ sessions with Tara. Tara has empowered teachers by giving them flexibility. The Tara modules especially designed for adult learners have enabled teachers to learn English in a non-judgemental environment and at their own pace. Being able to learn English one-on-one with a machine teacher who can repeat endlessly and never judge you, has brought in great relief and therefore, empowerment. Teachers work with and learn from Tara, one-on-one, and in the process their communicative English skills have improved exponentially.

StarTeacher is a customised, comprehensive teacher training programmes tailored specifically to meet the unique needs to each school. StarTeacher includes pre-, mid- and post-assessments to assess teachers' competencies and progress.