Enhanced Language Virtual Instruction (ELVI)

Practice language. Build confidence. Connect with people.

ELVI is an AI-powered language coach with a working minimum viable product. It gives multilingual and world language learners a low-pressure place to practice speaking and writing, receive individualized feedback grounded in effective teacher moves, and immediately try again. ELVI is designed to complement educators—not replace them—and to prepare learners for successful communication with people.

How ELVI works

1. COMMUNICATE

The learner speaks or writes for a real communicative purpose in a low-pressure setting.

2. RECEIVE A TEACHER MOVE

ELVI provides encouragement, recasting, language upgrading, or prompting based on the learner’s accuracy, confidence, readiness, and communicative goal.

3. TRY AGAIN

The learner immediately retries, strengthening language ability, confidence, independence, and readiness for human interaction.

Why ELVI is different

General AI tools can generate conversation or correction. ELVI is being designed to make pedagogically purposeful decisions.

• Pedagogical intelligence: Feedback is grounded in experienced language teachers’ expertise rather than correctness alone.

• An educator complement: Individualized practice extends opportunities between and beyond classes while keeping teachers central.

• Independence by design: ELVI prepares learners to communicate successfully with people rather than encouraging dependence on an AI companion.

Who ELVI serves

INITIAL MARKETS

K–12 multilingual learner and world language programs; college and university ESL, intensive English, and world language programs; and adult education and workforce-development programs.

FUTURE EXPANSION

Nonprofit organizations serving immigrants and newcomers, employers providing workplace language instruction, individual teachers, and direct learner subscriptions.

Research-informed and evidence-building

ELVI’s working MVP is grounded in second-language learning research and experienced teachers’ practice. We are conducting customer discovery and preparing pilots to evaluate usability, learner engagement, feedback usefulness, language production, confidence, and value for educators. ELVI does not yet claim independent efficacy validation; building credible evidence is central to its next stage of development.

Built by language educators

JARED KUBOKAWA, PhD — FOUNDER, PRODUCT AND PEDAGOGY

Second Language Studies scholar, multilingual learner consultant, teacher educator, university instructor, and instructional coach with experience across K–12, higher education, and adult workforce learning.

APRIL DAY — LANGUAGE-TEACHING CONSULTANT

Experienced ESOL instructor and Second Language Studies doctoral researcher advising ELVI on pedagogy, feedback, learner experience, classroom usability, and product testing.

Help shape what comes next

We are seeking customer-discovery conversations and potential pilot partners in multilingual learning, world languages, higher education, adult education, and workforce development.

ELVI  •  Avon, Ohio, USA  •  jaredkubokawa@gmail.com

ELVI is a product of Think Pair Share LLC, an educator-founded company creating technology for human connection

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/think-pair-share-llc/?viewAsMember=true