Learn English with GLEN World
GLEN World is committed to expanding English literacy throughout the world. To do this, we’ve developed educational content that is proven to enhance English language skills, develop reading strategies, and increase comprehension. Our apps are designed to be used with or without supervision and use a variety of research-based methods to help children build language skills.
Early in an English learner’s journey, they may not have the language skills to jump into a book, making even basic reading strategies less than useful. Our GLEN Learn app is designed to combat this issue. GLEN Learn helps develop knowledge of vocabulary, word sounds, and spelling recognition via educational games. From here, English learners can build on this foundation within the GLEN Learn app. As students advance, they are presented with exercises that test their ability to read, write, and speak. In addition, illustrated and (optionally) narrated stories and rhymes offered within the app provide opportunities to practice reading, embodying a holistic approach to English learning.
In addition to the GLEN Learn app, English learners can use the reading strategies they develop to read books in our GLEN Books app. These children’s picture books contain a collection of engaging stories narrated in English and Spanish, allowing young learners to follow along and build their familiarity with the language. By developing foundational skills as well as reading strategies, GLEN World is able to help more English learners reach their full potential. Check out our learning content to learn more and access our apps.
About GLEN World
GLEN World is a nonprofit organization on a mission to scale early English literacy so that every child has access to the educational and economic opportunities it unlocks.
GLEN World has developed GLEN Learn, a research-based personalized learning app for early English literacy, designed to help children develop reading skills via a series of guided exercises, engaging stories, and rhymes. GLEN Learn’s content design is based on Instructed Second Language Acquisition research, targeting the fundamental skills required for literacy: vocabulary knowledge, recognition of sounds, and recognition of spelling. GLEN Learn’s learning modules reinforce each other as they target these fundamental skills. GLEN World also offers GLEN Books, a mobile app featuring a rich collection of beautifully illustrated and warmly narrated storybooks for fostering a love for reading in children.
GLEN World is experimenting with safe and scalable ways to leverage generative AI to create learning content that promotes curiosity and engagement in young learners. Our first two experiments in AI-generated learning content are AI Explain and AI Tails. GLEN World’s YouTube channel features the AI Explain playlist with educational videos on the origin of important inventions and discoveries. The AI Tails playlist includes AI-generated illustrated audiobooks on topics that we hope will interest young children.
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