Snorkl offers several built-in features to help multilingual learners (MLLs) participate confidently, express their ideas clearly, and receive meaningful feedback in the language that best supports their understanding.
Responding in a Student’s Preferred Language
By default, students can record and respond in their preferred language.
If a student’s response is in a different language than the teacher’s language settings, Snorkl automatically provides translated closed captions when the teacher replays the response.
💡 Example: A student records their response in Spanish. The teacher’s language settings are set to English. When the teacher replays the video, they’ll hear the student speaking in Spanish and see English captions on screen.
This helps teachers accurately interpret student reasoning without language barriers.
Requiring English: When working specifically with English Language Learning classrooms, teachers can set the activity to World Language > English, requiring students to respond in English. This ensures the task supports English language practice and assessment goals. In this way, teachers can customize the experience to meet instructional objectives.
Receiving Feedback in the Student’s Language
Students can choose the language in which they receive Snorkl AI feedback.
If they’d like to get feedback in their preferred language, they can adjust their settings. See how students can change their language settings here.
From then on, Snorkl’s AI feedback and translations will appear in that selected language.
Students can toggle back to English at any time.
💡 Example: A student practicing English can respond in English but receive their feedback in Spanish — so they fully understand what to improve while still building their English skills.
Teacher View
Teachers can see when a student’s feedback was generated in another language and can toggle the feedback to their own language settings (for example, English).
This means:
Teachers hear the student’s voice in their original language.
Closed captions and AI feedback appear in the teacher’s chosen language.
Both teacher and student can view the same feedback — each in their own preferred language.
This removes communication barriers and allows teachers to focus on students’ understanding, not just their language proficiency.
Additional Supports for English Language Development
Snorkl also includes Getting Started and English Language Development sample activities in the Library.
These are designed for students practicing English as an additional language — allowing them to respond in English while still receiving feedback in their native language.
Quick Recap
✅ Students can record in their preferred language.
🌍 Captions automatically translate into the teacher’s set language.
🔁 Students can receive feedback in their preferred language.
👩🏫 Teachers can toggle translations to view student feedback in their own language.
💬 Activities can support language practice and comprehension simultaneously.
Snorkl makes language a bridge — not a barrier.