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Languagelab.com

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Immerse Learning (formerly called Languagelab.com) is an English school based in an online virtual world. It is the first school that teaches exclusively online in a virtual environment; students and teachers use avatars to navigate the environment and take part in lessons. Lessons are also completely contextual, which is in direct contradiction to the traditional classroom system.2 It was founded in 2005.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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Immerse Learning (formerly called Languagelab.com) is an English school based in an online virtual world. It is the first school that teaches exclusively online in a virtual environment; students and teachers use avatars to navigate the environment and take part in lessons. Lessons are also completely contextual, which is in direct contradiction to the traditional classroom system.2

How it started

History

Immerse Learning was founded in 2005 as Languagelab.com in London by David Kaskel and Shiv Rajendran. Having been amazed at how quickly foreign players had picked up language skills in MMORPGs, Kaskel began to look into how learning took place in video games. To date, Languagelab.com has 80 employees based in 14 different countries and caters to about 1000 students (2011).

Languagelab.com teaches English to students from more than seventy countries.

In 2011, Languagelab.com announced a partnership with Pearson Education to produce a virtual world product for Business English. The product is called Market Leader Live and contains content from the Financial Times.

In February 2014, Languagelab.com relaunched as Immerse Learning with a proprietary immersive learning platform designed specifically for corporate and higher education programmes.

In 2016, Immerse Learning changed its name to Immerse and their web address is now Immerse.io. Immerse provide businesses with ready-made VR scenarios or with software and tools to create their own. Current clients include Shell, DHL, GE Healthcare and QinetiQ.

From Wikipedia’s article on Languagelab.com, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2

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