Pearson has also been building AI directly into its English-language learning environment. Its 2026 offering includes an AI Smart Lesson Generator for teachers and an AI Speaking Tutor providing personalised speaking practice and feedback to learners.
There is an important distinction here. Teachers have been using general-purpose systems such as ChatGPT to produce classroom materials for some time. Publisher-integrated AI puts the technology inside the same ecosystem as courses, assessment and teacher resources.
For an industry built for decades around the coursebook and its supporting materials, that could alter the relationship between publisher and classroom. A publisher can potentially provide the course, generate elements of the lesson, give the learner additional practice and participate in feedback and assessment.
The coursebook does not disappear. But it may no longer be the centre of the relationship.
