Elias is the new language teacher at a Finnish primary school. It is patient with students and never makes a pupil feel embarrassed(尴尬的)for asking a question. It can even do the Gangnam Style dance.
Elias is also a robot. The robot is able to understand and speak 23 languages. There is a kind of software in Elias, which allows it to understand students' requirements and helps it to encourage learning. Elias communicates in English, Finnish and German only.
The robot can know the pupils' skill levels. It can also tell teachers about a student's possible problems. Some of the human teachers who have worked with the robot see it as a new way to help with students' learning.
"I think in the new course the main idea is to get kids active. I see Elias as one of the tools to get different kinds of practice' and bring different kinds of activities into the classroom ,"language teacher Riika Kolunsarka said.