The AI Language Lab

Cheri Buford is an educator, writer, and lifelong language learner who has spent over a decade helping adult learners find practical paths to fluency. Her teaching philosophy rests on a simple observation: most people don't fail at language because they lack talent, but because they never get enough real conversation practice in a safe, judgment-free space. That insight led her to experiment with the earliest conversational AI tools, and eventually to develop the daily practice method at the heart of The AI Language Lab.

Beyond writing and teaching, Cheri has studied more languages than she cares to admit, including Spanish and French, with a long-term love affair with Japanese. She is a firm believer that any learner with fifteen minutes a day can become a confident speaker — if they have the right partner and the right routine. In her own practice, she still opens a conversation with an AI every morning before breakfast, and credits that habit with maintaining her fluency across years of busy stretches.

Cheri writes at the intersection of education and technology, showing everyday learners how to use new tools without losing the human heart of communication. She lives in the United States, where she is usually reading three books at once, testing a new language app, or asking a patient AI to correct her pronunciation for the fourth time.