diff --git a/app/controllers/teachers_controller.rb b/app/controllers/teachers_controller.rb
index fd167eab..d64b2430 100644
--- a/app/controllers/teachers_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/teachers_controller.rb
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ def teacher_params
       teacher_attributes << [:personal_email, :application_status,
       :request_reason, :skip_email]
     end
-    params.require(:teacher).permit(*teacher_attributes)
+    params.require(:teacher).permit(*teacher_attributes, languages: [])
   end
 
   def school_params
diff --git a/app/javascript/packs/schools.js b/app/javascript/packs/schools.js
index 58b08771..212f58bf 100644
--- a/app/javascript/packs/schools.js
+++ b/app/javascript/packs/schools.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ let create_school = function (input, callback) {
   $("#school_form").show();
   toggle_required(['name', 'city', 'state', 'website'], true);
   $(".btn-primary").show();
-  let oringial_school_id = $('#teacher_school_id').val();
+  let original_school_id = $('#teacher_school_id').val();
   var reset_button = $("#close_button");
   var name_input = $("#school_name");
   // Unset the existing saved school id.
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ let create_school = function (input, callback) {
     if (selectizeCallback != null) {
       selectizeCallback();
       selectizeCallback = null;
-      $('#teacher_school_id').val(oringial_school_id);
+      $('#teacher_school_id').val(original_school_id);
     }
     toggle_required(['name', 'city', 'state', 'website'], true);
     $("#school_form").hide();
diff --git a/app/models/teacher.rb b/app/models/teacher.rb
index 76fa7b34..8a023449 100644
--- a/app/models/teacher.rb
+++ b/app/models/teacher.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #  email              :string
 #  first_name         :string
 #  ip_history         :inet             default([]), is an Array
+#  languages          :string           default(["\"English\""]), is an Array
 #  last_name          :string
 #  last_session_at    :datetime
 #  more_info          :string
@@ -37,10 +38,14 @@
 #  fk_rails_...  (school_id => schools.id)
 #
 class Teacher < ApplicationRecord
+  WORLD_LANGUAGES = [ "Afrikaans", "Albanian", "Arabic", "Armenian", "Basque", "Bengali", "Bulgarian", "Catalan", "Cambodian", "Chinese (Mandarin)", "Croatian", "Czech", "Danish", "Dutch", "English", "Estonian", "Fiji", "Finnish", "French", "Georgian", "German", "Greek", "Gujarati", "Hebrew", "Hindi", "Hungarian", "Icelandic", "Indonesian", "Irish", "Italian", "Japanese", "Javanese", "Korean", "Latin", "Latvian", "Lithuanian", "Macedonian", "Malay", "Malayalam", "Maltese", "Maori", "Marathi", "Mongolian", "Nepali", "Norwegian", "Persian", "Polish", "Portuguese", "Punjabi", "Quechua", "Romanian", "Russian", "Samoan", "Serbian", "Slovak", "Slovenian", "Spanish", "Swahili", "Swedish ", "Tamil", "Tatar", "Telugu", "Thai", "Tibetan", "Tonga", "Turkish", "Ukrainian", "Urdu", "Uzbek", "Vietnamese", "Welsh", "Xhosa" ].freeze
+
   validates :first_name, :last_name, :email, :status, presence: true
   validates :email, uniqueness: true
   validates :personal_email, uniqueness: true, if: -> { personal_email.present? }
   validate :ensure_unique_personal_email, if: -> { email_changed? || personal_email_changed? }
+  validate :valid_languages
+  before_validation :sort_and_clean_languages
 
   enum application_status: {
     validated: "Validated",
@@ -163,6 +168,24 @@ def self.education_level_options
     Teacher.education_levels.map { |sym, val| [sym.to_s.titlecase, val] }
   end
 
+  def self.language_options
+    WORLD_LANGUAGES
+  end
+
+  def display_languages
+    languages.join(", ")
+  end
+
+  def valid_languages
+    !languages.empty? && languages.all? { |value| WORLD_LANGUAGES.include?(value) }
+  end
+
+  def sort_and_clean_languages
+    # Due to an identified bug in the Selectize plugin, an empty string is occasionally appended to the 'languages' list.
+    # To ensure data integrity, the following code removes any occurrences of empty strings from the list.
+    languages.sort!.reject!(&:blank?)
+  end
+
   def display_education_level
     if education_level_before_type_cast.to_i == -1
       "?"
diff --git a/app/views/teachers/_form.html.erb b/app/views/teachers/_form.html.erb
index 8f16299c..20903a9a 100644
--- a/app/views/teachers/_form.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/teachers/_form.html.erb
@@ -117,6 +117,23 @@ status ONLY IF the person viewing this page is an admin. %>
     </div>
   </div>
 
+  <div class='form-group row'>
+    <div class='col-12'>
+      <%= f.label :languages, "What language(s) are spoken in the classroom?", 
+      class: "label-required" %>
+      <%= f.select(
+      :languages,
+      options_for_select(Teacher.language_options, @teacher.languages),
+      {},
+      multiple: true,
+      include_blank: "Select an option",
+      class: 'selectize', required: true
+) %>
+    </div>
+  </div>
+
+  
+
   <div class='form-group row'>
     <div class='col-12'>
       <%= f.label :more_info, "More Information", class: "label-required" %>
@@ -143,6 +160,12 @@ status ONLY IF the person viewing this page is an admin. %>
 <script>
 
   $(document).ready(function() {
+    $('.selectize').selectize({
+      plugins: ['remove_button'],
+      delimiter: ",",
+      persist: false,
+      create: false
+    });
     //on loading the page, immediately update the reason field depending on 
     //the value of the application status
     updateReasonField();
diff --git a/app/views/teachers/_teacher_info.html.erb b/app/views/teachers/_teacher_info.html.erb
index 38622fc5..04258490 100644
--- a/app/views/teachers/_teacher_info.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/teachers/_teacher_info.html.erb
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@
         <%= teacher.display_education_level %>
       </div>
     </div>
+    <div class="row mb-4">
+      <div class="col-sm-4 font-weight-bold">Classroom Language(s):</div>
+      <div class="col-sm-8">
+        <%= teacher.display_languages %>
+      </div>
+    </div>
     <div class="row mb-4">
       <div class="col-sm-4 font-weight-bold">Current Status:</div>
       <div class="col-sm-8">
diff --git a/db/migrate/20240314160959_add_languages_to_teachers.rb b/db/migrate/20240314160959_add_languages_to_teachers.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..521f5a09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20240314160959_add_languages_to_teachers.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddLanguagesToTeachers < ActiveRecord::Migration[6.1]
+  def change
+    add_column :teachers, :languages, :string, array: true, default: ['English']
+  end
+end
diff --git a/db/schema.rb b/db/schema.rb
index a9927666..39c506c2 100644
--- a/db/schema.rb
+++ b/db/schema.rb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 # It's strongly recommended that you check this file into your version control system.
 
-ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2024_03_07_225738) do
+ActiveRecord::Schema.define(version: 2024_03_14_160959) do
 
   # These are extensions that must be enabled in order to support this database
   enable_extension "plpgsql"
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@
     t.inet "ip_history", default: [], array: true
     t.integer "session_count", default: 0
     t.string "personal_email"
+    t.string "languages", default: ["English"], array: true
     t.index ["email", "first_name"], name: "index_teachers_on_email_and_first_name"
     t.index ["email", "personal_email"], name: "index_teachers_on_email_and_personal_email", unique: true
     t.index ["email"], name: "index_teachers_on_email", unique: true
diff --git a/features/admin.feature b/features/admin.feature
index 7d0f0d2a..fcec4b12 100644
--- a/features/admin.feature
+++ b/features/admin.feature
@@ -94,6 +94,41 @@ Feature: basic admin functionality
     And   I press "Update"
     Then I see a confirmation "Saved"
 
+  Scenario: Teacher info displays alphabetically ordered comma separated classroom languages
+  Given the following schools exist:
+  |       name            |     country     |     city     |  state  |            website            |
+  |   UC Berkeley         |       US        |   Berkeley   |   CA    |   https://www.berkeley.edu    |
+  Given the following teachers exist:
+  | first_name | last_name | admin | email                    | school      | languages                      |
+  | Joseph     | Mamoa     | false | testteacher@berkeley.edu | UC Berkeley | - English\n- French\n- Spanish |
+  Given I am on the BJC home page
+  And I have an admin email
+  And I follow "Log In"
+  Then I can log in with Google
+  When I go to the show page for Joseph Mamoa
+  Then I should see "English, French, Spanish"
+
+  Scenario: Adding/removing classroom languages in arbitrary order still displays alphabetically sorted
+  Given the following schools exist:
+  |       name            |     country     |     city     |  state  |            website            |
+  |   UC Berkeley         |       US        |   Berkeley   |   CA    |   https://www.berkeley.edu    |
+  Given the following teachers exist:
+  | first_name | last_name | admin | email                    | school      | languages |
+  | Joseph     | Mamoa     | false | testteacher@berkeley.edu | UC Berkeley | - English\n- Hindi |
+  Given I am on the BJC home page
+  And I have an admin email
+  And I follow "Log In"
+  Then I can log in with Google
+  When I go to the edit page for Joseph Mamoa
+  And  I select "Spanish" from the languages dropdown
+  And  I select "French" from the languages dropdown
+  And I select "German" from the languages dropdown
+  And I remove "English" from the languages dropdown
+  And I remove "Hindi" from the languages dropdown
+  And I press "Update"
+  And I go to the show page for Joseph Mamoa
+  Then I should see "French, German, Spanish"
+
   Scenario: Changing application status as admin sends emails
     Given the following schools exist:
       |       name      |     country     |     city     |  state  |            website            |  grade_level  |  school_type  |
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/form_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/form_steps.rb
index 58e5039c..b1dbc9b7 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/form_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/form_steps.rb
@@ -24,6 +24,28 @@
   select(input, from: "application_status_select_value")
 end
 
+# assumes that languages dropdown is the FIRST selectize menu to appear on the page
+When(/^I select "(.*?)" from the languages dropdown$/) do |option|
+  first(".selectize-input").click  # Click on the dropdown to open it
+  find(".selectize-dropdown-content .option", text: option).click  # Click on the desired option
+end
+
+# also assumes that languages dropdown is the FIRST selectize menu to appear on the page
+When(/^I remove "(.*?)" from the languages dropdown$/) do |item|
+  first(".selectize-input .item", text: item).find(".remove").click
+end
+
+Then(/^the languages dropdown should have the option "(.*?)" selected$/) do |selected_option|
+  # Find the Selectize dropdown by its CSS class
+  selectize_dropdown = first(".selectize-input")
+
+  # Find the selected option within the dropdown
+  selected_option_element = selectize_dropdown.find(".item", text: selected_option)
+
+  # Assert that the selected option exists
+  expect(selected_option_element).to be_visible
+end
+
 Given(/^I set my request reason as "(.*)"$/) do |input|
   fill_in("request_reason", with: input)
 end
diff --git a/features/step_definitions/teacher_steps.rb b/features/step_definitions/teacher_steps.rb
index fd34c692..07798cee 100644
--- a/features/step_definitions/teacher_steps.rb
+++ b/features/step_definitions/teacher_steps.rb
@@ -52,12 +52,20 @@
     more_info: "I'm teaching a college course",
     admin: false,
     personal_website: "https://snap.berkeley.edu",
-    application_status: "Not Reviewed"
+    application_status: "Not Reviewed",
+    languages: ["English"]
   }
 
   teachers_table.symbolic_hashes.each do |teacher|
     teachers_default.each do |key, value|
-      teacher[key] = teacher[key].presence || value
+      # Parse the 'languages' field as an array of strings using YAML.safe_load
+      if key == :languages
+        languages = if teacher[key].present? then YAML.safe_load(teacher[key]) else nil end
+        teacher[key] = languages.presence || value
+      else
+        # Handle other fields as usual
+        teacher[key] = teacher[key].presence || value
+      end
     end
 
     school_name = teacher.delete(:school)
diff --git a/features/teacher.feature b/features/teacher.feature
index 9242618a..8edbb36c 100644
--- a/features/teacher.feature
+++ b/features/teacher.feature
@@ -43,9 +43,11 @@ Scenario: Logging in as a teacher with Google account should be able to edit the
   And   I enter my "City" as "Cupertino"
   And   I select "CA" from "State" dropdown
   And   I enter my "School Website" as "https://chs.fuhsd.org"
+  And   I select "Spanish" from the languages dropdown
   And   I press "Update"
   Then  I see a confirmation "Successfully updated your information"
   Then  the "First Name" field should contain "Joe"
+  And   the languages dropdown should have the option "Spanish" selected
 
 Scenario: Logging in as a teacher with Microsoft account should be able to edit their info
   Given the following schools exist:
diff --git a/spec/factories/teachers.rb b/spec/factories/teachers.rb
index c3466132..6db86bc2 100644
--- a/spec/factories/teachers.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/teachers.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #  email              :string
 #  first_name         :string
 #  ip_history         :inet             default([]), is an Array
+#  languages          :string           default(["\"English\""]), is an Array
 #  last_name          :string
 #  last_session_at    :datetime
 #  more_info          :string
diff --git a/spec/fixtures/teachers.yml b/spec/fixtures/teachers.yml
index b0420583..befd9393 100644
--- a/spec/fixtures/teachers.yml
+++ b/spec/fixtures/teachers.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #  email              :string
 #  first_name         :string
 #  ip_history         :inet             default([]), is an Array
+#  languages          :string           default(["\"English\""]), is an Array
 #  last_name          :string
 #  last_session_at    :datetime
 #  more_info          :string
@@ -109,4 +110,4 @@ barney:
   application_status: Denied
   school: berkeley
   education_level: -1
-  
\ No newline at end of file
+  
diff --git a/spec/models/teacher_spec.rb b/spec/models/teacher_spec.rb
index e7e9918f..e0e8c626 100644
--- a/spec/models/teacher_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/teacher_spec.rb
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #  email              :string
 #  first_name         :string
 #  ip_history         :inet             default([]), is an Array
+#  languages          :string           default(["\"English\""]), is an Array
 #  last_name          :string
 #  last_session_at    :datetime
 #  more_info          :string