LingoSpark app for iPhone and iPad

LingoSpark serves as the only learning product that supports《欢乐伙伴》 International Edition around the globe. The programme is tailored for beginners with engaging and interactive coursewares and built on the direct market feedback of Marshall Cavendish Education (MCE) with reference to the vocabulary requirements of Youth Chinese Test (YCT).

The Programme is designed to assist non-native Chinese speaking learners in establishing a foundation for learning Chinese. The curriculum aims at developing learners communicative competency in listening, speaking, reading, and writing with a natural integration of vocabulary, grammar, and language functions.

【Product concept】
The curriculum is developed to the standards for 《欢乐伙伴》International Edition, with reference to HSK Chinese Proficiency Test, YCT, Scheme for the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, as well as the programme specifications. The overall and specific curriculum designs are fine-tuned by second language teaching experiences. The curriculum is structured in a progressive and spiral manner with an emphasis on developing listening and speaking skills, followed by reading and writing skills. It helps learners master basic Chinese structure and functions with a focus on their communicative competency in a wide variety of situations.

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The content is delivered in a structured, scientific, and practical manner, using rhyme teaching, contextual practices and other engaging forms to enhance learners perception and memory of Chinese words in order to construct a comprehensive Chinese language usage system.

In order to meet the needs of Chinese as a second language learners and to address the characteristics of Chinese language learning, the curriculum emphasizes the training of learners in listening and speaking skills. Spiral and progressive approaches are employed to enhance vocabulary building and communication skills for a variety of topics and discourse scenarios. The curriculum also focuses on advancing learners literacy and writing skills, with a focus on reading and writing Simple Characters and reading Common Characters. Emphasis is placed on systematic and practical vocabulary building to maximize the learning outcome of beginners in Chinese.


【Product highlights】
Scientific and systematic curriculum with tangible outcomes
Fully aligned with YCT vocabulary requirements, our curriculum aims to cultivate learners listening, speaking, reading and writing skills. The 5E learning cycle (Engagement, Exploration, Explanation, Elaboration, Evaluation) is embedded in our curriculum to monitor learning outcome.

The one and only complementary product for欢乐伙伴 International Edition
The online programme is specially designed to facilitate the learning of 欢乐伙伴International Edition and tailored for learners with no prior Chinese knowledge.

A fun learning experience to engage learners
Leveraging artificial intelligence, the curriculum combines contextualized teaching by teachers with interactive AI games and practices, improving learners learning efficiency.


Bite-sized learning to pick up Chinese language in pockets of time
Our curriculum breaks down information into manageable, bite-sized learning nuggets - 5 times a week, 5 minutes each time, to allow focused Chinese learning anytime and anywhere.

Structured learning activities to strike a balance between "language" and "culture"
Our curriculum guarantees structured learning in class and integrates language knowledge and skills, achieving a balanced coverage of "language" and "culture".