Our Product
Lingoplay is a gamified French learning app designed for young adults who already have a basic understanding of French (DELF A2) but struggle to keep up their learning. Through its use of visuals and narratives, Lingoplay aims to make French study simpler and effective all the while goofy and enjoyable.
Meet fun and memorable characters through grammar lessons, try immersion in a gamified life setting, track your vocabulary, and profit from personalised, spaced repetition! With a focus on grammar and vocabulary, Lingoplay is a great addition to making the boring parts of your French learning journey just a little bit better.
Our Story
Hi, Nancy here! I’m a 2nd year student at Glendon with a French studies major, visual arts minor, and I’m a part of the concurrent education program to become a teacher.
As someone who finds video games appealing (and distracting at times), I wanted to use gamification as a tool to make French learning more fun and enjoyable. This idea started in high school, when I noticed that I felt a little sad hearing other students complaining about how learning French was not fun. Fast forward to my French course in university, I was surprised to find out that a lot of my classmates were struggling.
Clearly, something was not right here, and when I dug a little deeper, it seemed that sometimes French study was just not appealing enough to effectively maintain a routine (without the pressure of assessments – which can lead to cramming and then forgetting).
So I asked myself… Couldn’t we have a French learning game with fun characters and pleasant visuals to help these young adults who already have the basics down and want to have fun while practising their French ? Sure, gamified French learning exists online, but these games are often at too low of a French level, are too childish, or aren’t engaging enough. We needed something new, and so, Lingoplay was born.
Nancy Sheng
Student in French studies
