What is Nimble Lingo?
INCREASES FUN, HEIGHTENS FOCUS, IMPROVES RETENTION
Nimble Lingo is a new multiplayer, competitive , gamified tool to improve your Chinese. Studies have shown that competition and gamification can increase focus and improve learning outcomes. We harness the latest scientific and pedagogical developments to improve studying focus and retention. Nimble Lingo makes the challenge of reading and writing Chinese characters easier and more fun. What’s more, we use scientifically proven deep learning methods to ensure long-term learning effectiveness.
Who is it for?
Kids, adults, students, independent learners, teachers, novices, experts, native speakers.
Who is it not for?
Never encountered Chinese before? Don’t know 你好? This is not really a “learn an entire language from scratch” app. This is a powerful tool that will improve your, your students, or your children’s Chinese once at least a basic exposure is achieved. Could you learn from scratch? Maybe, but we will be launching a beginner version in the near future, so stay tuned.
Real-Time Digital Canvas
Practice Chinese in real-time with friends and peers
Character Decomposition
Strengthens cognitive connections as you internalize the core building blocks of Chinese
Global Community
Over 40m people around the world are learning Chinese…make connections all over the world
Competitive
Fun and exciting, heightens focus and retention
Stroke Order Animations
Visual guides make learning easy and accessible
Public And Private Lists
Base learning on HSK or customized lists, import lists from popular formats
Teacher Accounts
Teachers can use their own lists based on their specific classwork
We understand the challenges of teaching Chinese, especially in an overseas environment where you have limited time with your students. Nimble Lingo can help!
- Supplement classwork with meaningful practice outside the classroom
- Create and manage custom class lists via the web management system
- Make Chinese fun and exciting!
Best news? It’s currently free for educators and students! No ads, no gimmicks. We simply want to make learning Chinese more fun and effective.
Nimble Lingo is dedicated to making learning more fun and effective. Through a combination of gamification, competition, and individual skill building, we are at the cutting edge of Chinese language pedagogy. Our goal is to bring one of the world’s most difficult and in-demand languages into a more modern learning framework. We have taken core traditional teaching concepts and adapted them for the modern learning environment, helping students, teachers, and parents address their central challenges. Studies have shown that competition and gamification can increase focus and improve learning outcomes. . Studies on Chinese language acquisition have also shown that handwriting characters is essential to deep learning and reading ability. We harness the latest pedagogical developments to improve studying focus, effectiveness, and retention.
Our Founder
Nathaniel Ahrens, founder of the American Mandarin Society and former Director of China Affairs at the University of Maryland, is a recognized expert on Chinese language and culture. He brings over 25 years of relevant experience, including 10 years as an entrepreneur in China and a wealth of educational and government contacts from over a decade in Washington D.C. at the University of Maryland, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Have a passion for learning Chinese and experience with app gamification? Interested in joining our team? Contact Us!