Linh Phung of Chatham University and
Eduling International has recently launched
Eduling Speak, an app "to connect English learners to talk in pairs while completing communicative tasks." More information about the app and the company, from its press release:
Eduling
International Releases a New App: Eduling Speak
Connecting
Language Learners to Talk in Pairs During Communicative Tasks
Pittsburgh, PA: On May 12,
2022, Eduling International LLC or EdulingTM, a company offering
online language instruction and services, released a first-of-its-kind app Eduling Speak
to connect English learners to talk in pairs while completing communicative
tasks. The app is like Netflix of tasks that learner can browse and select to
complete daily with a friend or a random learner on the app. Because learners
have to collaboratively solve a problem posed by the task, it provides them
with a genuine need to communicate. The app results from Eduling’s years of
research and development in task-based language teaching and gamification in
langauge education. The app can now be downloaded from the App Store and Google
Play in 176 countries in the world.
“Task-based language
teaching has been described as the orthodoxy of language instruction in many
countries for decades, but it has been difficult to implement in the classroom
due to the lack of materials,” explained Dr. Linh Phung, CEO of Eduling
International. “This app offers well-designed tasks that are also gamified to
engage learners in meaningful interactions that will drive language
development.” Thanks to her 15-year work in language instruction and services, Dr.
Linh Phung has recently received an Immigrant Entrepreneur Award from Global
Pittsburgh. In addition, she has also received a grant from the Greater
Pittsburgh Arts Council to support her work with the Eduling Speak app.
With the goal of develop
English learners’ true communicative competence, Eduling Speak offers endless
speaking opportunities to English learners of all ages, proficiency levels, and
countries. It fills the gap in the app market, where applications mostly focus
on mechanical exercises that generally only involve repetition, immitation, and
limited interaction with a machine instead of with humans. The key features of
the app include:
· It’s task-based: Leanrers need to talk to
complete a task with a tangible outcome at the end
· It’s gamified, engaging, and fun
· It’s interactive: Learners interact with the
app and with another English speaker
· It’s like Netflix of tasks and games for
learners to choose from
· It’s borderless: It connects English speakers
from any location in the world
· It improves learners’ fluency, vocabulary,
grammar, and communication skills
About Eduling International LLC:
Eduling offers online English language instruction and services to students
from any location, including online courses, conversation exchange programs,
printed materials, and a language learning app called Eduling Speak. It is
based in Pittsburgh, PA and has students from many countries in the world.
