Type of site E-Learning Headquarters Tallinn, Estonia | Founded 2014 Website lingvist.com | |
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Available in English
Estonian
French
Russian
German
Spanish
Available to learn
English
French Slogan(s) Learn a language at light speed | ||
Lingvist is an adaptive language-learning platform, available in an international public free beta version since 2014.
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As of August 2015, Lingvist offers French learning modules for Estonian and English speakers, and English learning modules for Estonian, Russian, German and French speakers. During the summer of 2016, both Russian and Spanish should become available for English speakers, with German and Portuguese following in the fall.
Lingvist is available on the Web, as well as on iOS and Android devices.
Education model
Lingvist's method includes 3 different modules: A Memorize section - based on word cards -, Reading exercises and Listening exercises.
Lingvist's approach is based on big data and statistical analysis to establish frequencies in order to teach the most relevant and useful vocabulary to the user.
Lingvist's software analyses various text sources, such as subtitles or articles to determine the frequency of words in a given language.
As an adaptive tool, Lingvist uses mathematical optimisation to adapt the lessons to its users's level. The user will repeat words he or she has previously forgotten or written incorrectly, but will quickly progress from those mastered at the first go.
History and development
Lingvist was co-founded in 2013 by Mait Müntel, physicist involved with the team that identified the Higgs-Boson particle at CERN, Ott Jalakas and Andres Koern.
Lingvist's prototype has been created by Mait Muntel while living in Switzerland with aim to learn French language.
In 2014, €1 Million has been raised from SmartCap, Nordic VC Inventure, and other angel investors in order to keep developing the tool.
Lingvist announced in June 2015 an additional €1.6 Million funding from the European Union, as part of the Horizon 2020 programme.
Recognitions and awards
In March 2013, Lingvist's program received a 9,900 EUR Prototron Grant to finance their initial prototype. In March 2014, Lingvist was handpicked by TechStars London Accelerator Program.
In October 2015, the Lingvist Team was recognized as the "brightest startup" during Tallinn Entrepreneurship Awards for 2015