It’s been a while now and we thought it is time for an update on the Malawi Project.

Language learning specialists EuroTalk are experts in their field with 20 years of publishing experience and over 10 million customers.  EuroTalk  uses LiveCode during the authoring process for many of their titles, and has been working for a number of years in Malawi looking at different solutions for delivering education to primary schools. 

These are rural schools with no electricity and very large class sizes, and often the teachers have very few resources.  All classes at standard 1 and 2 have at least 250 children and this particularly school we’re blogging about has 5000 children.  Some nearby primary schools have 18 to 20 thousand children.

A LiveCode created app, the Chichewa Learning App has been a great help to the children and provides the key words needed and a fast, scientific way of remembering them.  Described by users as:

“Fun intelligent interactive learning games.  Worth the money.”

“Unlike many other apps, this one makes learning fun and doesn’t get boring.” 

HOW it works

This interactive product is the result of extensive research into how the brain learns fastest.  It uses:

• Images – to stimulate both halves of the brains, visual as well as logical
• Fun quizzes – because we remember best what we’re interested in
• Speech, recording and playback – to perfect your accent by comparing with native speakers
• A point scoring system – that gives feedback on progress and rewards success

Here are a few pictures of the children who don’t speak much English but took to the Chichewa Learning App almost instantly.   

And this girl typed her name into the device and was so proud to see it on the unit menu.

“If we can use tools like LiveCode to 
develop and iterate quickly, and use
handheld devices to deliver, I think
we are on the verge of a revolution in
terms of delivering education.”

We are thrilled that LiveCode has been able to assist with the outstanding success of the Malawi Project.  So well done to everyone involved, what an inspirational story!