Pangea Chat offers a social approach to learning a new language
Pangea Chat offers a social approach to learning a new language
Pangea Chat offers a social approach to learning a new language
By Megan Corsano
July 14, 2020
Summary
Jordan-Cooley's startup Pangea Chat uses its platform to facilitate conversation-based language learning by using natural language processing and game design.
Users choose a target language they want to learn, and then either join a chat room with other users or start a chat with a friend using the platform.
Users type messages in either their language or the language they want to learn; the app translates the message for the chat partner to receive in their target language and breaks down the parts of speech and vocabulary.
Jordan-Cooley said the platform is a cross between a messenger app like WhatsApp and a language learning app like Duolingo, one of Pangea Chat's primary competitors.
"Tying into something like this would allow users to use Pangea Chat with a much wider user base so people don't have to be directly on the app, and we don't have to rely on API integration," Jordan-Cooley told Inno.
Pangea Chat is participating in the Lighthouse Labs Summer 2020 cohort, and Jordan-Cooley - who splits his time between Barcelona and Richmond - will be returning to his hometown of Richmond to participate.
Jordan-Cooley created Pangea Chat in 2017 after moving to Spain.
They've launched a pilot program that operates with a teacher in Barcelona and one in New York allowing students in both classes to talk to one another and learn the other's language.
Jordan-Cooley has been in discussion with the Virginia Public Schools system about using Pangea Chat in their classrooms.
Startup Pangea Chat's app brings a social aspect to language learning.
Reference
Corsano, M. (2020, July 14). Pangea Chat offers a social approach to learning a new language. Retrieved July 17, 2020, from https://www.americaninno.com/richmond/pangea-chat-offers-a-social-approach-to-learning-a-new-language/