2025

Design Awards Silver Winner - Mengye Zhu

Quackiverse

Entrant Company

Mengye Zhu

Category

User Experience (UX) - Gamification UX (NEW)

Client's Name

Mengye Zhu

Country / Region:

United States

Language acquisition during childhood is a crucial developmental milestone, often shaping cognitive abilities, cultural understanding, and future academic or career opportunities. However, multiple barriers can hinder children's successful language learning.
Traditional offline language programs often entail significant financial costs and scheduling challenges, limiting accessibility for many families. Also, traditional structured language classes can lack engagement for younger learners, contributing to a reluctance to attend. Moreover, parents frequently face challenges when trying to support their children’s language development, as they may not possess the necessary proficiency, skills, or resources to aid effectively in conversational and listening practice at home. A restricted range of learning topics in many traditional language courses can further limit knowledge expansion and hinder the child's ability to connect language learning to everyday experiences.
As research demonstrates that game-based learning and interactive technology can enhance engagement and language retention in children. And with AI applications, it can enable personalized language learning paths that adapt dynamically to a child’s progress and individual challenges, such as vocabulary retention or conversational fluency.
Quackiverse aims to create an AI-powered, gamified language tutor targeting children aged 6 to 15, focused on cultivating their reading, speaking, and listening abilities in a secondary language. Through personalized avatars, real-world AR interactions, and adaptive game-based learning pathways, this platform aims to make language learning accessible, enjoyable, and flexible.

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