Lingoodle · Enterprise Deck · Autumn 2026

A Cognitive Edge
That Lasts a Lifetime.

A selective executive perk for the people you most want to keep: 1-to-1 live Mandarin immersion for the children of your highest performers, taught to the YCT standard.

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70
Live 1-on-1
sessions
14
Week
programme
35h
Per child,
per level
K-12
Ages 5–16.
Any country.
The Opportunity

China is on course to be the
world's largest economy
by 2035.

China is the world's second-largest economy, and Goldman Sachs projects it could become the largest around 2035. The children of your team will work in that world. The companies investing in this benefit today are the ones whose people's children will be ready for it.

920M
Native Mandarin speakers, the largest of any language by native speakers.
2nd
World's second-largest economy. Goldman Sachs projects it could become the largest around 2035.
Ages 5–16
The critical period for language acquisition. Research shows native-like fluency is significantly harder to achieve after adolescence.

Sources: Native speakers, Ethnologue (2023). Economic projection, Goldman Sachs, "The Path to 2075" (2022). Critical period, Hartshorne, Tenenbaum & Pinker (2018), Cognition 177:263–277; Johnson & Newport (1989); Lenneberg (1967).

What We Build

Neural Capital.
The cognitive edge that grows with them.

Neural Capital is the lasting cognitive efficiency, executive function, working memory, and pattern recognition built through neuroscience-backed Mandarin immersion while the brain is still forming.

Mandarin is visually and tonally unlike any European language. Research shows that learning tonal, character-based languages activates both hemispheres of the brain simultaneously.

Grundy & Bhatt, 2023 · Developmental Review ↗
Both
Both brain hemispheres, activated simultaneously.

Left: language, logic and sequence.
Right: tone, pattern and visual memory.
Mandarin is one of very few languages that demands both simultaneously.
K-12
Cognitive gains from childhood language learning are well-documented. Neural Capital built early compounds with age.
(zì) means character. Chinese is logographic: each character is a visual unit carrying meaning, not a phonetic spelling. Learning them recruits visuospatial cortex in ways no alphabetic script reaches.
The Programme

The Lingoodle
Neuro-Sprint.

14 weeks. 70 sessions. 35 hours of 1-on-1 immersion per child. 30 minutes per day, 5 days per week. Taught live via Zoom by specialist Mandarin educators.

35h
1-on-1 instruction per child
€150
Equivalent market cost per hour of specialist 1-on-1
YCT
International Hanban standard. Globally recognised.
5–16
K-12. Any age. Any country.
Your company does
  • Purchase seats
  • Nominate team members
  • Receive cohort reporting
Lingoodle handles
  • All onboarding and scheduling
  • Tutor assignment and cover
  • Workbooks posted to every family
  • A progress report after each block's revision lessons
  • Neural Capital Impact Summary, updated after each block
The Method

8 Neuro-Protocols.
Every session.

Each 30-minute session runs all 8 protocols in sequence. Nothing is improvised. The structure is the product.

1
Active Recall
Production-first speaking from day one. No passive absorption.
Dunlosky et al., 2013 ↗
2
Spaced Repetition
Mathematically timed reviews for long-term retention.
Smith & Scarf, 2017 ↗
3
Total Physical Response
Movement anchors vocabulary. The body learns with the brain.
Asher, 1969 ↗
4
Dual Coding
Visual doodles paired with verbal input. Both pathways activated.
Sadoski & Paivio, 2013 ↗
5
Cognitive Load Management
Capped sessions prevent burnout. Quality over volume.
Sweller, 1988 ↗
6
Pomodoro Method
25-minute sprints exploit the primacy and recency effects.
Murdock, 1962 ↗
7
Social Scaffolding
Cultural context and stories drive engagement and retention.
Vygotsky, 1978 ↗
8
Micro-Immersion
Daily habits maximise the spacing effect. Consistency beats intensity.
Bahrick & Hall, 2005 ↗
Curriculum Architecture

6 Blocks. 14 weeks.
One complete foundation.

Every lesson runs as two parallel strands: a Language session (speaking, listening, vocabulary) and a Character session (reading and writing hanzi). The Character strand runs from week 1, alongside the Language strand. Each block ends with a language revision, a character revision, a progress report, and a cultural lesson (drawn from Chinese mythology at YCT 1; later levels explore other cultural themes). 11 lessons, 70 live sessions in total.

1–2Weeks
Block 1: First Words
Greetings, names, and first characters. Tone mastery and phonemic awareness. Cultural lesson: Mulan.
3–4Weeks
Block 2: People and Family
Family vocabulary and talking about people. Core phrases and classroom language. Cultural lesson: Pangu.
5–6Weeks
Block 3: Age and Descriptions
Numbers, age, and physical descriptions. Building longer sentence patterns. Cultural lesson: Nüwa.
7–8Weeks
Block 4: Places and Possessions
Possessives, places, and extended dialogue. Real-world scenarios. Cultural lesson: Houyi the Archer.
9–10Weeks
Block 5: Days and Time
Days of the week, telling the time, and conversational confidence. Cultural lesson: Chang'e.
11–14Weeks
Block 6: Food, Final Review and Showcase
Food and preferences, complete programme review, internal language assessment, Neural Capital Impact Summary, and Lingoodle Certificate of Completion.
Sample Deliverable

What you receive
at programme completion.

Your Neural Capital Impact Summary updates after each of the 6 curriculum blocks, tracking both the Language and Character strands. Learner data is aggregated and anonymised at company level. Individual learner reports go to the nominated parent contact only.

YCT Level 1 · Cohort Progress Report
Company: [Redacted]  ·  Autumn 2026  ·  6 Learners
SAMPLE
All 6 learners have completed the YCT Level 1 curriculum. Completion, vocabulary, and cultural milestones all met or exceeded target. This cohort is ready for the YCT Level 2 pathway.
Completion Rate
100%
70 of 70 sessions avg
YCT Level
Level 1
Assessed curriculum
Learners
6 / 6
Programme complete
5 of 6 learners attended every scheduled session with no gaps. One learner completed 2 make-up sessions to maintain full coverage
Overall Completion Rate 100%
✦ Outstanding cohort performance
Programme Timeline 6 blocks · 11 lessons
Language track Character track
Block 1 · Lessons 1–2 Wks 1–2
92%
88%
Block 2 · Lessons 3–4 Wks 3–4 +2 make-up
95%
92%
Block 3 · Lessons 5–6 Wks 5–6
96%
95%
Block 4 · Lessons 7–8 Wks 7–8
98%
97%
Block 5 · Lessons 9–10 Wks 9–10
100%
98%
Block 6 · Lesson 11 + Review Wks 11–14 Complete
100%
100%
↑ Both strands strengthened each block. 2 make-up sessions in Block 2 closed the gap. Full language and character coverage achieved across all 6 blocks.
Performance by Metric 4 metrics assessed
📅 Sessions Completed
100% 70 / 70
📚 Vocabulary Acquired
94% 98 / 104
Characters Mastered
84% 87 / 104
🏮 Cultural Lessons
100% 6 / 6
Every metric met or exceeded the YCT Level 1 target. Sessions and cultural lessons reached full completion; vocabulary and character recognition both finished comfortably above the pass threshold.
Session Performance Indicators (tutor-assessed)
Attention span Excellent
Vocabulary recall Strong
Character retention pace Above expected
On-task focus Excellent
🎓
Lingoodle Certificate of Completion
Issued to all 6 learners · YCT Level 1 Pathway
What happens now
Programme complete. Individual learner reports are being issued to parent contacts. Lingoodle Certificates of Completion will be sent within 5 working days. To continue your cohort on the YCT Level 2 pathway, speak to your account contact. The next cohort opens for enrolment in January 2027.
Trust and Compliance

Built on a foundation
of trust.

Children's data is handled to the highest standard, from enrolment through to programme completion.

🔒
GDPR and COPPA Compliant
Children's data handled to the highest standard. EU data residency. Sub-processors: Zoom and Stripe only.
🛡️
Designated Safeguarding Lead
A DSL holds responsibility for the safeguarding framework across the programme. Tutors are enhanced background-checked. No direct channel between tutor and child outside scheduled sessions.
🌍
Independent Irish Company
No affiliation to any Chinese government entity. YCT is used as a pedagogical standard only, the same way a maths publisher aligns to a national syllabus. Registered in Ireland.

Parents receive a progress report after each block's revision lessons (six in total). Companies receive a live, anonymised Neural Capital Impact Summary, updated after each block throughout the programme.

Pricing

No surprises.
No guesswork.

€5,000 per seat. Add any number of seats at checkout. No volume discounts. Every seat includes the full programme.

Start Here
The Minimum
The baseline to get a result. Everything included. Nothing withheld.
€5,000
1 seat · YCT 1 · One-off payment
  • 1 child enrolled
  • 70 sessions, 35 hours 1-on-1
  • Full 14-week Neuro-Sprint
  • Physical workbooks posted
  • GDPR compliant
Most Popular
The Standard
The ideal choice for leadership teams. Five children. Five legacies.
€25,000
5 seats · €5,000 per child · One-off payment
  • 5 children enrolled
  • 70 sessions, 35 hours each, 1-on-1
  • Full 14-week Neuro-Sprint per learner
  • Neural Capital report for your cohort
  • Dedicated enterprise support
  • GDPR and COPPA compliant
The Founder

Built by someone who knows what it means
to find your edge late.

LO
Lauralee O'Donovan
Founder · Lingoodle

Lauralee O'Donovan is dyslexic, and by her own account, no one's idea of a star pupil. Languages were the worst of it: Irish, French, German. She assumed none of them were for her. Then in her thirties she started learning Mandarin and found the characters came naturally, fast enough that her teachers were comparing notes. Chinese is visual and almost musical, and for a dyslexic mind that can be a doorway rather than a wall. She built Lingoodle for the children who haven't found their edge yet, especially the ones who don't think of themselves as clever.

Next Steps

A selective first cohort.
Autumn 2026.

Places in our first cohort are limited and selective. Your seats are confirmed on payment.

1
Reserve your seats. The first cohort is limited and selective. Up to 20 seats per company.
2
We send you an onboarding pack typically within 24 hours of reservation.
3
Parents receive their welcome pack: scheduling, workbooks, Zoom links. Lingoodle handles everything.
Autumn 2026 · YCT 1 · Selective first cohort · Payment confirms your place
Confidential · For intended recipient only