NewbyChinese

Corporates

Strengthen your team for Business, Collaboration & Networking

Are your staff:

Representing your company in China?
Collaborating with Chinese team members?
Dealing with the world's second largest economy?

In China relationships come first, transactions second - so start on the right foot. Mandarin is a superpower for building those connections, but fluency isn't essential. We'll show your team how to make a little, go a long way.

We come to your office for a half-day workshop - described by some as more fun than adventure sports. Your gang use their devices to collaborate, compete, speak, read - absorbing more Chinese in a few hours than most do in months.

"I've learned more Chinese in a few hours, than French in three years"
- Helen, 2019 learner

"Never mind just Chinese, this is the best language-learning platform I've ever seen ...and I've seen a lot!"
- E. Bertozzi, 2018, Associate Prof Game Design & Development, Quinnipiac University USA

"This is like we're playing EA Sports, except we're learning Chinese"
- Adam, 2019 learner

TY Coordinators

Activity Days

Do whispers of Fortnite drift through your classrooms? Are you tired of bored, zombie-like teenagers?

Unleash your TY group's linguistic Superpower, curiosity for the world's most spoken language, and interest in one of its oldest cultures.

We come to your school for a day workshop - described by one TY group as more fun than adventure sports. Your gang use their devices to collaborate, compete, speak, and read - absorbing more Chinese in a few hours than most do in months.

Mandarin Chinese is now on the Leaving Cert - so why not check it out in TY?

Price: €750 for the day. Maximum class size 30.

We can also split the day, running two half-day sessions for 2 different groups.

"I was shocked at the students' response - that was the best thing we have done so far. They absolutely loved it and asked could they do it every week. I explained budget restrictions and they said they would pay for it themselves!"
- Emma D., TY coordinator, St. Mel's. College, Longford

"Our TY students have loved every minute of the Newby Chinese sessions. The graphics are incredible and the competitive games are so much fun, they quickly forget they are learning a new language in the process ... A year later my 5th years can still recall what they learned and said it was the best experience they had in TY."
- E. Nolan, TY coordinator, Coláiste Bhaile Chláir

"I've learned more Chinese in a few hours, than French in three years"
- Helen, 2019 TY Student, Dublin

"Voted favourite TY module of the year, even over skiing!"
- R. Conboy, TY coordinator, St. Joseph's college, Galway

"It's like we're playing EA Sports, except we're learning Chinese"
- Adam, 2019 TY student, Dublin

Language Teachers

Supercharge your Classroom

Whether you're dabbling in Mandarin, or at Native-level fluency, this is a tool for you. I bet you've never had students confuse the fun level of your class with downhill skiing.

However, we're not quite ready. We're busy tweaking your user Interface so it makes your life easier - and not more confusing! So, perhaps some Quid pro quo - you're very welcome to contact us for a free trial if you're up to providing us with feedback.

Either way, subscribe now and join our community to keep up to date on all our future developments.

"Awesome, one of the most enjoyable and engaging classroom tools you'll ever use. I can't believe the progress the students have made after just 6 hours"
- R. Conboy, Teacher St. Joseph's college, Galway

"Never mind just Chinese, this is the best language-learning platform I've ever seen ...and I've seen a lot!"
- E. Bertozzi, Associate Prof Game Design & Development, Quinnipiac University USA

"I've learned more Chinese in a few hours, than French in three years"
- Helen, 2019 TY Student, Dublin

"It's like we're playing EA Sports, except we're learning Chinese"
- Adam, 2019 TY student, Dublin

"Voted favourite TY module of the year, even over skiing!"
- R. Conboy, TY coordinator, St. Joseph's college, Galway

"NEWBY CHINESE will change the future of Mandarin Chinese, for Ireland and the world"
- Bernard Kirk, CEO and founder of the Camden Education Trust

Individuals

Learn Chinese online through play!

Whether you're a student getting ahead of the curve, an executive with corporate requirements, heading to China for tourism or simply up for a want to learn something fascinating, - Newby Chinese is for you.

But we're not quite ready yet. Good things take time, and are worth the wait. We're currently in design phase for the individual version, in which our battle-tested multiplayer games are being converted from a classroom model to an online multiplayer format. So - subscribe and join our community to stay in the loop - keep abreast of developments.

Demo

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Is Chinese really that difficult? Bu! Not it's not. This is the word 'Bu' and it means 'No' or 'Not'.

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Ren Ren Ren! Our story's hero is here, revving up his scooter.. 'Ren Ren!'. The word 'Ren' means person.

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In the Newby Chinese learning system, you will be brought on a memorable adventure across a magical land. Who are the naughty robots that stole the baby?

How it Works

We come to your classroom or office
Get your gang to log in using phones or tablets
We take it from there!

Multiplayer learning with competitive minigames is so much more effective than isolated learning.

"Never mind just Chinese, this is the best language-learning platform I've ever seen ...and I've seen a lot!"
Elena Bertozzi, Associate Professor of Game Design & Development, Quinnipiac University

"Awesome, one of the most enjoyable and engaging classroom tools you'll ever use. I can't believe the progress the students have made after just 12 sessions"
Ross Conboy, TY coordinator St Josephs College 'the Bish'

Our Team

Richard McCurry

Founder & CEO

Richard speaks multiple languages and has a background in gamification, innovation in education and animation. He loves speaking Chinese, but hated learning it. So he dreamed up a stunningly simple way to teach it.

Sam Redfern

Founder & CTO

Sam’s award-winning games have had more than 7 million downloads worldwide. He is a university lecturer with a PhD in Computer Science, directs an e-learning MSc, and has been innovating teaching with technology for over 20 years.

Maeve Clancy

Creative Lead

Together, we are building Newby Chinese.

News

Newby Chinese is on a roll.

March 31, 2022

Book Chapter Published

We published a chapter about Newby Chinese, its pedagogy and its various games, in a book about new research into eLearning and 'serious games'. The chapter can be downloaded here for personal use. The full physical book can be ordered here.
June 28, 2019

Newby Chinese awarded 'Best Presentation Overall' at iGBL

We presented a paper on and demonstrated Newby Chinese at the Irish Game Based Learning Conference, and were awarded a prize for Best Presentation Overall.
December 20, 2018

One Semester Done!

Today Newby Chinese celebrated completing one full semester of teaching with its first client, St. Joseph's College ('The Bish') in Galway.
August 20, 2018

Newby Chinese presents at international academic conference

Richard McCurry and Sam Redfern published an academic paper and demonstrated the Newby Chinese system at the international IEEE conference on Games, Entertainment & Media, as part of the Learning with Games panel. You can read our paper here.
April 10, 2017

Newby Chinese wins 'KPMG Best Emerging Business'

Newby Chinese picked up the top prize from Enterprise Ireland's New Frontiers Business Accelerator program, becoming the 'KPMG Best Emerging Business 2017' along with a prize of €10,000 from the sponsor.
December 11, 2016

Newby Chinese CEO Richard Mc Curry nets 'Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur' prize

Richard Mc Curry, CEO of Newby Chinese came second in the regional final of Ireland's Best Young Entrepreneur, bringing to two the amount of investors supporting this venture in Chinese Language Learning.
November 25, 2016

Newby Chinese lands investment of €50,000 from Enterprise Ireland

In recognition of its high potential startup value, Enterprise Ireland has bought a stake in Newby Chinese Ltd. to the amount of €50,000 giving the startup company enough funding to begin with its first hire.
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