New Colombo Plan scholars

Intensive Indo-Pacific languages, built around a departure date.

Lingo has taught languages in Singapore since 2004. For New Colombo Plan scholars we run intensive courses in Malay, Cantonese, Chinese, Tamil and English — with the cultural grounding the placement asks for.

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Why Lingo

Specialists in Indo-Pacific languages.

Two decades of teaching in Singapore, native-speaking teachers and a school built on small groups: that is the foundation a scholar course is built on. Lessons go beyond the textbook to the language as it is spoken where the placement will take you.

Cultural expertise, not just vocabulary

Courses build communicative skill in the target language alongside the cultural knowledge that makes it usable in the Indo-Pacific.

Customised to the scholar

Tell us your preferences — the language, your starting level, your departure date — and we adjust the programme around them.

Materials written for the purpose

Textbooks and exercises are designed for learning a language to live and work in the region, using our own proprietary materials.

NCP special language classes

Languages for your placement

Malay

Bahasa Melayu

Chinese

中文

Tamil

தமிழ்

Cantonese

廣東話

Indonesian

Bahasa Indonesia

Another language in the region? Ask us — the school teaches more than twenty.

Two ways to study

Group classes

A lower-intensity option at two to three sessions a week, arranged around the group. Subject to availability.

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Private classes

The high-intensity route most NCP scholars take: up to 25 hours a week, Monday to Friday, one-to-one with a native teacher.

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Start with a hello

Find your starting point.

Take a language placement assessment: we check your current level and recommend the programme and path that will move you fastest.

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