Structured language practice that produces fluency.

Shima is an adaptive language learning platform for individuals and institutions. Real sentences. Structured repetition. Measurable outcomes.

Methodology

Islands of fluency

Thematic sentence clusters practised to automaticity. Not grammar-first, not vocabulary lists—structured oral production that mirrors how fluency actually develops.

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Product

Adaptive practice engine

Listen, shadow, produce. The engine tracks what you find hard and revisits it. Offline support, walk mode, and high-quality on-device audio.

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Institutions

Deployable at scale

Structured practice content with per-learner progress data. Configurable for any target language, any cohort size, any curriculum. Built for programs that need measurable outcomes.

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Why Shima

Language programs fail at the production gap.

Learners understand more than they can produce. Traditional methods focus on comprehension and grammar. Shima focuses on oral production—practising real sentences until they become automatic.

Approach

Sentence-level practice with spaced repetition and adaptive difficulty

Languages

French, English, Japanese, Korean, German, Spanish, Polish, and more—L1 and L2 configurable per program

Deployment

iOS app with offline support. Per-learner analytics. Cohort management.