Linguaphone Signs Up Pingu Master Licensees

Language training group Linguaphone has signed up its first master licensees for Pingu’s English branded preschool English language courses.

babyArt, a specialist in developing young children’s creativity through art, will open the first Pingu’s English School in Shanghai in May. Launched in 2005, babyArt has 35 franchises across China.

Rutledge Joblink, an international recruitment and training provider, has secured the rights to Pingu’s English in Bangladesh, Philippines, and Poland and in June will launch the first Pingu’s English School in Manila. In Portugal, American Station will roll out Pingu’s English to a network of kindergartens leaders this year.

Pingu’s English is a three-level course and teaches English to young children of 3 to 7-plus years. It is based on the HIT Entertainment children’s property, Pingu.