Imagine your child skipping basketball… just to build sentences. That’s the power of Zing! Malaysia’s homegrown English card game that’s flipping boring grammar drills into a fast-paced, addictive adventure kids actually want to play.
And if there’s one thing Gen Z and Alpha kids have taught us, it’s this: If it’s not fun, it won’t stick.
🌟 Malaysia’s English Challenge and the Game-Changing Solution
Here’s the reality: Mastering English in Malaysia remains a significant hurdle for many students. In multilingual classrooms, exam-heavy lessons, and environments with limited everyday exposure, building confidence in the language can feel like climbing Gunung Ledang without a map.
Enter EduLab, a young, bold Malaysian social enterprise rewriting the rules of English learning with one mission: Turn grammar from a headache into a high-score moment.
Their secret weapon? Zing! a UNO-inspired card game crafted for kids aged 7–14, designed to boost sentence-building like never before. Zing! isn’t a workbook or an exercise; it’s a fast and witty card game that teaches you to build grammatically correct sentences through play.
🔥 Born in University Classrooms, Built for Malaysian Kids
EduLab wasn’t born in a fancy office. It sparked in university hallways, volunteer programs, and late-night tutoring sessions.
Meet the founders:
- Syaarveeni — the visionary medical student with a teacher’s heart.
- Mei Yan — the accounting strategist who turned passion into a business engine.
Together, they saw what many ignored: Kids across government, Chinese, and Tamil schools weren’t struggling because they weren’t smart they were bored. Kids growing up with their mother tongue often found it difficult to translate their thoughts and ideas into English sentences. Grammar was a huge issue for them.
Additionally, the top three problems classrooms are facing are huge class sizes, lower teacher-to-student ratios, and outdated teaching methods, which cause ineffective lessons.
So, they built something better.
With zero corporate funding but 100% passion, their idea won Champion at the Youth Leadership Academy (YLA) 2022, backed by McKinsey KL. Their team grew from 5 university students to 20 volunteers and part-timers, united by one belief: “Vision first, product second.”
This isn’t just a card game. It’s a movement.
🎮 Zing! Where English Turns into a Battle of Wits
Imagine colorful cards representing nouns, verbs, adjectives, and prepositions. Now imagine your child racing to build a grammatically correct sentence before their classmates do and “zinging” them like a pro.
That’s Zing! Fast. Fun. Competitive. And most importantly effective.
🔍 Why Kids Love It · No screens. No stress. · Just pure gameplay that feels like UNO… but with real learning outcomes. · Works in all school settings from KL to rural Sabah.
📈 Real Results
Pilot tests showed: · 70% improvement in sentence construction · Kids willingly giving up recess to play · Teachers calling it “pure magic”
One Perak teacher said it best: “Zing! is refreshing, colorful, and the kids absolutely love it.”
🚀 Beyond Cards: EduLab’s Bigger Mission
While the world rushes into apps and AI, EduLab understands something crucial: Not every child learns best through a screen. Some learn through touch. Through laughter. Through play.
But yes, they’re building digital too. Carefully. Intentionally. Because a great EdTech platform isn’t about fancy UI. It’s about turning “I have homework” into “I want to play again.”
Their dream over the next 3–5 years: · Bring Zing! workshops to every Malaysian state · Prioritize underfunded government schools · Build digital hybrids to support hybrid learning · Make English learning fun, fair, and accessible for all
EduLab isn’t just scaling. They’re shaping Malaysia’s next generation of confident English speakers.
💡 Advice from the Founders: Stay in the Game
To every young educator, student-preneur, or dreamer: “Never give up. The harshest ‘no’ builds your armor.”
EduLab faced rejections. They pushed through. Today, they’re lighting up classrooms nationwide.
✨ Join the Zing! Revolution
Want to bring this game-changing tool to your home or school? 📲 Find them on Instagram & Facebook: @TheEduLab 🌐 Website: the-edulab.com (or theedulab.co) 📦 Workshops, orders & collabs? Just DM.
Grammar isn’t grammar anymore. It’s a gateway to confidence. To creativity. To dreams.
So here’s the big question: What will your child’s next sentence be?
Let’s build it one Zing! at a time.
