KOTO LINK
Japanese, all the way to the JLPT.
Japanese-language learning platform for French speakers, aligned with the JLPT certification. N5 to N1 level tracks, structured modules, revision quizzes, session calendar, experience-based progression and an administration portal.
- Reference
- LF-2026-04
- Sector
- Vocational training · International mobility
- Period
- 2026
- Technologies
- React · TypeScript · Tailwind CSS · Node.js · PostgreSQL
- enrolled learners
- 50enrolled learners
- published modules
- 22published modules
- JLPT levels
- N5–N1JLPT levels
- FCFA, full access
- 15 000FCFA, full access
Context
Mobility to Japan — study, internship, employment — runs through the JLPT. For a French-speaking West African learner, the difficulty is not only the language: it is the absence of a structured pathway, a sustained rhythm, and an administration able to follow a real cohort.
Challenge
An LMS that merely hosts videos is abandoned within three weeks. Engagement had to be sustained over time, while giving the teaching team a genuine control room: track profiles, publish modules, schedule sessions and measure quiz attempts.
Response
Progress is embodied in a level and experience-point system mapped onto the JLPT grid, from N5 to N1: the learner constantly sees what stands between them and the next tier. Content is organised into 22 published modules, complemented by revision quizzes and practice sessions. A calendar publishes classes, cultural activities and practice slots, filtered by level, with homework instructions attached to each session. On the administration side, a portal brings together the learner directory, the module manager, level and badge configuration, quiz supervision and login logs.
Capabilities
XP and level progression
Every activity credits experience. The current tier and the points remaining before the next are permanently displayed in the interface.
22 structured modules
Lessons are grouped into coherent modules forming teaching paths, administrable from the portal with no technical intervention.
Level-filtered calendar
Classes, cultural activities and practice slots. Learners see only the events for their level, with attached homework instructions.
Quizzes and practice sessions
Daily revision quizzes, vocabulary practice and attempt analytics, supervised from the administration portal.
Administration portal
Learner directory with enrolment status and activity logs, module management, JLPT tier and badge configuration, event management.
Single, legible price
15,000 FCFA for full access to the pathway. No hidden tiers, no currency conversion for the local learner.
In operation
Screenshots taken from the real application.
Outcomes
- 50 learners tracked individually, with activity logs.
- 22 modules published and administrable with no technical intervention.
- A legible N5-to-N1 pathway, mapped onto the official certification.
- A teaching team autonomous over its content and calendar.