Games and Language learning

World of Warcraft and language learning
Games like Everquest (never rest) and Wow or World of Warcraft are actually not bad modes for learning a language. In these RPG games,� you are sucked into countless hours of vivid imaginary role playing. In World of Warcraft you can join bilingual guilds and play on international severs. In [...]

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My brain lesion
I had a brain lesion about 16 years ago.  The word lesion is really a general medical jargon word.  What I had was basically bleeding in the brain from capillary telangiectasia or a cavernous malformation. The result was I had memory and brain processing problems. I still functioned at a rather high cognitive level, [...]

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Playing with blocks helps children build language abilities
If you liked playing with blocks when you were a child, you are in luck, chances are your linguistic ability was improved.
A University of Washington, Seattle study has shown that language skill in children who played with blocks, were 15% higher than those who did not. This is actually [...]

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Play to learn
Electronic Arts has announced that its casual game portal subsidiary Pogo is moving rapidly to expand across Europe, with a new German language service, new reward services for UK users, and a French language version expected in the coming months.
As of today, European casual gamers can log on to Pogo to play the [...]

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