April 25, 2007 at 7:47 am
· Filed under How to learn a language, Technology and language learning
Games help you ‘learn and play’ from the BBC - A Sim could help you dip a toe in a foreign tongue ‘God games’ in which players must control virtual people and societies could be educational, says research. A US researcher has suggested that games such as The Sims could be a good way to teach languages. Ravi Purushotma believes that the world of The Sims can do a better job of teaching vocabulary and grammar than traditional methods. The inherent fun of game playing could help to make learning languages much less of a chore, said Mr Purushotma.
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There must be few parents or teachers that do not worry that the lure of a video game on a computer or console is hard to resist by children that really should be doing their homework.
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If you can make learning a language a game or a passion, you will learn the language.
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