Video games for language teaching
Video Games
Video games is an electronic games using on user interface. For instruction you can use keyborad, mouse, joystick and for display you can use monitor, Tv set.
- pros of video games
- Video games can improve executive functioning.
- Video games can improve everyday skills.
- Video games may help ease concern and depression.
- Cons of video games
- Video games may decrease players ability to concentrate.
- Video games can become addictive.
- Video games may increase depression and anxiety.
* Arcade games:
- Arcade video games are what people are familiar with and include driving games, fighting games and are played for fun, competition, and high scores. These have typically been coin-operated but as technologies have changed most games are moving to card readers.
Video games types: Driving, Shooting, Environmental, Fighting, Pinball.
- By playing them you will eventually read or hear some words and phrases that will not make you expressive but help to get used to the language and also the right word to write it.
* The Sim
- This is a game that can help your everyday vocabularies such as household and family relationships, so if you want to take the first step this is a very fun way to do it.
*MMO(Massive Multiplayer Online)
- A massively multiplayer online game( MMOG, or more commonly, MMO) is an online game with large numbers of players, often hundreds or thousands, on the same server.
- You want ways to get some interaction with other people with English online games are an excellent choice, MMO (Massive Multiplayer Online) games encourage interaction between the players. Even if you don't feel confident to speak English some time you can either write or listen and reads others having the same conversation this is a great way to get used to different rise involve a lot of English.
*ELDER SCROLLS
- If you already have some english, you can try games from ELDER SCROLLS such as SKYRIM, OBLIVION and MRROWIND it is story based and beside the many dialogs and test the allow to take your time to understand each part. You can turn on the subtitle to help you in the beginning and it is very good if you making effort to understand each dialog this can help you to increase your vocabulary.
*TELLTALE GAMES
- Once you feel confident and you really want to test yourself you can go ahead and try TELL-TATE GAMES such as GAME OF THRONES and batman, tell-tate games produce a very historic focus game with a lot of dialog and decision making they are often highly engaging in the time pressure puts under to take decision will force you to see what happen when you make choice, this is perfect for improve your skills of fast reading including your understanding.
Primary Level
For learning English
Wordscapes
What your kids will learn: Vocabulary.
Kids who are fans of words with friends and scrabble (the app or the board game) may be drawn to wordscapes, which allows you to both improve your vocabulary and kill some time. You get unlimited tries to solve a crossword-style puzzle (with few free hints). The app challenges you on some levels by prohibiting three-letter words in a certain order. Sometimes guessing all the "easy" words is the hardest part. If you learn a new word, Wordscapes has a built-in dictionary, so you can add it to your vocabulary. You can play on Android, ios and PC.
For Learning Science
World Rescue
What your kids will learn: Geography, Conversation and Sustainability, Global problems, healthy living and activism.
World rescue was developed by ZU Digital with the help of the United nations educational, scientific and cultural organization. Think of it as a 21st century captain planet, minus the superpowers. The game's levels are set in Kenya, Norway, Brazil, India and China.There, you'll help five heroes solve problems like displacement, disease, deforestation, drought and pollution, giving kids lessons on real-world issues. You can play World Rescue on Android or iOS.
For learning maths
Math land
Nothing goes together better than mathematics and pirates. That's why math land might just be the perfect math-based game for kids of all ages.
The games is designed to be a fun way to develop and reinforce basic numerical skills like sums, subtraction, multiplication, sorting from higher to lower , division, and negative numbers.
Within the game, an evil pirate called Max has stolen a bunch of scared gems and laid a load of traps and obstacles for any want-to-be rescuers. The player takes o the role of another pirate, Ray, to help find and reclaim the gems to restore balance to the world.
Game progress is made by sloving mathematicak problems and equations. The game includes 25 levels in total and is aimed at children between the ages of 6 and 12.
Secondary Level
For learning English
Stop Disasters
The United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction designed the virtual simulation game stop disasters to create awareness around natural disaster. The game invites players to strategically reduce the impact of these events. Players must carefully manage resources, plan cities, and build defences to protect their population. Student facts sheets, Recommended grades: 6-10
For learning science
Tyto online
For learnig Maths
Prodigy
you can also watch these
video from link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LQC_ZrBeqA
Reference link:
https://online.concordia.edu/computer-science/pros-and-cons-of-video-gaming/
I got some idea and try to implement some of these game apps for learning purposes.
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ReplyDeleteI fit my students in this type of learning mode.
ReplyDeleteI think CDC must focus on developing curriculum friendly games.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree on this sir, and while developing curriculum friendly games the games must meet the entertainment level of some popular arcade games. Otherwise we won't be able to hold on students' interest on playing curriculum games.
DeleteYou wrote good but somehow it can be harmful to the children in case of eyesight.
ReplyDeleteGames on digital devices are being considered as digital drugs. What is your opinion about it?
ReplyDeleteIn this situation, i think most of the children or young people are engaged on games. Atleat you can motivate to focus
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Educational games played using the Internet, computer or television can help children learn about spelling, math, reading and other subjects. They may also increase students interest in school. But It can affect the students physically and mentally .
ReplyDeleteEducational games are becoming popular because many students are interested to play in it.It helps make them creative but it hampers them mentally, physically and they don't do more communication.
ReplyDeletePros and cons are interrelated so how to use effectively by student if you can good guidance to your students.
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ReplyDeleteNowdays, most of the parents cannot control own children when they are using mobile phone (Game, tiktok). Atleast we can motivate to use learning games or like other related on education.
DeleteChildren and even grown ups today are addicted to online, video and different types of games. It can be a good educational tool for learning. However, it will be a challenge if they are addicted to it.
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