This Week's Project: Learning English with Video Games
Learning English with Video Games As June comes to a close - and a new year officially begins ( hello, hello, 1447! 🎉) - I've revived an old project that aims to teach English through video games. In the past few years, I've been putting together ideas for English learning programs and experiences that take advantage of the formats which are most attractive to young learners today. I've explored everything from social media to video games. Speaking of video games... Technically, I didn't complete a whole game in just a week. Oh, no - this is a much greater undertaking than can be completed in a week. There's art to be made, and interfaces to be designed, and code to be scripted, and narrative to be designed, and all that other fun stuff. However, I did manage to work on the design document. This is a huge step forward, because unlike other design documents for video games, this one includes an entire built-in curriculum, complimenting the gameplay and mechanics. T...