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Designing language learning games: How I learned to stop worrying and love the quiz

Where are the language-learning games?

Low-hanging Fruit

Robust Market

• Low exposition

Suitability

• Low exposition• Automaticity-focused

Suitability

• Low exposition• Automaticity-focused• Fail safe

Suitability

Challenges

Obstacles

and

Challenges

1. Immature industry

Challenges

1. Immature industry2. Market / platform ambiguity

Challenges

1. Immature industry2. Market / platform ambiguity3. Long-term commitments

Challenges

1. Immature industry2. Market / platform ambiguity3. Long-term commitments4. Unproven ROI

Challenges

1. Immature industry2. Market / platform ambiguity3. Long-term commitments4. Unproven ROI5. Misunderstanding of LL pedagogy

Challenges

Zero

Hero

1. Immature industry2. Technology ambiguity3. Long-term commitments4. Unproven ROI5. Misunderstanding of LL pedagogy

Challenges

Square Pegs

Obstacles

Obstacles

Takeuchi, L. M., & Vaala, S. (2014). Level up learning: A national survey on teaching with digital games. New York: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. [Integration of games in K-8]

Obstacles

Takeuchi, L. M., & Vaala, S. (2014). Level up learning: A national survey on teaching with digital games. New York: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. [Integration of games in K-8]

(outreach)

Obstacles

Takeuchi, L. M., & Vaala, S. (2014). Level up learning: A national survey on teaching with digital games. New York: The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Workshop. [Integration of games in K-8]

(curriculum)

Square Pegs

games

curriculum

1. “I play for maybe two hours… It was very

fun.”

3. “It’s just game, so I didn’t learn

anything.”

Smell Test

2. “I was challenged to use my brain.”

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e co-op games

Secret Agent: READING FLUENCY

games

curriculum

Square Pegs

COCORO: Social Quiz

Josh WilsonLinguamation Studio

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