It’s also possible to invite players from around the world to your village. How about another popular video games, Animal Crossing? These games provide lots of dialogue for players as they interact with villagers in their town. The Sims could also help language learning because the games are centred around everyday language.
Just speaking gibberish can help EAL learners to practise English intonation and is a great starter activity for Drama, as students learn to express emotions through their intonation rather than the words themselves they are using. We have more Drama activities to practise intonation here.
No, we’re not talking about learning Simlish! Although, this is a language which is inspired by Ukrainian, French, Latin, Finnish, Fijian, English and Tagalog and practising Simlish may help learners with pronunciation in other languages. Then, we look at the science behind learning languages through video games. When learning a second language, playing video games sounds like a dream way to learn. Certainly, more interesting that memorising grammar! In this article, we look at how two of the largest video games, The Sims and Animal Crossing, might help you learn a second language.
