Play games to grow up bilingual: The BlaSquare linguistic game

Play games to grow up bilingual: The BlaSquare linguistic game

A new kind of computer game is proposed, to support the linguistic development of primary school children, growing in multilingual environments: with it players will be able to simultaneously learn multiple languages. The novel idea is to treat words in different languages as physical items, that th...

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Main Authors: Andrea Valente, Emanuela Marchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics 2008-10-01
Series:Journal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics
Online Access:http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/I215YK.pdf
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spelling doaj-abb251bfda5b4619ab60eeaaa63721f92020-11-24T22:45:16ZengInternational Institute of Informatics and CyberneticsJournal of Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics1690-45242008-10-01655962Play games to grow up bilingual: The BlaSquare linguistic gameAndrea Valente0Emanuela Marchetti1 A new kind of computer game is proposed, to support the linguistic development of primary school children, growing in multilingual environments: with it players will be able to simultaneously learn multiple languages. The novel idea is to treat words in different languages as physical items, that the player can collect and exchange for other words or for concrete objects. A prototype is currently under development, and it will be tested in cooperation with local schools. By design this linguistic game will also be extensible, so parents and teachers can tailor it with respect to languages and learning contexts.http://www.iiisci.org/Journal/CV$/sci/pdfs/I215YK.pdf
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description A new kind of computer game is proposed, to support the linguistic development of primary school children, growing in multilingual environments: with it players will be able to simultaneously learn multiple languages. The novel idea is to treat words in different languages as physical items, that the player can collect and exchange for other words or for concrete objects. A prototype is currently under development, and it will be tested in cooperation with local schools. By design this linguistic game will also be extensible, so parents and teachers can tailor it with respect to languages and learning contexts.
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