Ni Hao Ma, Zon?
June 21st, 2008This seems like an interesting idea: use a game to teach languages and culture. I’m currently taking Chinese classes, and it would be nice to see an easier way to learn the language, which is quite difficult - in 9 months, I barely have the vocabulary required to ask for the time, directions, or to order food (comparatively, it’s taken me about 2 days to learn how to read Korean). And I’m one of the better students in the class.
More to the point, I’m amazed it’s taken this long to try something like this. An MMO is a social, interactive experience that can do a great job of mimicking real-life situations. I’ll report back once I’ve had the chance to try the game out.
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June 21st, 2008 at 5:14 pm
Shit, man, are you a senior executive or sumthin? You’re so lucky, travelling around like that
btw, how homogenous [i.e. blindly pro-Communist govt, anti-Tibet, nothing really happened in Tiananmen at 1989] of a mindset do the general Chinese populace hold? Please report back on your travels. You should really use this blog as more of a travel journal, not just boring games stuff