Hi everybody--
So I started playing WoW without the benefit of Jon's intro in class (missed you guys, but I was feeling super sick!) and while I got my first quest, I failed complete it! I was supposed to talk with the owner of an inn...and I found both the inn & owner but nothing I said to him could make him give me my small pumpkin or fresh water reward :( I am a WoW failure! (jk)
Joking aside, I can see why so many people like this game & totally enjoy how real it feels. Though there's an initial learning curve and though some of the vocab they would learn might be...um...specialized...I bet tons of people would like this better than sitting in a CLT classroom talking about their weekend.
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12 years ago
haha, Katie, you should have played it with a team! When I first played with Jon and Mig and Tanya, I felt Jon, the only experienced player among us, gave me a lot of help in finishing the quest. But later when everybody left and I was playing alone, I had difficulty finding the person I need to find.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that this kind of game is much more fun than talking about weekend. The point is the nature of the task. Great games have good backstories. So if we could make up good stories, even classroom activities could be a lot of fun!
I think the potential of games like this isn't necessarily the vocabulary built into the game (though it is to an extent), but possibilities for shared meaningful activity. In other words, you and I use the language of study to do something we both want to do, and that's how we learn the language.
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