US: Digital Game-Based Learning and is helping foreign language students

[Francis Hult]

The Pendulum

 

Professors push foreign language to the next level

 

Imagine having the luxury of traveling to another country and experiencing the language and culture without the hassle of purchasing a plane ticket or checking luggage.

 

This ideal situation is now possible with Digital Game-Based Learning and is helping foreign language students at Elon University experience the countries of the languages they are studying without ever leaving their computer chairs.

 

According to David Neville, assistant professor of German and director of language learning technologies, Elon is the only university in the entire country that has begun to integrate DGBL into its foreign language curriculum. 

 

Full story:

http://www.elon.edu/pendulum/Story.aspx?id=3098

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