World of Warcraft and Language Learning – a blog post
Interesting post about MMORPGs and language learning. There is no doubt that the social atmosphere of such games as World of Warcraft (referred to in the post above) offer a great opportunity for interaction with people from all kinds of linguistic and cultural backgrounds in a meaningful way, collaborating around a common goal where language is learned informally and the actual gameplay takes the stage, taking the pressure away from the language barriers themselves…
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It’s really been great learning Spanish as I play. I recently began playing on a Latin American server and I have forced myself to speak Spanish. I’m so amazed what this game has done for me.