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Transcript of Dorks and dragons and language acquisition
Christopher Yap
Internet Engineering Laboratory
October 10th, 2013
*Dorks & Dragons& the true meaning of Roleplay 1
What’s on the Agenda?D&D: What is it?
Roleplay
Activity3
*D&D: What is it?
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D&D: What is it?
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D&D: What is it?
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D&D: What is it?
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D&D: What is it?
Video Games Go home,
You’re Insane
Probability
Imagination
Roleplay
D&D
Childhood Play 8
D&D: ImaginationThe game is limited by two factors:
Game Rules
Player Imagination
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D&D: Probability (1)Outcomes within the game are determined through numerical statistics and dice rolls
“d20”The most
often used die in D&D
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D&D: Probability (2)
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-57547697-1/ancient-d20-die-emerges-from-the-ashes-of-time/
304~30 BC!
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D&D: Probability (3)
Difficulty
Check
FAIL!
VRESULT
Difficulty
Check
Success!V
RESULT
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Let’s give it a try…“The treasure chest appears to be
locked tightly. You don’t have the key to open the lock, but you think you
may be able to break the lock open.
Maybe…”
Would anyone like to attempt to break the chest
open?13
References/文献Yap, C. “On the Nature and Causes of the Loneliness of Nerds”. 455th Annual Conference on Stochatic Dorkocracies, Proceedings. 1998.
Schrute, D. K. et al. “Why don’t I have a girlfriend?”. Dunder-Mifflin Publishing. London. 4th ed. 2009.
Miyamoto, M. “The Book of the Five Rings”. (translation from Japanese by Victor
Harris), London: Allison and Busby, 1974.
Ackbar, A. “It’s a Trap!” Bull’s Hit Bros. New York. 1988.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYO1j2Vhztc
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*ROLEPLAY
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Real Life
D&D Worl
d
Real Life
Roleplay (1)ROLEPLAY IS A VERY POWERFUL AGENT!
Roleplay is the heart of D&D 16
Roleplay (2)-Roleplay is pretending to be someone else-
RP
Drama
Voice Acting
Gestures
Facial Expressions
Dialect
Creativity
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Roleplay (3)• Roleplay is an essential
element for D&D
• But more importantly,
• Roleplay is an EXTREMELY HELPFUL tool for LANGUAGE ACQUISITION!
Question: How many people in here are trying to get
better at a language?18
RP
Drama
Voice Acting
Gestures
Facial Expressions
Dialect
Creativity
Roleplay (4)-Roleplay is pretending to be someone else-
• Learning a foreign language is like becoming another person
• Assuming a different point of view also helps with expressing yourself in your own language
• CONTEXT IS KEY!19
Let’s give it a try… (Part 1)
“You know the rules, Mr. Potter. No students are
allowed through this door on Sundays. Unless you feel you have legitimate business in the 食堂 , I strongly suggest you
move along…”
ATTEMPT TO GET PAST SNAPE!
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Let’s give it a try… (Part 2)
In Groups: ATTEMPT TO GET A DEADLINE EXTENSION FROM YOUR PROFESSOR!
You’ve got 5 minutes to discuss the
best excuse.
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*Now that you have the power…
Let’s play a game
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“Communication Breakdown”Animal
Cute
Mid-sized
Black and
White
Chinese
Eats Bambo
o
Popular
Kung Fu
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“Communication Breakdown”Person
NAIST
Biology Kyoto
Nobel
Cute
JapanKung
Fu
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“Communication Breakdown”Food
Popular
Tasty Not Tasty
Stinky
Beans
JapanHealth
y
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“Communication Breakdown”YOU NEED:• Roleplaying Skills
We’ll give you:• One Mystery Envelope per group (DO NOT OPEN
YET)
Here’s what’s happening:1.As much as possible, get in a circle.2.Decide the first person (whose birthday is
coming up next); from there go in clockwise order
3.Person picks a SECRET WORD from the envelope. That will be the word you must explain in context
4.Once other group members correctly guess the word, move on to the next player
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“Communication Breakdown” Pt 2YOU NEED:• Roleplaying Skills• Pen and Pencil
We’ll give you:• One deck of cards (please shuffle thoroughly)• Some note paper
Here’s what’s happening:1.Same procedure as before, BUT this time pick a
secret word AND a card from the top of the deck
2.Depending on the CARD SUIT (Hearts, Spades, Diamonds, or Clubs) you will have to adhere to some restriction… 27
“Communication Breakdown” Pt 2Must
Explain with
words; NO GESTURES
Must Draw a Picture;
NO WORDS
Gestures only; NO WORDS
Draw again -OR-
Explain in voice of Opposite Gender
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In Summary…Today we learned about:
• Dungeons & Dragons
• Roleplay (in terms of D&D and Language Acquisition)
• Context
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