Learning and teaching Chinese through games
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My story
• Learning Chinese
• Teaching Chinese
• Hacking Chinese
• Uppsala University
• Playing games
• Presentation
• Workshop
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Why games?
• Playing, games and language
learning
• A serious way of learning while
having fun
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Advantages
• Motivation (it’s fun)
• Language as a tool
• Language for
communication
• Relaxing
• Cooperation
• Competition
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What are games anyway?
“Playing a game is the voluntary attempt to
overcome unnecessary obstacles.”
- Bernard Suits
The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia
Examples: 象棋, Monopoly (大富翁),
mountain climbing (sports), racing.
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Different kinds of games
• Simple and complex games
• Attitude rather than activity
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Games focusing on
language
• Alias
• Taboo
• Codenames
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Games focusing on
communication
• Mafia
• Are You a Werewolf?
• The Resistance
• Pandemic
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Games focusing on
story telling
• Once Upon a Time
• StoryCubes
• Role playing games
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Games that contain
Chinese language
• Computer games
• Board games and
card games in Chinese
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Adventure text games
for Chinese learners
• Interactive graded reader
• Pop-up dictionary
• Audio
• Active reading
• Replay value
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Games in general, even if
unrelated to Chinese
• Talking about games
• Explaining rules
• Playing games
• Reviews
• Discussion and strategy
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Games and culture