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World of Wordcraft: Foreign Language Grammar and Composition Taught as a Term-Long Role-Playing Game
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Direct linkGellar-Goad, T. H. M. – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2015
This article outlines an innovative approach to the instruction of foreign languages: a term-long role-playing game in the style of tabletop role-playing games such as "Dungeons & Dragons." Students adopt personas, avatars, or "player characters" and take them through adventures, exploration, puzzles, and fights with…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Role Playing, Educational Games, Undergraduate Study
Clotfelter, Charles T.; Ladd, Helen F.; Vigdor, Jacob L. – Child Development, 2012
Since 1990, Latin American immigrants to the United States have dispersed beyond traditional gateway regions to a number of "new destinations." Both theory and past empirical evidence provide mixed guidance as to whether the children of these immigrants are adversely affected by residing in a nontraditional destination. This study uses…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Dropouts, Evidence, Immigrants
