ELTWeekly Vol. 5 Issue#23 | July 1, 2013 | ISSN 0975-3036
Karenne Sylvester has posted an article titled “The Fun in GLEE – Gamified Language Educational E-tivities” on the OUP ELT Blog.
Karenne says, “Gamified language educational e-tivites (GLEEs) refer to modified language activities that appear to learners as if they are digital “games”. This includes e-tivities like Stress Monsterswhere learners shoot at parts of a word to indicate where the stress in that particular word lies. GLEEs do not, however, refer to the practice of playing non-educational digital games in educational settings. Although these are perfectly valid experiences, due to the incidental learning opportunities which may arise during game-play, this blog post focuses specifically on the educational benefits of using gamified e-tivities with language learners (rather than discussing general video games)”.