Sunday, April 10, 2011

Language Learning with New Media and Video Games

The 3 most important issues raised in the article are the value of subtitles as means to educating, the ability to use mod tools as a means to instruction, and authentic culture. 

The use of subtitles shows the value of simple things to aid learners.  This article presents the value of simply adding subtitles to a program allowed for an increase of learning and at a low cost. 
Mod tools allow for instructors to manipulate some of the most popular game titles out there to make them not only fun but very educational while at times at a low cost.  Another benefit to the mod tools is the ability to assign the students work that can be later used as part of future lessons on the game.  This also allows for the amount of work by the instructor decrease and the creativity of the student increases.
Authentic culture is a feature available to all instructors and is expanding as fast as the internet is.  The goal of any instructor is to present students with material that is relevant and authentic.  With the use of the internet instructors can gather material that is not only culturally correct but is also authentic to the modern culture.

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