James York

👋 Hello!

I’m James York.

My hashtags: #games #pedagogy #taiko #petscii #techno

I conduct research on the application of games and play in education, particularly literacy teaching contexts.

I also edit Ludic Language Pedagogy, an open-access journal which publishes research on the integration of games and play into language teaching practices.

This is my CV.
This is my Google Scholar profile.

Learn about my TBLT gaming teaching method

For nearly a decade I have been teaching English communication skills with a rigorous TBLT-inspired curriculum around gameplay. I’m happy to share my methods, and would love to hear from people using it in their contexts.

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Interests

The intersection of games and education
Ludic language pedagogy
Task-based language teaching
Game literacy and game design

Education

PhD in Education, 2019. University of Leicester

Favorite games

Binding of Isaac
Resistance Avalon
Diplomacy

Smash Bros.
Marvel Snap
Final Fantasy VI & VII

💊 “Take a pedagogy red pill.
If games are to be used at all, it should be as a transformative act, not to fill students’ minds with empty facts and figures for tests”

– From York et al, (2022)