Tag: mattering
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What really matters for games and play in language teaching and research? (2/3)
The second part of three posts based on my JALTCALL 2022 keynote. Keywords 2. “Mattering” This is about what matters in games and in ludic language pedagogy. What does “matter” mean? A dictionary definition: “To be important or significant” Ok, that’s simple enough. So, what’s important? What’s significant? So, what matters? I’m all over the…
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What really matters for games and play in language teaching and research? (1/3)
This is the first part of three posts based on my JALTCALL 2022 keynote. Keywords 1. Introduction: “Potential → Practice” I think “I did X” Is a lot better than “X can be done” and, spoiler, that’s the persistent refrain of digital game-based language learning — potential. I would like to counter that a bit. I’m…