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Elements of a Chinese Language Game


A. Eliëns
Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Abstract

There are a number of online resources, including games, for learning the chinese language, or chinese characters which are also used in japanese. In the presentation, we will give a brief overview of existing chinese and japanese language games, and introduce an architecture, based on the open source flex 2 SDK, for an extensible language game, allowing user-contributed content and learning practice, supported by interactive video.
Keywords and phrases:chinese language, serious games

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Introduction

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What is in a Chinese Character?

genealogical chart(s)

  1. pictograph(s) -- e.g. tree
  2. ideograph(s) -- abstractions, e.g. one
  3. logical aggregate(s) -- e.g. rest (person, tree)
  4. phonetic complex(es) -- e.g. loyal (center, m: heart)
  5. associative transformation(s) -- extension to related concept
  6. borrowing(s) -- unrelated meaning, similar pronunciation

Chinese Language Resources

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Online Language Games

flash card, pocket, spell-it, test (s)

Game Elements -- Play, Learn, Explore

game(s)

A Platform for Serious Games

online(s)

Conclusions

conclusion(s)

References

[VULife] Eliens A. and S.V. Bhikharie (2006),
Game @ VU -- developing a masterclass for high-school students using the Half-life 2 SDK, In: Proc. GAME'ON-NA'2006, Sept. 19-21, 2006 - Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, USA
[Serious] Eliens A. and Chang T. (2007),
Let's be serious -- ICT is not a (simple) game, In: Prc. FUBUTEC 2007, April 2007, Delft
[VUSL] Eliens A. Feldberg F., Konijn E., Compter E. (2007) ,
VU @ Second Life -- creating a (virtual) community of learners, In Proc. EUROMEDIA 2007, Delft, Netherlands

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(C) A. Eliëns 21/5/2007

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