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Initially we looked at making it multiplayer, however we decided against it. Budget is one imprtant consideration, the other was a gameplay question of how to manage quests in a multiplayer environment.

The software will communicate with a server and analyse player progress.

We have been pursuing this. Here are some of the pedagogical aspects pf the project. I hope some of the teachers here might comment. The purpose of this software is as an educational tool made enjoyable and motivating by basing it within the semiotic domain of a contemporary computer role playing ga...

Further to my last post. The Magic Book Demo requires that your PC is speech enabled. This isn't hard to do. Take a look at the instructions on my site: http://www.my-virtual-classroom.com Edit: The latest upload has a multi-lingual installation, and it also checks your system for everything that is...

http://www.my-virtual-classroom.com/myImages/MB_Image.jpg We have just released a small application for testing the feasibility and possibilities of using speech recognition in gmae-based learning. Please download it and have a go. This is a very simple game using automatic speech recognition. Try ...

Talking about current events from a newspaper is good. For text books I use Oxford Business Venture mostly, unless they are very low level. Topic based textbooks are also good. I am a bit like the Japanese businessmen I teach. I also like pachinko, snack bars, clubs where girls take their clothes of...

I haven't been back here for quite a while, and I was surprised at the number and quality of your replies! I take it that all of you are English teachers, and your opinion is highly appreciated. Almost all foreign language programs are based on learning the "rules" of a language. Research repeatedly...

Sorry for posting about this here as well, but I thought this might be of particular interest to users in this forum.

Please take a look at my educational video game proposal in Announcements and leave some feedback. Here ->http://www.eslcafe.com/forums/teacher/v ... php?t=3131

Thanks.

My associates and I are interested in creating a video game for English language learning. I am looking for feedback from teachers to determine whether the project is worthwhile, and also get ideas that we could incorporate in this application. Until educational games haven't been very successful. T...

You can't get a virus from downloading data, like in a music file. However, if this is P2P you are talking about, downloading most of the files is illegal. Set a good example and buy the CD. Also, you are likely to pick up some trojans while using p2p (or they come with the p2p software). Clean up y...