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Koula Charitonos

ImparApp: Pervasive Gaming for Language Learning Pervasive Ignite Talk at Disruptive Media Learning Lab (DMLL) Expo / Coventry University / 27 April 2016

Beyond the language classroom…
Koula Charitonos
koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk
@ch_koula

Lecturers
@Languages
Centre
Team
Tiziana Cervi-Wilson
Sen. Lecturer in Italian
Billy Brick
Languages Centre Manager
Students
@CovUni
Tyrone Bellamy-Wood
Games Technology BSc student
Gaetan van Leeuwen
Creative Writing BA Student
Researchers
@DMLL
Sylvester Arnab
Reader in Games Science
Research Assistants
Luca Morini Koula Charitonos

Source: Holy Trinity parish church (left) and the tower and spire of St Michael's Cathedral (right) in central Coventry, England by G-Man / CC BY 2.0
cities and built environment provide
opportunities for language learning

authentic experiences
conversations
observation skills
content
cultural encounters

location-based game app

Play-Test session

Participant Observation

Opportunities

“I haven’t seen something like this
before, usually is only dictionaries…
This is more interactive instead of sitting
on a desk with a book”
[3rd year engineering student]

“Interesting for beginners… an icebreaking
activity, especially in the beginning of the
academic year/studies when you know no
one and you don’t talk to anyone in the
class for the first 3-4 weeks”

“I didn’t know anything about the
[“Whitefriars Pub] and also the little
alley behind the cathedral”

Challenges

‘heads-down’ (Hsi, 2003)
Hsi, S. (2003) ‘A study of user experiences mediated by nomadic web content in a museum’, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 19, 3, 308–319

prior-experiences

assessment
“I wouldn’t feel comfortable to sit an Italian exam
just by doing the app”

e: koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk
@ch_koula
Tiziana Cervi-Wilson
Sen. Lecturer in Italian
Billy Brick
Languages Centre Manager
Tyrone Bellamy-Wood
Games Technology BSc student
Gaetan van Leeuwen
Creative Writing BA Student
Sylvester Arnab
Reader in Games Science
Research Assistants
Luca Morini Koula Charitonos
Get in touch with us…

#languagesmatter

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Beyond the language classroom...

1. Beyond the language classroom… Koula Charitonos koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk @ch_koula

2. Lecturers @Languages Centre Team Tiziana Cervi-Wilson Sen. Lecturer in Italian Billy Brick Languages Centre Manager Students @CovUni Tyrone Bellamy-Wood Games Technology BSc student Gaetan van Leeuwen Creative Writing BA Student Researchers @DMLL Sylvester Arnab Reader in Games Science Research Assistants Luca Morini Koula Charitonos

3.

4. Source: Holy Trinity parish church (left) and the tower and spire of St Michael's Cathedral (right) in central Coventry, England by G-Man / CC BY 2.0 cities and built environment provide opportunities for language learning

5. authentic experiences conversations observation skills content cultural encounters

6. location-based game app

7.

8. Play-Test session

9. Participant Observation

10. Opportunities

11. “I haven’t seen something like this before, usually is only dictionaries… This is more interactive instead of sitting on a desk with a book” [3rd year engineering student]

12. “Interesting for beginners… an icebreaking activity, especially in the beginning of the academic year/studies when you know no one and you don’t talk to anyone in the class for the first 3-4 weeks”

13. “I didn’t know anything about the [“Whitefriars Pub] and also the little alley behind the cathedral”

15. ‘heads-down’ (Hsi, 2003) Hsi, S. (2003) ‘A study of user experiences mediated by nomadic web content in a museum’, Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 19, 3, 308–319

16. prior-experiences

17. assessment “I wouldn’t feel comfortable to sit an Italian exam just by doing the app”

18.

19. e: koula.charitonos@coventry.ac.uk @ch_koula Tiziana Cervi-Wilson Sen. Lecturer in Italian Billy Brick Languages Centre Manager Tyrone Bellamy-Wood Games Technology BSc student Gaetan van Leeuwen Creative Writing BA Student Sylvester Arnab Reader in Games Science Research Assistants Luca Morini Koula Charitonos Get in touch with us…

20. #languagesmatter