The DS Puts Its Spell On Japanese Schools
By seaempty. Saturday, 28. June 2008, 08:26:31
Spook81 came accross the following article in Mexican Newspaper, EL Norte. It's an interesting read, and he's translated it for us. Is the DS the new Speak & Spell?
Tokio, Japan (26/6/2008).- The portable videogame console, Nintendo DS, will no longer be just fun and games for Japanese girls studying English at Tokio’s Joshi Gakuen school for girls. The console is used there as an important tool for education, breaking with the standard academic methods for teaching.
During a seventh-year class with 32 students, the girls used their stylus pens to spell words such as “hamburger” and “cola” on the device’s touch-sensitive screen -a main feature of the Nintendo DS- after listening to the console’s electronic voice.
It is a high-tech Spelling class. When the students write each word with correct spelling, the word “good” is displayed on screen and the student can move on to another exercise. The first five students to complete the tests receive vivid-colored stickers.
"It’s fun!", claims 12-year-old Chigusa Matsumoto, who solved the test in time and won herself a sticker. “You can study while you have fun”.
This English teaching program for the Nintendo DS console was developed by Paon Corp.
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By The Last Sheikah, # 28. June 2008, 11:08:42
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By adrian p, # 28. June 2008, 13:04:01
BTW: Adrian, the video IS quite funny... I owned one of those when I was a kid, and my little brother always ran out of the room whenever I used it because he was sooo afraid of the thing... hehehehehe
By Spook81, # 28. June 2008, 14:23:46
By Big Dawg, # 28. June 2008, 14:37:05
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