I think gamification in education could be very useful in language revitalization, but in moderation. While I think using technology is a great way to peak children’s interest in school, a con of it, would be more added screen time when physical movement in language revitalization like PE is a lot more successful. Language revitalization goes hand in hand with land based learning, where devices are put away out of respect for the language mentor/knowledge holder. Through the pandemic we were not able to gather together and I found it extremely difficult to learn/retain language through zoom/pre-recorded audio of the language. I do see how fun it can be for children to play language based games. During my practicum when a student finished their written work, they were able to go to play until we moved on to another subject. I would be very interested in creating a lekwungen language game to add to the classroom/schools iPad devices.
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