My first post. My name is Alan and I want to tell you, dear readers and listeners, what we are doing in the EnglishDreamTeam educational project. The project aims to help people learn languages ​​intuitively and easily. I would be glad if you listen to my thoughts, and also gladly listen to yours and answer them.
Many people mistakenly believe that video games are pure evil, which only does what makes young and immature minds spend their last money on premium accounts or buying cosmetic priblud for weapons. I dare to assure, my dears, that this is not true. In fact, there are many examples when video games helped people "fit" into society, find loyal friends, develop memory, and what is even more remarkable - taught us to understand foreign languages.
My inner "nerd" ( nerd is a nerd , a person interested in mental activity ) and "geek" (a geek * - a person who is humiliated at school, and then you get a job with him ) rejoice, because I will tell you about my personal experience of using video games as a tool for learning English and French (I keep kidding myself).
* Borrowed from Urban Dictionary . Check that website to find more cool slang phrases.
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Source: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Bully
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Steven Pinker «The Language Instinct», p.13-14
Death Stranding
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Special thanks to Anastasia Fedchenko for inspiration and support, Svetlana Kulagina for a significant contribution to the formation of final thoughts about Death Stranding, Alan Alden spoke about TotalBuscuit and its history, emphasized why voice acting in games is important and how it affects the formation of the accent of the player, my dear colleague Masha Zotkina for editing and final edits.
I would be glad to hear about your experience of interacting with video games in the comments. Let us stay connected.
DreamTeam always welcomes everyone who wants to stay connected. Stay safe and learn playing.
Always yours,
DreamTeam
Created by Alan Yagodin