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In sims 2 everyday life, there are simllions of opportunities to find assignments for our students whether they like them or not! After all, we all are sims..Look below I can give you more examples of activities...You can also email me and share ideas at profcatel@yahoo.com.

PS: In any other regular class, the game sims 2 can be integrated and used as a complement but cannot be used as a main source of teaching/learning with or without the help or the professor.

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To introduce/review vocabulary

 

By themes-such as appearance, creating a character

By chapters/units-what is in my first unit?

1. By lists
2. By clusters

 

see: ED293116 - A Cluster Approach to Elementary Vocabulary Instruction.

 

In the game Sims 2, clusters are formed through people and objects

 

 Live demo also on game -play it!

 

 

By links/game associations

 

Students here play a vocabulary game in French 103 using cards (same principle)

 

speech

By recording their voices over the bubbles and speech balloons

 

By playing / acting out the

skits

scenes

scenarios

stages

making stages

building sim spaces in and outside the game

designing

propping

theatrical

creativity

role-playing

 

implies writing/reading/editing skills

 

working individually and as a group

 

finally stage production

 

or film making

 

or both.

 

 

Students learn By immersion/modding

 

Modding or creating custom-based content is definitely for more advanced students (in computer science for example) and professors. I am just getting started!!

Here I am trying out tubing options to speak about French tubage ;)

 

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Here is a student in French's French song project using the sims 2 and tubing.