中文游戏
EDUCATIONAL GAMES
for CHINESE
Hanning Chen | chen.730@osu.edu | accad.osu.edu/~hanchen
2014 OETC
EDUCATIONAL GAMES for CHINESE
中文
• Chinese – the new hot language
• Chinese – the difficult language
Time consumption for different languages
Difficulty Categories Duration of instruction
Languages
I
26 weeks
French, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish
II
34 weeks
German, Indonesian
III
48 weeks
Dari/Persian Farsi, Hebrew, Hindi,
Russian, Serbian/Croatian, Tagalog, Thai,
Turkish, Uzbek, Urdu
IV
64 weeks
Arabic (Levantine, Iraqi), Chinese,
Japanese, Korean, Pashto
Defense Language Institute Language Learning Difficulty Scale
Time consumption in proficiency levels
Superior
Language Proficiency Levels
1600+ hours
Advanced
800+ hours
Intermediate
400+ hours
Novice
100+ hrs
Testing Second Language Skills - By Dr. Ray Clifford, BYU
Language and Games are perfect for each other
Chinese is one of the most timeintensive and difficult languages to
learn.
Perfect for each other!
Game play is one of the most timeintensive and fun things to do.
My Chinese Learning Games
EDUCATIONAL GAMES for CHINESE
• Disciplined game learning
• Casual game learning
Game 1: Beauty in Memory
Game 1: Beauty in Memory
Game 1: Beauty in Memory
Game 2: Word Search
Game 2: Word Search
Game 2: Word Search
Game 2: Word Search
Game 3: Ear for Numbers
Game 3: Ear for Numbers
•
9 x 5 levels
•
20-50 audios/level
•
Wide range of users
•
Easily adaptable for
other languages
Game 3: Ear for Numbers
• Competitive Mode
• Practice Mode
Game 3: Ear for Numbers
Game 3: Ear for Numbers
6。
6.
小龙6岁了。
Xiao Long is 6 years old.
卢兰这6分都是得的非常快的。
Lu Lan got these 6 points very quickly.
16平。
16 all.
Game 3: Ear for Numbers
你的茄子两块五一斤，一共两斤一两，
怎么要收我六块两毛五呢？欺负我老太
太不会算账啊！
The eggplant is ¥2.5/Jin. It weights 2 Jin
and 1 Liang. How comes you charge me ¥
6.25? Do you think I’m old and cannot
get my math done properly?
四是四，十是十；
十四是十四，四十是四十。
谁要把十四说成“shi2shi4”，
就打谁十四；
谁要把四十说成“si4si2”，
就打谁四十。
4 is 4, 10 is 10; 14 is 14, 40 is 40.
Whoever says 14 as “shi2shi4”,
he will be spanked 14 times;
Whoever says 40 as “si4si2”,
he will be spanked 40 times.
“我跟人家说了啊，先交1400块钱定
金。”
“1400哪！你不是说很便宜吗？这还算
便宜啊?”
“I’ve told them, $1400 for the down
payment.”
“$1400? Didn’t you say it’s gonna be
cheap? How is this cheap?!”
Perspective