{"id":5099,"date":"2021-02-20T02:14:25","date_gmt":"2021-02-20T09:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/?p=5099"},"modified":"2021-08-31T16:48:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-31T23:48:06","slug":"a1-gamified-language-learning-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2021\/02\/20\/a1-gamified-language-learning-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"A1 &#8211; Gamified Language Learning APPs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">People have been using language APPs to learn new languages for many years. In recent years, gamified language learning APPs have been more and more popular for young learners between the age of 3-8. In China especially, many are starting their child on online English classes early. For my A1, I&#8217;ve decided to analyze some app functions used in three popular language APPs for children:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(1) Teach Your Monster to Read, launched in 2013 <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(2) LingoKids, launched in 2015<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(3) Khan Academy Kids, launched in 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The analysis video is embedded in this website I made: <a href=\"https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/51fmOK6cJgVO4\/\">https:\/\/spark.adobe.com\/page\/51fmOK6cJgVO4\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>People have been using language APPs to learn new languages for many years. In recent years, gamified language learning APPs have been more and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/2021\/02\/20\/a1-gamified-language-learning-apps\/\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A1 &#8211; Gamified Language Learning APPs<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":74162,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,12,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-a1-analyses","category-mobileeducation","category-mobiletechnologies","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74162"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5099"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5121,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5099\/revisions\/5121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec523\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}