1st Edition

Dynamic Teaching of Russian Games and Gamification of Learning

Edited By Svetlana V. Nuss, Vita V. Kogan Copyright 2024
248 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

248 Pages 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Dynamic Teaching of Russian: Games and Gamification of Learning explores the theory and practice of gamification in language education, with a special focus on Russian, offering an in-depth theoretical account of the psychology of games and their practical application to language teaching. This edited collection brings together diverse perspectives from an international pool of contributors.... Read more

Part I: Pedagogy of Teaching Language with Games and Gamification

1. Teaching Language with Games: Practice, Research, and Cohesion of Pedagogy

Svetlana V. Nuss

2. Gamification and Game-Based Learning: An Overview and Application to Language Teaching

Vita V. Kogan

 

Part II: Impacting Speaking and Beyond: Up the Teaching Game

3. Using Mingling Games with Beginner Learners

Daria Kotelnikova and Elena Bogomolova

4. Trivia Games for Student-Centered Learning in the Russian Language Classroom

Maria Khotimsky

 

Part III: Building Language Structures Through Games

5. The Use of Authentic Games in Teaching L2 Russian Grammar

Anna Leontyeva and Ekaterina Schnittke

6. Learning Motion Verbs Through a Board Game: Insights from a Cognitive Linguistics Perspective

Maria Bondarenko

7. Game-Based Learning in L2 Russian Classrooms: Interaction, Multimodality, and Practical Suggestions

Olesia Pavlenko and Dmitrii Pastushenkov

 

Part IV: Winning Creative Language at Creative Play

8. Ludic Acts of Language Acquisition: Role, Dialogue, and Stage for L2 Russian Oral Proficiency

Susanna Weygandt

9. "I like Brown, Eyes, Potatoes:" Gamified poetry for beginners

Polina Peremitina

10. Playing at conversation: Chatbots in Russian Language Teaching

Daria Dornicheva and Sandra Birzer

Part V: Are the Games Worth the Candle?

11. Teaching Language with Games: Are the Games Worth the Candle? Reflections on practice and future directions

Vita V. Kogan and Svetlana V. Nuss

Biography

Svetlana V. Nuss is an editor and teacher educator affiliated with the University of Alaska and Grand Canyon University, USA.

Vita V. Kogan is an assistant professor in Russian at University College London, UK.