The Fulbright FLTA Program, Experimenting, and Games

The Fulbright FLTA Program, Experimenting, and GamesRafael Leonardo da Silva University of GeorgiaThe Fulbright flta programLanguage Teachers from all over the worldMore than 30.000 Fulbrighters (both FLTA and other scholarships) so farMore than 400 FLTAs each year41 Brazilian FLTAs in 2014-2015What does fulbright look for?Young language teachers who are eager to share their natives languages, as well as innovate and improve worldwide language education.A GAMING EXPERIENCE AT UGAProject developed with Professor Amelia Hutchinson (Portuguese dept.), Viviane Alves (Portuguese dept.), and Professor Jonathan Baillehache (French dept.)

Objective: Demonstrate how games may enhance language development

Gaming classesFour classes so far 1 Intermediate Portuguese Class and2 Elementary Portuguese ClassesGame Papers, Please

feedbackImproves motivation to learn a foreign languageThe game is interesting and immersive Emotional attachment Whats next?Use other games for Portuguese language educationHelp the development of the Digital Arts at UGA

ReferenceForeign Language Teaching Assistant Program. Available at: . Accessed on: March 13th, 2015.

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