I have been assigned four classes of introductory French Second Language next year. My undergraduate major was French Second Language and my minor was French Immersion. I am choosing to take on the challenge of gamifying these two courses; this will be an instructional design challenge unlike any I’ve attempted before, and I am super excited about this. I will be following the lead of Master Heebs from Scientia Terra in my creation; what he has done in his grade eight science class is outstanding and I am looking forward to the challenge. I too will be following the Octalysis gamification framework developed by Yukai Chou to create these two courses.
I’m starting at the narrative level to create the story and the mission, to give meaning to the work that students will do throughout the year. I’ll use a series of cards to bring French Canadian history and culture into the coursework in a simple, fun, memorable way. We’ll add in some magic, some skills, some luck and some student control and we will MAKE FRENCH LANGUAGE LEARNING FUN AND SUCCESSFUL.
CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.