After three long years of waiting, the fourth season of Stranger Things, one of Netflix’s biggest hits, finally arrives on May 27th. The new episodes take place six months after the Battle of Starcourt, shown in the third season. With an even darker plot, things get even worse when, as usual, a new supernatural threat from the Upside Down brings another mystery to unravel.
Netflix, the second most popular stream in Brazil after YouTube, according to an unprecedented study by Kantar Ibope Media (the market leader in media research in Latin America).recounted the spooky adventures of a group of friends in Hawkins in season four, but delayed the last two episodes until July 1, leaving fans still worried. And what most attracted the attention of fans of the computer world was the similarity of the adventures of the series with the challenges of role-playing games.
For those who don’t know, RPG (role playing game), which in Portuguese translation will be called “Jogos de Interpretação de Papeles”, consists of character interpretation where the participant plays through narratives and plots. Each game has a story, and their stories depend on your character’s performance. After customizing a character with characteristics such as race, appearance, age, and even the necessary virtues and skills, the player must overcome obstacles and challenges that will appear throughout the game’s story.
More than 70% of Brazilians are fans of electronic games – an audience of 7% more than in 2019, according to the Game Brasil 2020 survey.. The user profile is people aged 25 to 34 (33.6%) followed by people aged 16 to 24 (32.5%). Since most games or series are in English, the people who use them start learning the language in a more practical and efficient way.
“I grew up in a time when games didn’t have translation. By the way, getting a video game RPG in English (not Japanese) was already a huge win. To understand what the missions were asking for, there was only one way out: to learn by trial and error. Gradually the key words, terms and commands were repeated and I learned them naturally. I didn’t even realize I was learning a language because the game was getting easier for me. It was only when I passed the entrance test that I realized how well I know English and how easy it was for me to speak this language in everyday life,” explains Carlos Marcelo, Minds Idiomas pedagogical coordinator.
What happens when we watch Stranger Things or play an RPG in the original language?
This type of contact with another language creates a learning system called Mnemotécnica when we use resources that help memorize content, math formulas, dates, words, texts, names and more, as well as language. And as we know, entertainment can be a great ally of education if there is a learning strategy. Language presented in a playful way, with image associations and inserted into a given script, is easier to learn as the brain naturally creates meanings without being tied to translations, which can be an escape valve for parents who don’t. do not know what to do with their children, who are very attached to the world of games or watch movies and series for hours.
A survey conducted by the British Council (British Cultural Institute) in partnership with the Popular Data Research Institute found that only 5% of the Brazilian population speaks English, and only 1% of them are fluent in it. This means that in a situation where you need to give a presentation or talk to someone about a job in English, only 1 in 100 Brazilians will succeed. Although the survey was conducted in 2013, there are currently no indicators that yield results that are far from the above, which makes language even more important in this social context.
“In order for us to change the script of the few English speakers, we need the support of new technologies as teaching has been integrated into digital platforms and is undergoing transformation until today to do so in a faster, more efficient and effective way. playful These changes are aimed at introducing mnemonic methods so that the student can write down content through associations that make it easier to remember and use mnemonics outside of school. And when this dynamic is done with repetition, an intellectual contact with the language is created, which accelerates learning without loss of quality,” explained Rodrigo Bergan, Minds Idiomas pedagogical coordinator.
Many schools, which have already been reshaped in their classrooms with new technologies, are adapting to the demands of the 21st century and enabling plans and activities that change educational relationships through innovation, meeting the needs of students and teachers, which in turn, become more productive. and re-create the environment in schools. At Minds Idiomas, his digital whiteboard methodology allows children and young people to learn language while adapting to the emerging integration between artificial intelligence and education.
To help, Rodrigo Bergan, national pedagogical coordinator Languages of the Mindgives 04 role-playing tips that are reminiscent of Stranger Things and, in addition, help you learn English by taking the risk:
1. Mass Effect 2
Developed by BioWare and originally published by Microsoft Game Studios, the game was released on January 11, 2010 and is now available for the PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Microsoft Windows platforms. In Mass Effect 2, each player must interact with other characters in order to forge bonds and earn their loyalty. Unlike the first Mass Effect, instead of gaining experience for each enemy defeated, the characters in this sequel upgrade after each completed mission or objective, encouraging the player to progress through the story as there is no reward for killing one enemy after another. as well as influence secondary missions.
2. The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim is an action game developed by Bethesda Game Studios and published by Bethesda Softworks. This is an adventure game with a huge map and lots of challenges, with places to explore, in addition to a balance between action and adventure with a compelling story. In Skyrim, the player experiences the adventures of “Dovahkiin”: the “son” of dragons, told in millennial prophecies. The protagonist comes into the world to fight and eliminate the threat of destruction from the return of the dragons. In addition to the main story, Skyrim is rich in side quests and history hidden in the setting, interactions with characters, forgotten books in caves and castles, and much more. It is the fifth main game in the Elder Scrolls series after The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion and is available on the Nintendo Switch, Xbox One and 360, PlayStation 5, 4 and 3, Xbox Serie X and Microsoft Windows platforms.
3. The world ends with you
Released in Japan as It’s a Wonderful World, it is an action role-playing game developed by the Kingdom Hearts team of Square Enix and Jupiter for the Nintendo Switch, Android, iOS, and Nintendo DS platforms. Unlike the previous two games, The World Ends With You uses the systems and gameplay typical of the subgenre, as it leaves out the action of Mass Effect 2 and Skyrim in favor of more traditional combat systems. The name suggests the use of two screens to create a combat system that divides the action in the scenario into two perspectives. This novelty has paired well with the touchscreen offering for over a decade, which helps explain the game’s great success on iOS.
4. Baldur’s Gate 2: Shadow of Amn
Developed by BioWare and released for PC on September 24, 2000 by Interplay Entertainment, the game is available for Android, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS Classic platforms. The role-playing game offers gameplay with isometric graphics and a real-time combat system that allows you to pause, as well as form groups of up to six characters. Quite long – the story can take up to 60 hours, while the completion of all quests can exceed 300 hours, including new features such as new spells, classes, levels and kits character specializations. During the game, the decisions made by the player will affect the course of the story and the relationship between the characters in the group, changing some future events.
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About Minds Idioms
In its 15 years of existence, the secret of the Minds language network lies in technology. Minds, with more than 70 schools across the country, was the first network to introduce teaching English on tablets while keeping physical books. Expert in Content Capture, CEO Leiza Oliveira understands that the way every child and adult learns is different. Personalization and innovation are the words that move franchisees and students online. The Minds course lasts 18 months and there are other personalized learning methods. Access our website and learn more about the world of Minds by visiting here!
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Source : Married Games
