Comments on: Language (Video) Games for the Military http://grandtextauto.org/2004/07/06/language-video-games-for-the-military/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Thu, 30 Sep 2010 22:43:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Allen http://grandtextauto.org/2004/07/06/language-video-games-for-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-265913 Allen Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:01:36 +0000 /?p=373#comment-265913 Good article... Im a little in awe of Gonalo's suggestion that soldiers dont need Arabic, especially when the majority of soliders in the US are deployed in the Middle East! Learning a new language is always beneficial, I got some immersion arabic language training from <a href="http://www.tolearnarabic.com" rel="nofollow">tolearnarabic.com</a> and was quite pleased. Im not a master, but I feel more comfortable in country. Whether or not video games can give the same experience as talented teachers in a real (not "realistic") enviroment is another question... A Good article…

Im a little in awe of Gonalo’s suggestion that soldiers dont need Arabic, especially when the majority of soliders in the US are deployed in the Middle East! Learning a new language is always beneficial, I got some immersion arabic language training from tolearnarabic.com and was quite pleased. Im not a master, but I feel more comfortable in country. Whether or not video games can give the same experience as talented teachers in a real (not “realistic”) enviroment is another question…

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]]> By: Gonzalo http://grandtextauto.org/2004/07/06/language-video-games-for-the-military/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Gonzalo Wed, 07 Jul 2004 09:23:07 +0000 /?p=373#comment-1477 I just wonder why the US soldiers need to learn Arabic in the first place? I mean, it is not the official language in the US (that's Spanish, in case you didn't know it). The nearest Arabic-speaking country is thousands of miles away, so, why this urge? Aaah, I love the smell of sarcasm in the morning. I just wonder why the US soldiers need to learn Arabic in the first place? I mean, it is not the official language in the US (that’s Spanish, in case you didn’t know it). The nearest Arabic-speaking country is thousands of miles away, so, why this urge? Aaah, I love the smell of sarcasm in the morning.

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