Learning a Foreign Language with The Sims

JavaTHut writes "The Journal Language Learning and Technology has a new article describing how The Sims can be modified to teach a foreign language. With this and other efforts at U.S.C. and M.I.T., could simulated immersion within video games become an effective way of acquiring a foreign language? Also of interest in the article are suggestions for using spatialized translation layers in foreign language songs and a Firefox extension for learning foreign vocabulary words."

Comments

Firefox extension!?!

[myukew]

Come on! I don't want my browser to do stupid things like teaching me some words. Not everything has to run in your browser. If you need a vocabtrainer make it a full program not just an extension to something else.
Heck imagine an extension for these M$ Office clients that let's them pop up on occasion and nag you until you give the correct translation