Hide and Seek is a game for children learning English. The game provides a lot of verbal language input to which players respond with a click of a mouse. Children who are exposed to the rich linguistic content of the game ‘acquire’ the language in a stress-free and effortless way.
The game is quite unique because:
- the target vocabulary is presented in whole sentences –children need to understand and follow very clear, but quite complex spoken instructions;
- the rich language, full of collocations and idioms, is illustrated with clear and cheerful graphics - the meanings of new words can be easily inferred from the context;
- the game develops players' ambiguity tolerance - children don't need to understand every word at all to respond properly and score a point. This works wonders for their motivation!
- the game reduces the fear of making a mistake – it encourages children to take risks with the language.
- Hide and Seek is in line with the latest trends in language teaching because from the earliest stage it encourages learners to respond to language with movement and gesture. Research shows that learning through movement is very effective.