Do you like RPG games and want to improve your writing skills?

[SkiIucK]

Yes, Torsten's language skills are far superior than ours, but, however, he has many things to attend to besides this thread. Keep in mind. As for the GM issue, I don't really care, as long as it's not me. :P

[Underdog]

so?? is the game starting yet??

[English Rpg Gm]

The reality is that the game will never start unless everyone is in the same room together. That knowledge is from my 20+ years' experience as an Role Playing Gamer. I am also a native English speaker in Poland. I live in Warsaw now going on 8 years. And I use RPGs to practice English: Cyberpunk 2020 for modern English usage in legal, business or medical structures/vocabulary; and D&D (or AD&D if you want the true Gary Gygax experience: RPGs from 1975) for general English structure/etymology.

The fact RPG worlds are based in fantasy/literature, signifies a great way to test comprehension. Travelling The Net in 2020 is not like surfing porn today - LOL - and it requires the ability to think and visualize in English. Students keep Blogs about their character's experiences and practice their writing also.

I have been using this RPG method for more than 4 years. If you live in Warsaw, Poland, contact me. office/at/crowcommunications/dot/com. My rates are very affordable and the experience is good fun. I even have a Polish actress in my English D&D sessions.

Google me, "Richard Whipple+rpg" and you will find much publicity about my RPG conversation practice.

I am trying to put the student Blogs onto a password protected Forum. I dislike the hassle of having to subscribe to every student Blog. This will be a one stop shop and eventually form a coherent story written in the first person. This will be the space when it gets sorted: http://crowcommunications.com/rpg/blogs It will give you an idea. (Mods - the forum is not competing for members so relax please. It is open for posting only to my students.)

fiplv.org/WC06/documentation/English/AugustynSurdyk.pdf is a link to a study on my English practice method written (in English) by a Ph.D. in Poznan because Poles LOVE academics. I am not an academic. But I know what works just the same because I just do it.

[English Rpg Gm]

Just giving a shameless plug to what I do with RPGs in conversation class. I will be on a panel in Warsaw at Awangarda, 4 July 16:00. This is an RPG hobby enthusiast convention (so, yeah, Spock, Gandalf and the Smurfs are expected). I probably won't wear a tie. You can visit the site here Konwent Avangarda 6 http://www.ava.waw.pl but you will have to scroll down halfway down the page to find a panel named "RPG od strony naukowej". My part will be in English but the majority of the panel will be in Polish with important people supporting the value of RPGs in mastering language. Press may also be invited so, if you're in Warsaw, you might catch the panel on the news. Doing native English-thinking practice is a new technique and it is all mine in Poland.

I am so proud.

[Torsten]

What makes you think that nobody reads your post?

TOEIC listening, photographs: A windmill

[English Rpg Gm]

[Laellyn]

I have accidently happened to pass by this forum after trying to research alternative ways of how to practice my own writing skills, and how to aid those that might have similar interests to mine in terms of writing/ creating RPG stories or scenarios for others. I have only some experience in the free-form style role-play, which I call role-playing on forums, but I have created a small fantasy pub on a forum (part of a larger Empire) in a virtual reality world (IMVU). What I have read here about the concept of using role-play as a tool to help improve English skills is most interesting to me and impressive.

I have to add that I'm Polish born, but I live in the U.S, and I guess I have a lot of catching up to do because I have not heard of this method of teaching English.

[English Rpg Gm]

Well, there are cultural obstacles to overcome before this method gains traction in Poland. The idea was first advanced in the late 1970's by thE Gary Gygax himself.

The concept is founded upon the increase of vocabulary useage and description going well beyond native language nuance to tackle vocabulary and useage indepth. Many a native language player argument is based on ideas of what would be commonly understood practice in real life (of course I would be doing that! s a thief, I am always sneaking! That's what I meant!) are challenges to ESL students who need to take responsibility for their own use of description and cannot fall back on such arguments linguistically.

The referee need only say "you did not say that clearly" and the instructor says "this is how you say it." The same idea in game mastering applies: the scenario needs to be fun for every player and not competitive against the student. (Not stacking the deck with too many linguistic challenges.)