Orthographic Educational Game for Portuguese Language Countries

Paula Chaves, Luan Paschoal, Tauan Velasco, Tiago Bento, Julliany Brandão, Carlos Schocair, João Quadros, Talita Oliveira, Eduardo Ogasawara

2018

Abstract

The new orthographic agreement introduces some changes in the vocabulary of the Portuguese language. Although these changes have modified a small percentage of the vocabulary words, people are struggling to adapt to some of the new orthographic rules. Aiming to mitigate this problem using a ludic approach, we developed Orthographic Educational Game (JOE). JOE focuses predominantly on the rules of accents and hyphens. The game is divided into two modes: training and playing. In the playing mode, the current level of knowledge of the player in orthography is checked and measured. In the training mode, each word comes with a hint related to the rule that is being practiced at the moment. The game was evaluated through an experiment with both undergraduates and high school students. The results indicated that more than 80% of students enjoyed learning orthography through the game-based approach of JOE.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Chaves P., Paschoal L., Velasco T., Bento T., Brandão J., Schocair C., Quadros J., Oliveira T. and Ogasawara E. (2018). Orthographic Educational Game for Portuguese Language Countries.In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-758-291-2, pages 432-440. DOI: 10.5220/0006757504320440

in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu18,
author={Paula Chaves and Luan Paschoal and Tauan Velasco and Tiago Bento and Julliany Brandão and Carlos Schocair and João Quadros and Talita Oliveira and Eduardo Ogasawara},
title={Orthographic Educational Game for Portuguese Language Countries},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,},
year={2018},
pages={432-440},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006757504320440},
isbn={978-989-758-291-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 2: CSEDU,
TI - Orthographic Educational Game for Portuguese Language Countries
SN - 978-989-758-291-2
AU - Chaves P.
AU - Paschoal L.
AU - Velasco T.
AU - Bento T.
AU - Brandão J.
AU - Schocair C.
AU - Quadros J.
AU - Oliveira T.
AU - Ogasawara E.
PY - 2018
SP - 432
EP - 440
DO - 10.5220/0006757504320440