Nintendo DS teaches English in school
June 26, 2008 By YURI KAGEYAMA , AP Business Writer
A seventh-grader at the all-girls Tokyo Joshi Gakuen, writes an Alphabet on screen of Nintendo DS game console during an English class in Tokyo, Thursday, June 26, 2008. The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore as the portable video game machine gets used as a key tool in an English class at the Japanese junior high school.(AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara)
(AP) -- The Nintendo DS isn't just fun and games anymore for English students at Tokyo's Joshi Gakuen all-girls junior high school. The portable video game console is now being used as a key teaching tool, breaking with traditional Japanese academic methods.
Content from The Associated Press expires 15 days after original publication date. For more information about The Associated Press, please visit www.ap.org .
Similar stories from PHYSorg:
Virtual trainer teaches residents cataract surgery
Feb 02, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
Many wired Chinese unfazed at possible Google exit
Feb 01, 2010 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
0
Girl's odyssey shows challenge of fighting obesity
Feb 01, 2010 |
not rated yet |
1
Nintendo chief unimpressed with Apple's iPad
Jan 29, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0
2010 Lemelson-MIT Invention Index reveals ways to enhance teens' interest in STEM
Jan 28, 2010 |
not rated yet |
0



Anyway, come to think of it, i would like something like this to help me learn chinese.