• Etterra@discuss.onlineEnglish
    39·
    3 months ago

    I knew a guy who got into d&d in middle school and it drastically improved his grades.

    The fact is that gaming is reading, writing, math, make believe, structured socializing, and sometimes history and sometimes art. It’s exactly like school, except fun.

    • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      I learned a lot of English by playing Runescape.

      • mcv@lemm.eeEnglish
        8·
        3 months ago

        My son taught himself English by setting Minecraft to English. Once he mastered that, he set it to Pirate.

        • HikingVet@lemmy.ca
          2·
          3 months ago

          So, he learned what most English speakers learn.