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From https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/07/31/the-new-free-voluntary-reading/

In this article, Kenneth S. Horowitz discusses video games for language learning, especially in the context of Puerto Rican students learning English. He draws parallels between free voluntary reading and video gameplay, noting the rich language of many video games: "Bioware’s games average around 500,000 words, and the first Mass Effect game has over 20,000 lines of dialogue, compared to an entire season of The Simpsons, which averages around 8,000."

Read the full article at https://www.languagemagazine.com/2018/07/31/the-new-free-voluntary-reading/

For more about games and language learning, be sure to visit CASLS' Games 2 Teach website at https://games2teach.uoregon.edu/