| Learning French is often difficult and frustrating at | | | | Traditional word games include crosswords, |
| times. You feel that you have made some | | | | hangman, scrabble and battleships. The idea is to |
| progress in understanding the past tense, for | | | | guess the words that are hidden using clues or |
| example, only to learn that there are 7 other | | | | answering questions about the words or verbs. |
| tenses you have to learn. You wonder if you will | | | | Other games that are more addictive are the |
| ever see the light and be able to have a normal | | | | 'who wants to be a millionaire' game that follows |
| conversation with a French person. How do other | | | | the format of the popular game show. You are |
| people do it? Some people even speak more than | | | | asked questions in French and have to answer |
| 2 languages fluently. How do they fit all those | | | | (type in) in French. This game is quite addictive |
| words into their heads? Do their heads expand or | | | | and builds in complexity as your skill level |
| something? | | | | increases. |
| The truth is that you sometimes need a break | | | | Another interesting game which will make you |
| from formal lessons and need to have a bit of | | | | forget you are learning is a murder mystery |
| fun in your learning. This is where games, primarily | | | | game. You play the sidekick to Inspecteur Roger |
| educational games, can come in handy. The remit | | | | Duflair. You have to guess who the murderer is |
| of a game is to make learning fun. To make the | | | | from a range of suspects. They tell you their |
| person forget that they are actually learning | | | | stories and you have to figure out which one |
| something. Good games are often better teaching | | | | sounds suspicious or doesn't add up. You have to |
| devices than any class or formal course provided | | | | send your answer as to who the culprit is by mail |
| they have some special addictive quality. | | | | to the owner of the game. The owner runs a |
| Some of the common games that help to teach | | | | French language school in Nice. |
| French are words games. Although not many of | | | | Games can help you to learn French and make |
| them could be considered addictive, they provide | | | | learning less of a chore. Many games are on the |
| a pleasant distraction from the formality of a | | | | Internet and are free. |
| class or lesson. | | | | |