The use of videogames to learn languages

There are many ways to learn languages in a wide array of ways, one of the most successful and effective is to learn something new with our favorite hobbies. Nowadays most people especially youngsters, teenagers or children are well acquainted with videogames and the player can choose the language, level and kind of videogames, though the best sort of them are videogames the learner are already familiar with and dialogue-based without too much action and with an interface with good subtitles and audios. Thus there is a wide array of benefits in the list below:

-They have an accessible, comfy and safe virtual setting at home where the users feel free to communicate with other players from many countries more confidently without the embarrassment of a real meeting with native speakers; in our case English speaking countries or any country as far as English is the present-day lingua franca or the most used language for international relationships either commercial, social or political. 

-This entertainment either alone or with friends is highly sociable, funny and motivating.

-Videogames use realistic, present-day language with varieties depending on the country chosen and sometimes includes some slang words and the topics can be quite realistic or trendy too.

However the use videogames to learn languages has also some risks such as:

-The players can get lost amid the translation or the action of the game, especially if they have not got the tools or capacities to overcome difficulties either in the language, pace action, etc.

-The player can use videogames to avoid the study of the foreign language (grammar, vocabulary, etc.) and this is quite common and dangerous because teenagers are prone to use any excuse not to study properly.

-The excessive use of videogames can lead to a waste of time if the user does not improve the level or the texts or dialogues are too played out.

-Videogames might not be suitable to everyone due to varied reasons (lack of knowledge of the language or videogames, procrastinations, etc.)

These are the benefits and drawbacks of using videogames and here are some tips to the sort of videogames beneficial to our objective such as Call of Duty, Marvel Games, Star Wars, Knights, Spyfall, Final Fantasy, Skyrim, League of Legends, Battlefield, etc. and the some of the best websites to either buy or read or listen reviews and opinions of users, nerds and experts of videogames are Steampowered, RealEnglishforGamers, Bellular News, PrettyGoodGaming or GameSpotNews.

I hope you take advantage of this post to learn any foreign language with caution but passion but above all enjoy with your inner curiosity for knowledge and entertainment!