Tabletop! Advanced Discussion using Role-Playing Games
This class uses Tabletop Role-Playing Games (RPGs) to simulate creative, collaborative, and advanced interactions in English. This class is designed to use narrative & collaborative story-telling in a game-like setting where students must use their listening, speaking, critical thinking, reading, and writing skills in English to (a) construct and participate in a group story with other users of English, (b) problem-solve and negotiate new and unique situations where language is the primary tool available, (c) explore the role of language and identity, and (d) critically evaluate strategies necessary for the completion of those tasks.
This class is designed for improving fluency, creativity, and pragmatic skills in speaking and listening. Academic English is not the goal of the class, though there will be opportunities to engage in formal and complex interactions.
This course is not recommended for GIGA students seeking to improve academic English abilities. Instead this class is designed to improve fluency and creativity.
*This course is NOT repeatable. If you have taken the Tabletop RPG class in previous Fall Semesters, you will be asked to register for another course (if you've taken the Spring Tabletop course, you can take this course)