Developed for Classrooms, with Classrooms
SPROK is a fun and safe digital game that helps immigrant children integrate into the linguistic and cultural environment of their new home country.
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SPROK fosters quick and smooth integration and inclusion of immigrant children into the cultural and linguistic environment of their new home country.
MISSION
Developed with classrooms, for classrooms, SPROK aims to give every child access to the cultural values and linguistic environment of the country they live in.
VISION
SPROK is an efficient and engaging solution to complement the teaching of culturally relevant language to newly arrived immigrant children. A research-to-business (R2B) project by Business Finland, SPROK was born out of Project REDIT,
a research-based tool for today’s language learners.
Publications
Taylor, B., Wingren, M., Bengs, A., Katz, H., & Acquah, E. (2023).
Educators’ perspectives related to preparatory education and integration training for immigrants in Finland. Teaching and Teacher Education, 128.
Katz, H., Acquah, E., Bengs, A., Sten, F., & Wingren, M. (2022).
Improving immigrant inclusion through the design of a digital language learning game. In O. Bernardes & V. Amorim (eds.), Promoting Economic and Social Development Through Serious Games. IGI Global.
Sandvik, C. (2020).
Spelelement gör det roligare att lära sig. Åbo Akademi nyheter, December 16th.
Acquah, E. & Katz, H. (2020; online first 2019).
Digital game-based L2 learning outcomes for primary through high-school students:
A systematic literature review. Computers in Education, 143.
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