significance of language skills in the games industry and how to motive students to learn languages
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“Sprechen sie Game?”
Significance of Language Knowledge in BusinessThomas HulvershornOperations Manager Outplay Entertainment1+2 Language Policy: Looking Back and Moving ForwardNational Cross-Sector Conference 9/9/2016 Dundee University
Personal Report Card, S1 / Year 7
Invitation to share experience with Students
Games are Big Business
The UK was estimated to be the 6th
largest video game market in 2015 in terms
of consumer revenues
Established 2011 in Dundee
Outplay Entertainment is the
largest independent Mobile
Games Developer in the UK
Translating Games into different Languages
Improved financial results when localising Games
Games companies have a multinational composition of staff
Main messages when talking to Language Students:• Games are fun• Working in Games is an option• Languages are important in the Games Industry• Languages help you finding a Job and widen your
horizon• It’s never too late to get stuck in
Where are Games made?
How are Games made?
Who is making Games?
Excerpt from slides we present at Schools to S3 / S4 students
Games are made in the UK, example Outplay in Dundee
Friendly and creative Work environment
Designer Developer
Tester Artist
Overview of different roles in a Games Studio
Cultural Awareness
What the British say What they mean
That’s not bad That’s good
I would suggest… Do it!
Very interesting Clearly nonsense
I got few minor comments
Rewrite completely
Language knowledge will open your cultural horizon and introduce you to new things
Presenting at Woodmill Highschool in Dunfermline 2015
The happy winners of the translation / design competition
What did you take away from the Talk?
“ It’s important to have another language these days”
“ I understood why Languages can help me get a better job”
“ It was inspiring to hear someone use a foreign language (ie Thomas using English when his native tongue is German) when delivering the Talk”
“ It was good to hear how language correlates with the world of work”
Other
“Languages + Outplay = real world “
“ Learn, play, live”
Student feedback from the talks
End of a personal journey
“How can we increase the awareness in schools about the vocational relevance of languages?”
