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Zambia: Increasing Literacy Through GraphoGame (Learning World: S5E02, 1/3)

2,660 views · Published 6 October 2014 · 2:44 · Indexed 4 November 2026

Channel: WISE Channel · 2014 · Education

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In Lusaka, Zambia, the Vera Chiluba Primary School experiments with a new way of teaching its pupils. 20 minutes per day, the young learners are encouraged to play a Graphogame on tablet computers. Unlike conventional teaching, which is done in English, the graphogame makes use of the students' first language, Chinyanja, making it much easier for them to combine letters into words. By playing the game, students increase their literacy without realising it.

The project was initiated by the Finnish Grapho Learning Initiative  in 2011. To find out more about Graphogames, visit the Graphogames website: http://info.graphogame.com/

To find out about a serious board game, watch our episode on a Thai school initiative to teach democracy: http://youtu.be/NzH70GRhU60
Want to learn about the creators of serious games? Enjoy our episode on a place where serious games are forged: http://youtu.be/xKzbPMbBF7w

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