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Educational marble game kit for trilingual vocabulary teaching

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Description

A physical game board and accessory set developed by the researcher over a ten-year interdisciplinary project supported by Bosch, adapted from children's marble games for language lessons. The game board "consists of a square of 65 x 65 cm" with 24 numbered spots, holes, and four numbered storage areas; play uses "24 numbered stones, four standard sized marbles and a dice", with stones bearing profession pictures inscribed in three languages. It was used with teacher candidates, school students, and university learners of German.

Design Implications

Context

Requirements

  • A referee and four players per game, with student sheets, referee sheets, and word lists prepared for the target group

Constraints

  • Instructions for use "can be modified according to the levels and needs of the target groups"

Target Learners

  • primary and secondary school students
  • university students learning German as a second foreign language
  • teacher candidates

Learning Goals

  • vocabulary learning in Turkish, English, and German
  • communication skills through game dialogue

Claims

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Key Sources

  • Coşkun, H. (2013). The importance of educational marble games in teaching German. Egitim Arastirmalari – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 53, 151-174. https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/ejer
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type design
id educational-marble-game-kit
title Educational marble game kit for trilingual vocabulary teaching
description A physical game board and accessory set developed by the researcher over a ten-year interdisciplinary project supported by Bosch, adapted from children's marble games for language lessons.
status review
generated by process:settle-candidates on 2026-11-02
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