Comments on: Playing Codenames to learn Chinese and other languages

By: Catherine M Fillebrown

Catherine M Fillebrown — Wed, 07 Oct 2020 13:10:42 +0000

THANK YOU! I love Code Names and I want to use it in my super advanced Chinese class. This is PERFECT for online teaching. You are amazing!

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 17:48:30 +0000

In reply to Lars. Yes, students mostly refer to the meaning. The only time when I've seen clues referring to characters is when there are obvious connections, such as sharing the same radical in an obvious way. However, since we mostly play with words and not single characters, this rarely happens. I think the game would be very different if you played with only single characters, though! Worth trying, perhaps.

By: Lars

Lars — Tue, 05 Feb 2019 14:10:32 +0000

This is a great idea; I’ll have to try it. In your experience, do people give clues mainly about the meanings of the words? It seems like you could do a lot of clues that are about the characters, too (like names of brushstrokes or radicals), or combine both meanings and appearances.

By: mcbaozi

mcbaozi — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 08:42:39 +0000

太棒了！Great effort! I have to get my head round the rules of codename. But the spreadsheet is useful for generating good old-fashion bingo cards too!
Brilliant!

By: Olle Linge

Olle Linge — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 06:08:32 +0000

In reply to Linna Wang.

Hi! I assume you mean more information about how the original game is played? Apart from watching the video, which is very short, you can read the rules and an introduction to the game on the site I Linked to below the video. There are also lots of YouTube videos, try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8RWBooJivg

By: Linna Wang

Linna Wang — Wed, 07 Jun 2017 04:52:16 +0000

Hi,

I am a Chinese teacher in Australia. I think this is a great game, but I am very confused and still have no idea how to play the game in Chinese. Is there any other detailed information I can read further?

Sorry about that.

Linna