Wordle has become one of the most popular online games in the United States since it came out last October.
自去年十月推出以来，Wordle 已成为美国最受欢迎的网络游戏之一。
Players get six chances to guess and learn a five-letter word for the day. Many are sharing their game results on social media, adding more interest in the game.
玩家有六次机会猜测并学习当天的五个字母单词。许多人在社交媒体上分享他们的游戏结果，增加了人们对游戏的兴趣。
Gamifying the classroom
课堂游戏化
Creative teachers have long found games could make their classes more enjoyable for students. During the pandemic, many have looked for new ways or games to help their students learn. It is part of a learning theory called “ gamification ” to keep students’ interest.
富有创造力的教师长期以来发现游戏可以让学生的课堂变得更加有趣。在大流行期间，许多人寻找新的方法或游戏来帮助学生学习。它是一种称为“游戏化”的学习理论的一部分，旨在保持学生的兴趣。
Beyond Wordle, here are other games that help learners with different subjects.
除了 Wordle 之外，这里还有其他可以帮助不同科目学习者的游戏。
Mathematics
数学
British data scientist Richard Mann of London was talking with his daughter about the popularity of Wordle. He thought there should be a game for people who like mathematics and developed Nerdle . It is a daily game in which a player has six tries to guess a math solution.
伦敦的英国数据科学家理查德·曼 (Richard Mann) 正在与他的女儿谈论 Wordle 的受欢迎程度。他认为应该有一个适合喜欢数学的人的游戏并开发了Nerdle。这是一款每日游戏，玩家有六次尝试猜测数学解决方案的机会。
Does it sound familiar? Math teachers note that a Nerdle player uses logic, a careful way of thinking about something, to solve a math problem. It is similar to how a Wordle player applies logic to guess a word.
听起来是不是很熟悉？数学老师指出，Nerdle 玩家使用逻辑（一种仔细思考某事的方式）来解决数学问题。这类似于 Wordle 播放器应用逻辑来猜测单词的方式。
Do not confuse Wordle with Worldle . There is an extra letter ‘l” in Worldle. French video game developer Antoine Teuf said he invented Worldle in honor of that word game, Wordle.
不要将 Wordle 与 Worldle 混淆。 Worldle 中多了一个字母“l”。法国视频游戏开发商 Antoine Teuf 表示，他发明 Worldle 是为了向文字游戏 Wordle 致敬。
Players guess a country based on its shape. They get six tries to guess a country based on information about the country. Teuf first shared the game on January 22. He said there are two million visits a day to the game’s page a month later.
玩家根据形状猜测一个国家。他们有六次尝试根据有关国家/地区的信息猜测该国家/地区。 Teuf 于 1 月 22 日首次分享了这款游戏。他表示，一个月后，这款游戏的页面每天的访问量达到了 200 万。
Other games, online services
其他游戏、在线服务
Teachers of English see word games as a way for students to learn new words. Other word games include Blooket and Flippity.
英语教师将文字游戏视为学生学习新单词的一种方式。其他文字游戏包括 Blooket 和 Flippity。
Teachers create quizzes in Blooket similar to the kinds of games students play on mobile devices. They can look at results and see areas that students can improve.
教师在 Blooket 中创建测验，类似于学生在移动设备上玩的游戏类型。他们可以查看结果并发现学生可以改进的领域。
In Flippity , teachers can create flash cards, rewards , spelling quizzes , memory games and word searches from a simple Google spreadsheet. It is also a good tool for students to create their own projects.
在 Flippity 中，教师可以通过简单的 Google 电子表格创建闪存卡、奖励、拼写测验、记忆游戏和单词搜索。它也是学生创建自己的项目的好工具。
There are several online services that teachers could use to “gamify” learning. They include Kahoot!, Quizlet , Quizziz and Nearpod . All of them “gamify” learning by creating competition among learners while reviewing the content presented by teachers.
教师可以使用多种在线服务来“游戏化”学习。它们包括 Kahoot!、Quizlet、Quizziz 和 Nearpod。他们都通过在学习者之间创造竞争，同时复习教师所讲的内容来“游戏化”学习。
Teaching without a computer?
教学不用电脑？
In many places, teachers and students do not have a computer. So, English language teacher Larry Ferlazzo asked them to share their language-learning games. Ferlazzo wrote about them in his blog . Here are two of the games that teachers suggested:
很多地方的老师和学生没有电脑。因此，英语老师 Larry Ferlazzo 请他们分享他们的语言学习游戏。费拉佐在他的博客中写到了它们。以下是老师推荐的两个游戏：
Danielle Horne teaches at Helena College in Glen Forrest, Western Australia. She said one of the games that her students love playing is “hot or cold.”
丹妮尔·霍恩 (Danielle Horne) 在西澳大利亚格伦福雷斯特的海伦娜学院任教。她说她的学生喜欢玩的游戏之一是“热或冷”。
In “hot or cold,” students hide something in the classroom while a student, or searcher, is waiting outside. The students then say a word, phrase, or sentence. They get louder when the searcher gets nearer to the object and softer when the searcher is more distant. Horne said to be prepared for quite a bit of noise though!
在“热或冷”中，学生在教室里藏东西，而学生或搜索者在外面等待。然后学生说出一个单词、短语或句子。当搜索者靠近物体时，声音会变大，而当搜索者远离物体时，声音会变小。霍恩表示要做好应对相当大噪音的准备！
Eva Pors is a Danish high school teacher. Her students play “questions and answers” to learn new words or vocabulary.
伊娃·波尔斯 (Eva Pors) 是一名丹麦高中教师。她的学生通过玩“问答”来学习新单词或词汇。
Pors write words or phrases on small pieces of paper and divides students into groups of four. Within a group, student A picks a piece of paper with a word or phrase on it and asks questions that will make student B say the exact word or phrase on the paper.
Pors 在小纸片上写下单词或短语，并将学生分成四人一组。在小组中，学生 A 挑选一张写有单词或短语的纸，并提出问题，让学生 B 准确地说出纸上的单词或短语。
For example, with the word “milk,” Student A would ask, “What do you put on your cereal in the morning?” Student B has one minute to try to answer as many words or phrases as possible. The other two students in the group will then take over for one minute. And the team with the most correct guesses wins the game.
例如，对于“牛奶”这个词，学生 A 会问：“你早上在麦片粥里放了什么？”学生 B 有一分钟的时间尝试回答尽可能多的单词或短语。然后，小组中的另外两名学生将接手一分钟。猜测最正确的团队赢得了比赛。