Newcomer is a game designed to immerse learners in a second language. Players use their language skills to converse with in-game characters, complete tasks, and battle enemies. There are nine in-game mechanics that support second language development.
What's the end goal and golden standard of language learning? Human conversation. In today's language learning market, most apps are gamified flashcard systems that offer the user meaningless points, badges, and leaderboards to make language learning "feel" like a game. In addition, they offer no opportunities to engage in conversation. Newcomer is completely different because Newcomer IS a game that allows you to engage in 100s of L2 conversations. Newcomer MATTERS because it provides an immers