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Vocabulary Comprehension and Spelling Game

Description:

This is a game much like Hangman, but without the violent imagery; instead of trying to prevent a man from being hanged, students try to prevent all of the blossoms from falling off a sakura tree.

Another unique dimension of the game is that, once a student has selected a character, the game will indicate if that character is in the hidden word only if the student correctly answers a question about the cultural topic associated with that character.

For example, if a student selects く, s/he will be presented with a question about くるま, the topic taught along with the く in The ABCs of Japanese and on abcjp.net. A number of blossoms will fall off the tree if:
→ s/he incorrectly answers the question.
→ s/he correctly answers the question but the character that s/he chose is not in the hidden word.