Citizenship and virtuals worlds:

1) Esports gather millions of fans all around the world. 71 million user last year -145 million
viewers now. Fan cheering, screaming during competitions. Esports building a community
trough sharing.
2) Video games may improve social relationships as they allow everybody to start equal and
develop friendships. Moreover, video games help to simulate the mind of people over 50.
Finally, they may be a good means to fight against loneliness as video games contribute to
create communities.
3) Some gamers participate in social events such as gaming for giving which allow to raise funds
for charities. Mark Strom decided to donate video game devices to a hospital where he used
to work so that ill children may play and enjoy themselves as well.

Learning valuable skills:

1) He is a teacher
2) He promotes the use of video games at school. According to him, they allow student to
develop skills which may be useful for their future jobs.
3) He compares eSport to traditional sports such as football, weeding and rugby thus implying
that eSport is just like any other sports.
4) Develop website, on social media accounts, on the in-game camera, manage been logistic,
acts as been journalists
5) eSports allows students to build skills and talents for their professional career, but they may
also be helpful for educating students about violence in the age of school shootings.
Moreover, they may be a means to address the problem of sexism related to gaming culture.

eSports are for me like a sport because it’s first, an improvement for people around us. In fact,
eSports permits to develop friendship, to build skills for our professional side as much as traditional
sports. It’s also a helpful way to build communities and overcame the feeling of loneliness. Indeed,
we can say that it’s a sport because eSport needs the same physical exertion as sports like basketball
or football, and the same cooperation in teams. With eSports, we can participate in social events, in
tournaments and can also be played at school. Moreover, in my opinion, eSports are just like any
other sports.

Correction of the text p105:

1) Games are interactive and a medium to learn morality
2) Similarities people can be influenced by the characters and the plots
3) Unlike expresses opposition. Only video games may allow to follow your intuition
4) They encourage free will since they allow you to act to your intuition. Gamers need to take
decisions and make choices
5) Video games may be used to deal with moral questions as they place gamers as being totally
responsible for their choices and the consequences they may have

Video : a) The current educational system may discourage students from learning because it is based
on a penalizing system
b) gaming, on the contrary, is based on a rewarding system. Once the problem is analyzed, you may
develop strategies and find solutions. Such a system encourages creativity and innovation.

TASK 2 : give arguments to discuss the way gaminf may impact education in the future (utiliser les
marqueurs de concession type trought/despite).

Even if video games are principally a leisure for many of people, eSports may improve education in
the future. In fact, despite the current educational system where students aren’t comfortable,
gaming is a rewarding system. Indeed, video games are interactive, they can be used to discover new
topics, to follow your intuition and for instance, they may be helpful for educating people about
violence at the age of school shootings. Trough eSports, players will learn morality, new strategies
and find on their own solutions. Unlike/contrary to other educational system, video games are a
benefice to encourage creativity and innovation. Moreover, that also can allow students to develop
skills which may be useful for their future jobs. eSports will become far more than a hobby and a
better way to progress in many areas