So to Speak
Whether it’s through Duolingo or taking a class, there are a lot of ways to learn new languages out there. So to Speak, a game by Erik Anderson, argues that one of the best ways to learn a new way of reading, writing, and speaking is to be pushed out into the deep end and made to figure it out. The puzzle game asks you to learn Japanese by way of context clues and puzzle-solving. So to Speak emulates the feeling of showing up somewhere and realizing you can’t read the signs and having to sort things out and contextualize it all in English. I’ve taken some language courses over the years, but sometimes you need to get out of a textbook and into the world to learn how to understand others, and So to Speak seems like something that will help me far better than Duolingo could ever hope to. A demo is available now on Steam. — Kenneth Shepard
