This is a two-part adventure! You are part of the Governor's COVID-19 Special Task Force. Talk with members of the community. Listen to their problems. What challenges have arisen as a result of the pandemic? Then solve the puzzles with your Spanish to become the town's hero.
Then, once you understand each community member's troubles, you'll solve the community-wide puzzle: What solutions can you and your partner come up with? First of all - Did you pay close enough attention and really understand the nuances of everyone's situations? And if you're lucky enough to get that far... can you make everyone happy with your decisions?
Grammar focus: Present perfect tense (e.g., "Hemos abierto la puerta" / "He dicho la verdad")
Vocab focus: Quarantine, places in the community, small businesses
Spanish Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Single-player or multi-player
This game really is a perfect way to learn this. I’ve tried things like Duolingo and other online platforms, short of paying someone to sit and talk to me in Spanish. Using this game I have started speaking to my children in Spanish. It has increased my Spanish more than anything else has in the past. Nothing has boosted my use of the language like this has.
Caleigh McKinnie, adult learner of Spanish
La cuarentena was designed for communication where students are able to communicate not only with each other as part of the game, but also with the characters in the game... I think that this opportunity for students to have a real-life, interesting, meaningful experience playing a game in another language really presents an opportunity to be able to practice their language and do so in a way that they don't even recognize what they're doing.
Jimmy Wildman, High school Spanish teacher
The game has a lot of native speakers speaking about topics I might experience if I found myself speaking to someone in Spanish. The neighborhood was beautiful.
Michael Edwards, adult learner of Spanish
It's great for people are nervous to practice Spanish in real environments but practicing with a friend in a structured, virtual setting gives them the confidence they need.
Zoe Sargent, recent college grad who took Spanish classes in school
I enjoyed the many opportunities to actually use the present perfect in conversation, rather than simply learning it in a lecture and using it once or twice.
Archer Berzins, high school student learning Spanish in school
We are so unbelievably passionate about making language-learning engaging and relevant. If you feel any one of our products falls flat of that, we want to know it immediately. We promise to make it right or refund you in full.