Hey guys :) could anyone of you correct part 1&2 of my essay and give me some feedback/ tips? :) Although there exists a huge repertoire of learning games on the pc game market by now, most parents are still rather concerned than happy seeing their children in front of the computer playing games. However, a survey by a university in New York came to the result that video gaming in general contributes to language proficiency of gamers. Especially through game forums, gamers can improve their language skills, a fact that I will show on the example of the children’s game “Quandary”. The survey took place between 2010 and 2011, revealing two main aspects of language improvement. While the one year period a forum of a popular gaming platform called Civilization Fanatics was observed and non-native speaker participants of the English language were asked about the language learning profit they gained from playing as well as from being engaged in discussions in the forum about a game. The survey revealed that the actual playing of a game doesn’t contribute that much to language improvement of the non-native speakers. The players said that the actual playing helped them learning new vocabulary depending on the game for instance terms of history, mechanics or military terminology. Whereas being engaged in the forums actually made them using English frequently. According to game players, the forums are an excellent way to use English and improve language skills simultaneously. Whenever the players came across difficulties in the game, wanted to debate over skills or strategies or just didn’t reach their goal they signed in on the forum to ask other players for help. The only rule of the forum is to use English only so that participants are forced to make their postings in English. The survey states that exactly this engaging in postings about the game supports language skills. Within the forums players are in touch with native as well as non-native speakers of the English language. Especially when there are debates or conflicts about a topic, participants are forced to express themselves as clear as possible and so improve their way to present and explain things. As the survey reveals, most of the gamers improved their language skills unconsciously while playing and writing and just became aware of it when they were interviewed for the gaming survey.