Press Release

Gramma

the game which makes students long for grammar lessons

These days, long faces and tired comments about boring grammar lessons can be  things of the past. The reason for this is Gramma, an ingenious, new grammar game which swiftly provides basic grammatical knowledge and also works well as a revision activity.

So much more fun
Ydala, a company in Västerbillsjö near Örnsköldsvik, has developed the game, which makes learning great fun. Tests have shown that this makes students learn more quickly and they increase their vocabulary – and therefore their ability to communicate – and their desire to learn grows dramatically. Students have fun playing the game and the difficulties now lie, if anything, in how to stop the game when the lesson comes to an end.

Using several senses
Gramma is a classic party game using a board, playing cards, dice and hour-glass. The players compete against each other in teams. Everyone is active the whole time and several senses are used when learning. Using given words, players have to do charades and take part in head-to-heads, draw, guess and think of synonyms and antonyms. The game encourages active, co-operative involvement which generates motivation and excitement.

Everyone can play
Gramma is based on the latest findings within the field of learning research. The level of difficulty can be easily varied and therefore Gramma can be played by both children and adults, regardless of whether their grammatical knowledge is good or limited. It can be played both at home and in school.

A development of Grammakul
The game Gramma is the result of a further development of its forerunner, Grammakul, which was introduced by the publishers Natur och Kultur in the autumn of 2000. Both games have been developed by Yvonne Dahlqvist who did her teacher training at the Mid Sweden University in Härnösand. She has taught Swedish and German since 1994.


Game with a purpose
Yvonne discovered quite quickly that students found grammar hard and that something new was required to increase their level of interest and thus their knowledge. She came up with the Grammakul idea and some time later started her own company, Ydala. Yvonne has now developed her idea a significant stage further by producing Gramma, an educational game based on words and parts of speech.
It is a game with a purpose – to learn the Swedish language.


For further information,
contact Yvonne Dahlqvist, tel. 0660 72086 or 070 317 2086.

Downloadable press pictures for printing:


Yvonne Dahlqvist playing the game

Yvonne Dahlqvist
Yvonne Dahlqvist with Gramma
Gramma
The game on the table
Yvonne Dahlqvist playing the game