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Zheng, Dongping; Bischoff, Michael; Gilliland, Betsy – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2015
Drawing on ecological and dialogical perspectives on language and cognition, this exploratory case study examines how vocabulary learning occurs during a quest-play mediated in English between a Japanese undergraduate student and a native speaker of English. Understanding embodiment as coaction between the player-avatar and player-player relations…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Computer Games, Context Effect, Undergraduate Students
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Butler, Yuko Goto; Someya, Yuumi; Fukuhara, Eiji – ELT Journal, 2014
Young learners' use of instructional games in foreign language learning is not yet well understood. Using games that were part of the learning tools for an online assessment, Jido-Eiken, a standardized English proficiency test for young learners in Japan, we examined young learners' game-playing behaviours and the relationship of these behaviours…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)