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Kara, Nuri – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The main aim of this study was to explore the effect of the serious mobile game Jumo the Jumper on the vocabulary acquisition of primary school English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students and their attitudes toward an EFL course. The main research design of the study was a quasi-experimental design with nonequivalent control groups that included…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
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Demir, Elif Çelebi; Ari, Asim – Anatolian Journal of Education, 2023
The aim of the study is to reveal the teachers' view about 8th grade English Course book and educational programme about vocabulary teaching. The study is valuable for examining 8th grade English teaching programme and course book in terms of vocabulary teaching and revealing the current situation in the programme and the course book. Vocabulary…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Simsek, Bilal; Direkci, Bekir – International Journal of Instruction, 2019
This study examines the relationship between online games and Turkish vocabulary acquisition. It adopted the sequential explanatory design of the mixed methods research. The quantitative data were collected through cluster sampling technique from 225 students studying in two secondary schools. The qualitative data were collected through the…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Turkish, Correlation, Vocabulary Development
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Korkmaz, Sezen; Öz, Hüseyin – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2021
With the advent of technology over the past decade, teachers have started to incorporate live games into second or foreign language (L2) teaching to create an active learning environment and thus keep learners engaged in learning tasks. The present study reports on the findings of an investigation into the impact of the online "Kahoot!"…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Bektas Cetinkaya, Yesim – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2021
This study assesses vocabulary size of university students in an EFL context and unfolds the vocabulary development processes of successful learners through learners' reflective accounts. The study used a mixed methodology to collect and analyze the data. The quantitative data were collected from 93 university students who major in English…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Utku, Özlem; Dolgunsöz, Emrah – International Online Journal of Education and Teaching, 2018
The current study aimed to examine the effect of online vocabulary games on teaching new words to young learners of EFL. For this aim, 46 Turkish 5th grade EFL students in a state school were assigned into control and experimental groups. Both groups studied 22 words in 6 instructional sessions conducted in 6 subsequent weeks in the second…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Computer Games, Educational Technology
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Karaaslan, Hatice; Kilic, Nurseven; Guven-Yalcin, Gamze; Gullu, Abdulkadir – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2018
Many learners are now quite digitally skilled. However, this does not entail that they know how to learn through digital technologies. Therefore, establishing an interactive virtual learning platform that connects everyone together in a classroom environment and helping learners become familiar with such media might serve a set of purposes in any…
Descriptors: Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Vocabulary Development, Educational Games
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Alyaz, Yunus; Spaniel-Weise, Dorothea; Gursoy, Esim – Journal of Education and Learning, 2017
The interest in Digital Game-Based Language Learning (DGBLL) has increased considerably in recent years although being a relatively new approach. Despite the interest that DGBLL took, the studies in the context of German as a Foreign Language (FL) are quite limited. Moreover, DGBLL in the Turkish context is not prevalent. Due to this gap in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Computer Games, Second Language Instruction
International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2012
The IADIS CELDA 2012 Conference intention was to address the main issues concerned with evolving learning processes and supporting pedagogies and applications in the digital age. There had been advances in both cognitive psychology and computing that have affected the educational arena. The convergence of these two disciplines is increasing at a…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Academic Support Services, Access to Computers