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Alexandra Rysul'ova – NORDSCI, 2023
Virtual worlds, like Second Life, are transformative innovations in education. These immersive 3D environments offer teachers and students unique opportunities beyond traditional classrooms. They foster active learning, allowing students to interact, manipulate objects, and engage with diverse content. This multimodal approach accommodates various…
Descriptors: Information Security, Computer Simulation, Barriers, Teaching Methods
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Hofmeyr, Michael – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This paper describes the initial findings of an exploratory research project investigating the use of the cooperative digital puzzle game Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes as a means to facilitate Second Language Acquisition (SLA). A qualitative case study approach was taken to closely examine the linguistic interaction between three L2 learners of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Cardoso, Walcir; Rueb, Avery; Grimshaw, Jennica – Research-publishing.net, 2017
This study examines the effects of the pedagogical use of an interactive mobile digital game, Prêt à Négocier (PàN), on improving learners' pronunciation of French as a Second Language (FSL), using three holistic measures: comprehensibility, fluency, and overall pronunciation. Two groups of FSL learners engaged in different types of game-playing…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications
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Grimshaw, Jennica; Cardoso, Walcir; Waddington, David – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This study examines the development of oral fluency in a Computer-Mediated Communication (CMC) environment that uses a "shouting" digital game as a pedagogical tool: Spaceteam ESL4. Spaceteam ESL is a game for mobile devices that involves time-sensitive aural exchanges among players (English learners), with great potential to promote…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Games
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Ní Chiaráin, Neasa; Ní Chasaide, Ailbhe – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Although Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis has been little used in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), it is ripe for deployment, particularly for minority and endangered languages, where learners have little access to native speaker models and where few genuinely interactive and engaging teaching/learning materials are available. These…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Jackson, G. Tanner; Snow, Erica L.; Varner, Laura K.; McNamara, Danielle S. – Grantee Submission, 2013
Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITSs) have begun to develop hybrid systems that balance the learning benefits of ITSs with the motivational benefits of games. iSTART-ME (Motivationally Enhanced) is a new game-based learning environment developed on top of an existing ITS for reading comprehension (iSTART). In an 11 session lab-based study, 40 high…
Descriptors: Intelligent Tutoring Systems, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games