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The SIMs Meet ESL Incorporating Authentic Computer Simulation Games into the Language Classroom
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Miller, Megan; Hegelheimer, Volker – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2006
Despite their motivational appeal to learners, innovative and technologically advanced computer simulation games targeting native English speakers frequently remain beyond the competence of ESL learners as independent didactic tools. Guided by Chapelle's (2001) criteria for determining CALL task appropriateness, this paper illustrates how the…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning