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Direct linkRama, Paul S.; Black, Rebecca W.; van Es, Elizabeth; Warschauer, Mark – ReCALL, 2012
What are the affordances of online gaming environments for second language learning and socialization? To answer this question, this qualitative study examines two college-age Spanish learners' experiences participating in the Spanish language version of the massively multi-player online game "World of Warcraft." Using data culled from participant…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Participant Observation, Computer Games
Peterson, Mark – ReCALL, 2012
This exploratory study investigates the linguistic and social interaction of four intermediate EFL learners during game play in a massively multiplayer online role playing game (MMORPG). Twelve illustrative episodes drawn from the participants' text chat, collected in four 70-minute sessions held over a one-month period, are analyzed from a…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Games, Role Playing
Zheng, Dongping; Newgarden, Kristi; Young, Michael F. – ReCALL, 2012
Applying Communicative Project theory (Linell, 2009), we identify and distinguish between the different coordination and language activities that emerged during an episode of "World of Warcraft" ("WoW") gameplay involving English Language learners (ELLs). We further investigate ELLs' coordinations between killing and caring, self and others, in…
Descriptors: Caring, English (Second Language), Classroom Environment, Second Language Learning
