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Panagiotis Panagiotidis; Pinelopi Krystalli; Panagiotis Arvanitis – European Journal of Education (EJED), 2023
It is a common belief that engagement and motivation are crucial factors in learning and especially in language learning. In particular, increasing motivation can lead to the mobilization of students' personal, cognitive, emotional and behavioral resources and, consequently to better learning results. As digital technology has become more…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Electronic Learning, Second Language Learning, Student Motivation
Daniel Hobson Dixon – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation provides an in-depth linguistic description and analysis of the discourse in a target domain of digital games, a domain referred to as "single player offline role-playing games." Gaming discourse from this domain is represented by a 4.8-million-word corpus of spoken and written language extracted from the digital files…
Descriptors: Language Usage, Electronic Learning, Video Games, Discourse Analysis
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Wen Jia; Liping Zhang; Austin Pack; Yi Guan; Bin Zou – Language Learning & Technology, 2024
Although digital game-based vocabulary learning (DGBVL) has received increasing attention in the past two decades, the impacts of DGBVL on the depth of word knowledge are still not well understood, especially in regard to productive vocabulary learning and DGBVL's long-term efficacy. This study leverages a quasiexperimental research design to…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Video Games, Vocabulary Development, Receptive Language
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Christopher, Adam – International Journal on E-Learning, 2020
There are two important dimensions to successful second language learning: what goes on inside the classroom and what goes on outside of the classroom (Richards, 2015). This paper investigates smartphone use for online learning of English among Japanese university students using online surveys and semi-structured interviews. The investigation…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Carolin Fuchs, Editor; Mirjam Hauck, Editor; Melinda Dooly, Editor – Educational Linguistics, 2021
This book brings together contributions on learner autonomy from a myriad of contexts to advance our understanding of what autonomous language learning looks like with digital tools, and how this understanding is shaped by and can shape different socio-institutional, curricular, and instructional support. To this end, the individual contributions…
Descriptors: Personal Autonomy, Interaction, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
Li, Juan – ProQuest LLC, 2019
Slow vocabulary development and poor comprehension among English Language learners (ELLs) (August, Carlo, & Snow, 2005) have resulted in an academic achievement gap between ELLs and native English-speaking learners in the United States (Klingner, Artiles, & Barletta, 2006; Wilde, 2010). This mixed-methods sequential explanatory research…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Video Games, Educational Technology
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Horowitz, Kenneth S. – American Journal of Play, 2019
The informal setting of online multiplayer video games may offer safe spots for speakers of other languages learning English to practice their communication skills and reduce their anxiety about using a second language. In this study, the author examined the relationship between both these concerns and the time spent playing such games by basic…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
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Suki, Norazah Mohd; Suki, Norbayah Mohd – Technology, Knowledge and Learning, 2019
This study examines the structural relationships at work when embedding role-play games in a class for Japanese language proficiency. It does so by applying the Technology Acceptance Model, and the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Usage of Technology as its guiding principles. The setting was a Malaysian public university and the subjects, 200…
Descriptors: Role Playing, Educational Games, Video Games, Teaching Methods
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Ibrahim, Karim – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
This article describes how the literature on game-based foreign language (FL) learning has demonstrated that player-game interactions have a strong potential for FL learning. However, little is known about the fine-grained dynamics of these interactions, or how they could facilitate FL learning. To address this gap, the researcher conducted a…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning
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Vosburg, Donald – CALICO Journal, 2017
The use of video games as a learning tool, in particular massively multiplayer online games (MMOGs), continues to grow, as does the research in this field of study; research to date has revealed benefits to the language learner as well as hindrances and research gaps (Godwin-Jones, 2014). This study examines participant perspectives on group…
Descriptors: Video Games, Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Second Language Learning
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Ebrahimzadeh, Mohsen; Alavi, Sepideh – Teaching English with Technology, 2017
The study examined the effect of a commercial digital video game on high school students' language learning motivation. Participants were 241 male students randomly assigned to one of the following three treatments: Readers, who intensively read the game's story; Players, who played the digital video game; and Watchers, who watched two classmates…
Descriptors: Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, High School Students
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Salavati, Maryam; Salehi, Hadi – Universal Journal of Educational Research, 2016
This study aimed at investigating the impact of Instructional Video Games (IVGs) on the vocabulary retention of Iranian language learners. To do so, 32 male and 43 female, between the ages thirteen to thirty one years old, in Padideh Derakhshan Institute, Sahinshahr, Isfahan, Iran were selected as a whole population. First, the World English…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Games, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
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Sasi, Sabri; Chang, Maiga; Altinay-Aksal, Fahriye; Kayimbasioglu, Dervis; Dervis, Huseyin; Kinshuk; Altinay-Gazi, Zehra – EURASIA Journal of Mathematics, Science & Technology Education, 2017
Early childhood quality education is a cornerstone in educational development. Many countries have started to develop their own preschool educational system in accordance with the European Union Standards, where learning English language and using technology are prerequisites. In this research, the peace context was used as a mediator for learning…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Technology Integration
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Tafazoli, Dara, Ed.; Gomez Parra, M. Elena, Ed.; Huertas-Abril, Cristina A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
The ability to effectively communicate with individuals from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds is an invaluable asset. Learning a second language proves useful as students navigate the culturally diverse world; however, studying a second language can be difficult for learners who are not immersed in the real and natural environment of…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Technology
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Chik, Alice – Language Learning & Technology, 2014
The relationship between digital game play and second language (L2) learning is a particularly tricky issue in East Asia. Though there is an emerging presence of Chinese online games, many more young people are playing the English- or Japanese-language versions of the most popular commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) video games. In other words, most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Video Games, Second Language Learning, Educational Technology
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