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Yaccob, Nur Syafiqah; Rahman, Siti Fatimah Abd.; Mohamad, Syamsul Nor Azlan; Rahim, Azwin Arif Abdul; Rashid, Khadijah Khalilah Abdul; Aldaba, Abdulmajid Mohammed Abdulwahab; Yunus, Melor Md; Hashim, Harwati – Arab World English Journal, 2022
Modern trends lead to innovative technologies in education, including the birth of digital and gamified learning or gamification. In English language classrooms, meaningful teaching and learning are significant to developing students' English proficiency, focusing on linguistics and communicative competence. Various language activities and games…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning, Educational Games
A. Pradheepa; K. Gurusamy; T. Pushpanathan – Australian Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2025
This meta-analysis aims to investigate gamification's impact on improving tertiary-level second-language learners' lexical repertoire. Forty-seven peer-reviewed works were evaluated for this analysis. The analysis focused on determining the effectiveness of gamified learning environments in the context of improving vocabulary and learning and…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Catherine Akoth Ongoro; Yong-Yi Fanjiang – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2024
This article aims to provide a systematic review of existing research on the use of digital game-based learning (DGBL) technology for foreign language (English) in preschool and elementary schools. Digital game-based technology enables learning to become more interactive and inspirational, thereby enhancing language acquisition. The authors…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Elementary School Students, Preschool Education, Creativity
Kaya, Gamze; Sagnak, Hatice Cilsalar – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2022
Since gamification has strengthened its place in education over the years, it is frequently preferred in English as a Second Language Learning. This study aims to investigate the literature on the effects of gamification on students' English learning as a second language and the tendency of students to use games to learn English as a second…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
Ari Muhammad Syifa; Lilla Musyahda; David Segoh – Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 2024
This systematic literature review (SLR) aimed to investigate the potential of digital online game-based learning (DOGBL) to enhance motivation in English as a foreign language (EFL). Online gaming has grown in popularity among students, opening up the possibility of using games as powerful instructional resources. Academic achievement depends on…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Games
Toshiyuki Hasumi; Mei-Shiu Chiu – Cogent Education, 2024
As technology use has become the norm in education, this bibliometric analysis of technology-enhanced language learning (TELL) aims to reveal its current state-of-the-art and emerging trends. Analysis of 1,816 publications (1,745 articles and 71 reviews) from Web of Science demonstrated growing interests in the field and core publications in the…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction
Tang, Zhongqing – English Language Teaching, 2020
Vocabulary acquisition, after being neglected for centuries, aroused people's attention from the second half of last century. At that time, people began to realize, instead of grammar, vocabulary occupies the central role in language acquisition (Gass & Selinker, 1994). Compared with intentional vocabulary acquisition, incidental vocabulary…
Descriptors: Incidental Learning, Vocabulary Development, Linguistic Input, Educational Research
Xu, Zhihong; Chen, Zhuo; Eutsler, Lauren; Geng, Zihan; Kogut, Ashlynn – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2020
Learning with games has been increasing in practice, but studies of the features and learning outcomes involving digital games to develop language learning are scarce. This scoping review investigates the current practices of digital game-based language learning to support English language learning, in terms of participants' characteristics,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Games, Teaching Methods
Pinto, Rafael Darque; Peixoto, Bruno; Melo, Miguel; Cabral, Luciana; Bessa, Maximino – Education Sciences, 2021
Virtual reality has shown to have great potential as an educational tool when it comes to new learning methods. With the growth and dissemination of this technology, there is a massive opportunity for teachers to add this technology to their methods of teaching a second/foreign language, since students keep showing a growing interest in new…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Research Reports, Computer Games
Dehghanzadeh, Hojjat; Fardanesh, Hashem; Hatami, Javad; Talaee, Ebrahim; Noroozi, Omid – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Digital gamification has been argued to be a fun and enjoyable method to support Learning English as a Second Language (LESL) and to ease the gap between students' learning and educational practice. This systematic review presents an overview of the state of the art on the use of gamification for LESL in digital environments. Furthermore, this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Game Based Learning
Yaccob, Nur Syafiqah; Yunus, Melor Md – Arab World English Journal, 2019
Traditional teaching and learning process referring to chalk-and-talk has become outdated in lessons. Teachers and learners are exposed to various task-based process to encourage a better participation among learners throughout the lesson. One of the most common and preferred teaching strategies is the use of language games to aid the teaching of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness