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Kara, Nuri – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2022
The main aim of this study was to explore the effect of the serious mobile game Jumo the Jumper on the vocabulary acquisition of primary school English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students and their attitudes toward an EFL course. The main research design of the study was a quasi-experimental design with nonequivalent control groups that included…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language), Foreign Countries
Grace Hui Chin Lin – Online Submission, 2024
This research was conducted in a National University of western part in Taiwan. It guided students to select language learning games of language learning (Amur et al. (2024; Huang & Liaw, 2021; Srinivasan & Reddy 2023) on Facebook or other websites to improve English Language proficiencies in listening, speaking reading and writing. Below…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Artificial Intelligence
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Katemba, Caroline V.; Sinuhaji, Grace V. – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2021
The teaching of vocabulary is essential in the world of teaching English as a foreign language (EFL). EFL learners have problems in learning vocabulary. To attract the students' attention, the teachers should have adequate teaching methods. One of the teachers' efforts to engage the students is by applying ESA (engage, study, and activate) through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Teaching Methods
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Wang, Fu Lee; Zhang, Ruofei; Zou, Di; Au, Oliver Tat Sheung; Xie, Haoran; Wong, Leung Pun – Knowledge Management & E-Learning, 2021
In recent years, mobile applications (apps) have been increasingly used and investigated as a vocabulary learning approach. Despite the extensive use of commercial English as a Foreign Language (EFL) vocabulary learning apps in China, there is a lack of a review of these apps for a systematic understanding of the components and usefulness of…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo; Jaclyn Ocumpaugh; Walfrido David Diy; Monica Moreno; Marco De Santos; Nigel Cargo; Jose Lacson; Daniel Santos; Danna Aduna; Jose Isidro Beraquit; Rex Bringula; Marie Rianne M. Caparros; Anne Tan Choi; Steve Ladan; Jaclyn Lim; Dominique Marie Antoinette Manahan; Jhoanna Michelle G. Paterno; Kristine Saturinas; Emily Tabanao; Christine Tablatin; Jo Torres; Kaska Porayska-Pomsta; Ibukun Olatunji; Rose Luckin – Computer-Based Learning in Context, 2019
Filipino learners' lack of English language proficiency is a major barrier to higher education opportunities and participation in high-value industries. Computer-based learning systems have the potential to increase educational quality, equity, and efficacy in the Global South. However, a key challenge is to design systems that are developmentally…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Computer Games
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Gholizadeh, Mehran; Taghiyareh, Fattaneh; Alvandkoohi, Saeed – International Journal of Game-Based Learning, 2018
The pivotal role of identifying types of players is inevitable in the game contexts, and educational games are not an exception. This article aims to present a model of player-game interaction in the mobile game-based learning setting regarding the behavioral propensity. This model comprises five different features inherited from the player…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Kohnke, Lucas – International Journal of Computer-Assisted Language Learning and Teaching, 2020
In recent years, the widespread growth of mobile-assisted language learning using apps has made English vocabulary learning increasingly accessible. This study investigated students' perceptions of a vocabulary learning app developed by the researcher as a tool to help them to improve their L2 receptive vocabulary. The app, containing 20 levels,…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Rueb, Avery; Cardoso, Walcir; Grimshaw, Jennica – Research-publishing.net, 2018
"Prêt à Négocier" (PàN) is an interactive digital information gap game designed to help French students improve their interaction skills. In this study, we examined the effects of its use on improving French learners' vocabulary. Following a pretest/posttest design, we compared the development of 20 French words between an experimental…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Vocabulary Development
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Vungthong, Sompatu – rEFLections, 2018
The 21st century marks the digital era which is characterised by advanced technology and witnesses the increasing use of visual design in the realm of education. Despite various studies addressing the roles of visual design, there is still limited understanding of its roles in electronic educational materials, especially for language learning and…
Descriptors: Visual Aids, Design, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
Dore, Rebecca A.; Shirilla, Marcia; Hopkins, Emily; Collins, Molly; Scott, Molly; Shatz, Jacob; Lawson-Adams, Jessica; Valladares, Tara; Foster, Lindsey; Puttre, Hannah; Toub, Tamara Spiewak; Hadley, Elizabeth; Golinkoff, Roberta M.; Dickinson, David; Hirsh-Pasek, Kathy – Grantee Submission, 2019
Despite the prevalence of educational apps for children, there is little evidence of their effectiveness for learning. Here, children were asked to learn ten new words in a narrative mobile game that requires children use knowledge of word meanings to advance the game. Study 1 used a lab-based between-subjects design with middle-SES 4-year-olds…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Computer Software, Preschool Children, Language Tests
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Hao, Tao; Wang, Zhe; Ardasheva, Yuliya – Journal of Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2021
This meta-analysis reviewed research between 2012 and 2018 focused on technology-assisted second language (L2) vocabulary learning for English as a foreign language (EFL) learner. A total of 45 studies of 2,374 preschool-to-college EFL students contributed effect sizes to this meta-analysis. Compared with traditional instructional methods, the…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language)
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Alsowat, Hamad H. – English Language Teaching, 2020
This meta-analysis aims at investigating the impact of English language teaching practices on language outcomes. The literature search yielded 90 meta-analyses that were published between January, 1995 and December, 2019. The current study analyzed 90 meta-analysis and these studies comprised 3496 studies, 7870 effect sizes and nearly 700,000…
Descriptors: Meta Analysis, Evidence Based Practice, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Sydorenko, Tetyana; Hellermann, John; Thorne, Steven L.; Howe, Vanessa – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2019
Applications of locative media (e.g., place-based mobile augmented reality [AR]) are used in various educational content areas and have been shown to provide learners with valuable opportunities for investigation-based learning, location-situated social and collaborative interaction, and embodied experience of place (Squire, 2009; Thorne &…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Discourse Analysis
Al-Jarf, Reima – Online Submission, 2021
This study investigates the differential effects of the iPad on first and second language learning by Saudi children in the home environment. The subjects consisted of 78 parents and 118 children. The children were grouped into: 1-6 years old (young children in kindergarten and pre-school); 7- 9 years (grades 1-3); and 10-12 years (grades 4-6).…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Handheld Devices, Foreign Countries
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Wu, Ting-Ting – Journal of Computer Assisted Learning, 2018
Memorizing English vocabulary is often considered uninteresting, and a lack of motivation exists during learning activities. Moreover, most vocabulary practice systems automatically select words from articles and do not provide integrated model methods for students. Therefore, this study constructed a mobile game-based English vocabulary practice…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Learning Motivation, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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