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Direct linkJabbari, Nasser; Eslami, Zohreh R. – ReCALL, 2019
This review examines the second language acquisition (SLA) literature with regard to the role of "massively multiplayer online games" (MMOGs) in second language (L2) learning. It focuses on commercially developed off-the-shelf (COTS) MMOGs only (some of them modified for educational purposes such as Reinders' & Wattana's work). It…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Computer Games, Second Language Instruction, Role
Newgarden, Kristi; Zheng, Dongping – ReCALL, 2016
In this study of affordances for second language (L2) learning in World of Warcraft (WoW) group play, we compared three gameplay episodes spanning a semester-long course. Applying multimodal analysis framed by ecological, dialogical and distributed (EDD) views (Zheng and Newgarden, forthcoming), we explored four English as a second language…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Simulation, Computer Games
Sundqvist, Pia; Sylvén, Liss Kerstin – ReCALL, 2014
This paper presents findings from a study investigating young English language learners (YELLs) in Sweden in 4th grade (N = 76, aged 10-11). Data were collected with the help of a questionnaire and a one-week language diary. The main purpose was to examine the learners' L2 English language-related activities outside of school in general, and their…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries, Grade 4
Thorne, Steven L.; Fischer, Ingrid; Lu, Xiaofei – ReCALL, 2012
Multiplayer online games form complex semiotic ecologies that include game-generated texts, player-to-player communication and collaboration, and associated websites that support in-game play. This article describes an exploratory study of the massively multiplayer online game (MMO) "World of Warcraft" ("WoW"), with specific…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Communication, Interaction, Literacy, Linguistics
Rama, 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
Cornillie, Frederik; Clarebout, Geraldine; Desmet, Piet – ReCALL, 2012
This paper aims to provide a rationale for the utility of corrective feedback (CF) in digital games designed for language learning, with specific reference to learners' perceptions. Explicit and elaborate CF has the potential to increase learners' understanding of language, but might not be found useful in a game-based learning environment where…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Goal Orientation, Experiential Learning
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
Sylven, Liss Kerstin; Sundqvist, Pia – ReCALL, 2012
Today, playing digital games is an important part of many young people's everyday lives. Claims have been made that certain games, in particular massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) provide L2 English learners with a linguistically rich and cognitively challenging virtual environment that may be conducive to L2 learning, as…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Virtual Classrooms, Evidence, Achievement Tests
