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Maria Diez-Ortega – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Research in digital game-based language learning (DGBLL) has shown support for the use of games to develop linguistic knowledge and social skills in the second language (L2) classroom (Cornillie et al., 2012c; Reinhardt, 2019; Sykes & Reinhardt, 2013). Digital games often align with the definition of tasks, but not many have been intentionally…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Video Games, Technology Uses in Education
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Casañ Pitarch, Ricardo; Wang, Lulu – International Journal of Information and Learning Technology, 2022
Purpose: The objective of this research is to measure Chinese students' progress in gaining new vocabulary in Spanish at the B1 level after using the serious video game Guadalingo. Design/methodology/approach: A group of 30 Chinese students participated in an experiment, in which 16 of them played Guadalingo; the other 14 were used as the control…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Spanish, Game Based Learning
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Pattemore, Matthew; Gilabert, Roger – Language Learning Journal, 2023
This study investigates the provision of two types of auditory elaborative automated digital feedback (metalinguistic and informational) in the context of a digital game for reading skills development in English as a foreign language. Nineteen 11-year-old Spanish-Catalan school children played through two digital minigames while their…
Descriptors: Eye Movements, Spanish, Romance Languages, English (Second Language)
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Nathan Prestopnik – International Journal of Designs for Learning, 2016
This paper reports a design case for a story-driven language learning game called "Arena." "Arena" was developed in the design science tradition, where purpose-built artifacts are used as a springboard for scientific inquiry. As such, "Arena" is a vehicle for designers and researchers to study the effectiveness of…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Student Motivation, Second Language Learning, Play