In the digital era, some people must use technology to support their works or even their pleasure time. A game is one of the digital applications for some people to spend their leisure time, including children. However, indirectly, a game also can be an educational tool for children, especially for language. Based on the description, the…

Although most children seem to love music, our understanding of the role it plays in facilitating speech and language learning is limited, as is research validating its efficacy in the clinical setting. The purpose of this study was to examine how singing affects children's quick incidental learning (QUIL) of novel vocabulary terms. Sixteen…

The role of extensive reading in building vocabulary continues to receive considerable attention in first and second language research and pedagogy. This study analyses the lexical differences between narrative and expository reading materials used in upper-elementary education (10- and 11-year-old children), and explores how these differences…