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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
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Belda-Medina, Jose; Calvo-Ferrer, José Ramón – Education Sciences, 2022
There is a good body of literature about digital-game-based language learning (DGBL), but research has mainly focused on students as game players rather than as future educators. This paper reports on a research conducted among 154 teacher candidates at a higher-education institution in Spain regarding the adoption of digital games in education.…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Preservice Teachers, Educational Games
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Strauss, Annaly M.; Bipath, Keshni – South African Journal of Childhood Education, 2020
Background: This article is based on a study that aimed at finding out how pre-primary teachers integrate directed play into literacy teaching and learning. Play is a platform through which young children acquire language. Aim: This study uses an action research approach to understand how guided play benefits incidental reading and expands…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Sight Vocabulary, Word Recognition, Play
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Nikolov, Marianne; Timpe-Laughlin, Veronika – Language Teaching, 2021
Given the exponential growth in the popularity of early foreign language programs, coupled with an emphasis of evidence-based instruction, assessing young learners' (YLs) foreign language abilities has moved to center stage. This article canvasses how the field of assessing young learners of foreign languages has evolved over the past two decades.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Measurement, Second Language Programs