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Saeed Khazaie; Saman Ebadi – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
This quasi-experimental study explored the feasibility of the augmented reality game-supported flipped classrooms for English for Medical Purposes reading among 464 students from the Isfahan University of Medical Sciences in two phases. In the quantitative phase, the participants watched the pre-recorded lectures on English for Medical Purposes…
Descriptors: Flipped Classroom, Computer Simulation, Reading Comprehension, English for Special Purposes
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Ali Soyoof; Barry Lee Reynolds; Kan Kan Chan; Wen-Ta Tseng; Kate McLay – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2025
Research has shown that massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have the potential to offer language learning opportunities. However, there is a dearth of research exploring student attitudes about the potential of these games for language learning. We used the language learning principles framework proposed by Brown and Lee…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Andrew Philpott; Jeong-Bae Son – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
The study reported in this article investigated the use of quest-based learning (QBL) in a gamified English as a foreign language (EFL) course at a Japanese university. A mixed methods research design was utilised to explore the effect purposely designed quests can have on EFL students' foreign language (FL) motivation. The study was conducted…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Countries, English Language Learners, English (Second Language)
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Reynolds, Barry Lee; Kao, Chian-Wen – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Feedback researchers have given little attention to how administration of language-focused instruction before writing in a second language combined with subsequent error correction after writing can affect the grammatical accuracy of learners' future writing. Moreover, the mode of the instruction (i.e., teacher instruction or game-based…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Direct Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Chen, Hao-Jan Howard; Hsu, Hsiao-Ling – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
One of the more rapidly advancing subfields of second language acquisition research is Digital-game based language learning (DGBLL) and many studies have found that Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) games can have a positive effect on vocabulary acquisition. COTS games are specifically made for entertainment purposes, while serious games, which…
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Simulated Environment
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Blume, Carolyn – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2020
Despite the prevalence of digital gaming as a leisure activity and research attesting to the affordances of digital game-based language learning (DGBLL) for English as a foreign language (EFL), the use of DGBLL remains low, especially outside the United States. A survey was carried out in order to understand both the beliefs and behaviors of…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, English (Second Language), English Teachers, Student Behavior