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Ward, Monica; Xu, Liang; Uí Dhonnchadha, Elaine – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Game Based Language Learning (GBLL) is an approach to language learning in which learning happens in the process of playing a game. GBLL has several potential benefits including enhanced reading, writing, and cultural awareness. This paper provides a brief overview of Cipher -- Faoi Gheasa, a GBLL app for Irish and learners' feedback on the game.…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning, Irish, Error Correction
Pujolà, Joan-Tomàs – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Gamification is a methodological strategy that uses "game design elements in non-game contexts" (Deterding, Dixon, Khaled, and Nacke 2011). The purpose of gamification is to engage people, motivate action, promote learning, and solve problems. This chapter describes examples of Spanish content gamifications that integrate different game…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning, Spanish
Canto, Silvia; Jauregi-Ondarra, Kristi – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Game-based learning is gaining popularity in language education. For the present study, three games were developed with a central focus on intercultural interaction to be played internationally in dyads or small groups using Video-Communication (VC) tools or a Virtual World (VW). The interactions were carried out in Spanish as a Lingua Franca (LF)…
Descriptors: Interaction, Game Based Learning, Learner Engagement, Second Language Learning
Black-Rotchin, Sivan; Cardoso, Walcir – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper introduces "FineTune," a mobile application currently in development that features a gamified version of High Variability Phonetic Training (HVPT). The aims of this paper are twofold: (1) to outline the theoretical motivation for the app's features, which includes a discussion of HVPT, gamification, and Self-Determination…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Self Determination, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
Stephens de Jonge, Julie; Labrador, Belén – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This paper reports our preliminary observations of a pilot project carried out from February to April 2019 with a group of students learning Spanish at the University of Central Missouri and students learning English at the University of León. The project combines challenging escape room activities with intercultural and interlinguistic…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Student Motivation, Computer Simulation, Problem Solving
Dickinson, Paul – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This study explored participation by Japanese university English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in Computer Assisted Language Learning/Mobile Assisted Language Learning (CALL/MALL) vocabulary tasks through the lens of Complexity Theory (CT). CT, which studies how complex systems are influenced by changes in interconnected variables…
Descriptors: Student Participation, College Freshmen, Late Adolescents, Computer Assisted Instruction
Senkbeil, Karsten; Martin, Gillian; O'Rourke, Breffni – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper discusses the potential of immersing foreign language learners in Social Virtual Reality (SVR) in an international seminar, designed by the authors, called SpEakWise VR, combining the tandem language learning paradigm with gamification in immersive virtual environments. SpEakWise VR builds on an existing telecollaboration (SpEakWise)…
Descriptors: German, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Pellerin, Martine – Research-publishing.net, 2020
The paper examines how the game Minecraft can be used as a new digital learning environment in the context of second language teaching and learning. It explores how the concepts of digital space and digital place within the new 3D digital environment can contribute to reshaping the language learners' experience and promote greater engagement in…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Elementary School Students, French
Yassine-Diab, Nadia; Hartwell, Laura M.; Dejean, Sébastien – Research-publishing.net, 2021
Computer assisted vocabulary learning, i.e. specialized terminology acquisition, is a major tool to learning Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) necessary to students' professionalization. One current area of research is digital game-based language learning because of its motivating qualities. This paper discusses electronics students'…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Plutino, Alessia, Ed.; Borthwick, Kate, Ed.; Corradini, Erika, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This edited collection presents a selection of contributions made to the 12th eLearning symposium, held at the University of Southampton, in January 2019. It focuses on how innovative and creative language teaching approaches can respond to modern, ever-transforming educational landscapes. The contributors are educators from higher education…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Foreign Students, Virtual Classrooms, Electronic Learning
Beaven, Tita, Ed.; Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando, Ed. – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The Innovative Language Pedagogy Report presents new and emerging approaches to language teaching, learning, and assessment in school, further education, and higher education settings. Researchers and practitioners provide 22 research-informed, short articles on their chosen pedagogy, with examples and resources. The report is jargon-free, written…
Descriptors: Instructional Innovation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods