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Ke Li; Mark Peterson; Qiao Wang – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2024
This study applies Activity Theory to describe and analyze an out-of-school project in which eight Chinese university students utilized a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) to learn English. Based on data collected through questionnaires, gaming journals, gaming recordings and interviews, thematic analysis was performed to identify the…
Descriptors: Informal Education, Second Language Learning, Video Games, College Students
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Liang, Mei-Ya – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
This article reports on an explorative case study which, in the first place, aimed to ascertain different types of foreign language play in online role-playing in "Second Life," and which, secondly aimed to describe how various sources of contextual support can explain this foreign language play. Students' written conversation was…
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Semantics, Vignettes, Computer Games