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The Effect of Using Educational Games as a Tool in Teaching English Vocabulary to Arab Young Children: A Quasi-Experimental Study in a Kindergarten School in Saudi Arabia
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Saleh, Alaa Mamoun; Ahmed Althaqafi, Abeer Sultan – SAGE Open, 2022
Vocabulary is an essential element of English language learning. There are many strategies, which teachers can use in teaching vocabulary, especially to young learners. One of these strategies is using educational games to teach vocabulary more effectively. The aim of this quasi-experimental study is to investigate the effect of using educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Vocabulary Development, Educational Games
Learning Outcomes, Motivation, and Satisfaction in Gamified English Vocabulary Learning
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Zhonggen Yu – SAGE Open, 2023
The past several years have been witnessing the fast development of information and communication technology, with which an increasing number of serious games are being designed and developed. Randomly selected participants were divided into the treatment and control cohorts. Two experiments, as well as a semi-structured interview, were…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning
The Use of Communication Strategies by Second Language Learners of Chinese in a Virtual Reality Learning Environment
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Yang, Hongzhi; Tsung, Linda; Cao, Lu – SAGE Open, 2022
Virtual reality (VR) for Language learning has been shown effective in improving students' communication skills. However very few studies reveal the communication strategies students used in communicating in a VR environment, especially in learning Chinese as a foreign or second language (CFL/CSL). In this pilot study, a prototype Virtual…
Descriptors: Communication Strategies, Chinese, Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
A Comparative Review of Mobile and Non-Mobile Games for Language Learning
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Su, Fan; Zou, Di; Xie, Haoran; Wang, Fu Lee – SAGE Open, 2021
Recent studies have increasingly investigated the effectiveness of both mobile and non-mobile digital game-based language learning. To gain an in-depth understanding of the differences in the effectiveness of mobile and non-mobile games, we compared studies from January 2000 to August 2020 investigating mobile game-based language learning (MGBLL)…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Computer Games, Game Based Learning, Second Language Learning