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Patterson, Kyle – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This dissertation is to explore the academic efficacy and relevance of two comparatively new technologies, video games and Virtual Reality (VR), how they relate to an older cultural phenomenon, theater, and how a discussion of both topics can result in a better understanding of how to supply students in the classroom with the chance to improve…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Video Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Minoo Alemi; Nayereh Bakhtiari Fard; Atefeh Rezanejad – MEXTESOL Journal, 2023
This paper examines the impact of employing an assistive humanoid robot in acquiring and retaining grammar among English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners. To this end, forty-eight Iranian young male students (between 11 to 15 years old) were equally divided into three groups: RALL (Robot-Assisted Language Learning), GBLL (Game-based Language…
Descriptors: Robotics, Grammar, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction
Panayiota Georgiou Josephidou – ProQuest LLC, 2024
This study explored the use of gamification when teaching Greek as a L2. It examined how Greek teachers in different schools in Cyprus use gamification and if it affects their students in learning. It explored their perceptions of the effects on student motivation and engagement. The study was of qualitative approach and semi-structured interviews…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Game Based Learning
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Ebadi, Saman; Rasouli, Rezvan; Mohamadi, Mona – Interactive Learning Environments, 2023
Student response systems (SRS) have been used to provide teachers with immediate feedback on learners' performance to understand their weaknesses and strengths. This exploratory study is aimed at focusing on both distractive and facilitative aspects of using SRS in English as a foreign language (EFL) classes to assess learners' understanding of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Second Language Learning, English (Second Language)
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Nur Lailatur Rofiah; Budi Waluyo – Teaching English with Technology, 2024
The present study investigated the effects of gamified grammar and vocabulary learning using Kahoot!, Quizizz, and Quizlet on learning performance, motivation, enjoyment, anxiety, and classroom dynamics and engagement in an English course. The investigation also involved the effects of gamified learning on gender, proficiency, and learning…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Teaching Methods, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Turula, Anna – Teaching English with Technology, 2021
The paper looks at how an eclectic, gamified course design affects student attitudes to learning grammar as well as how effective such a design is in terms of final-exam results. Described and discussed here is a 2-year study investigating such digital enhancement in a Practical Grammar class. Carried out as experimental, the study involved 2…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Game Based Learning, Student Attitudes, Grammar
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Dina Altayevna Malgazhdarova; Gulzira Kabayevna Kenzhetayeva; Ismail Hakki Mirici – Novitas-ROYAL (Research on Youth and Language), 2024
A persistent issue exists in Kazakh higher education institutions regarding the nonsystematic approach to teaching grammar. Although some believe that grammar is acquired automatically, thus requiring no separate study, this sentiment may not be entirely accurate. Knowledge may sometimes be presented in an unsystematic manner, lacking structure…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Learning Activities, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning
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Ardi, Priyatno; Rianita, Elvira – Teaching English with Technology, 2022
Student engagement is paramount for the success of EFL learning. This paper explores how the leverage of a game-based learning platform, Kahoot!, into EFL grammar learning and teaching boosted student engagement. One grammar lecturer and 22 English-major students participated in this qualitative case study. Data were obtained through observations,…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Orejuela, Jerome G.; Tolin, Marife R.; Soreta, Myla O.; Ocampo, Darrel M. – Online Submission, 2022
The study aimed to determine the effectiveness of gamifying instruction in the English language proficiency of Grade 8 Filipino ESL students in one University in Bicol, Philippines, that offers Junior High School. The quasi-experimental single pretest-posttest design was used in the study. The researcher-made test which underwent series of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Dehghanzadeh, Hojjat; Fardanesh, Hashem; Hatami, Javad; Talaee, Ebrahim; Noroozi, Omid – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
Digital gamification has been argued to be a fun and enjoyable method to support Learning English as a Second Language (LESL) and to ease the gap between students' learning and educational practice. This systematic review presents an overview of the state of the art on the use of gamification for LESL in digital environments. Furthermore, this…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, English (Second Language), Game Based Learning
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Cabrera-Solano, Paola – International Journal of Educational Methodology, 2022
This study aimed to analyze the effect of game-based learning (GBL) through the use of Genially in English as a foreign language (EFL) online instruction. The participants were 61 EFL undergraduate students, who were distributed into an experimental group (32 students), and a control group (29 students). Their ages ranged from 22 to 56 years old,…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Higher Education, Academic Achievement, Student Attitudes
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Yaccob, Nur Syafiqah; Yunus, Melor Md – Arab World English Journal, 2019
Traditional teaching and learning process referring to chalk-and-talk has become outdated in lessons. Teachers and learners are exposed to various task-based process to encourage a better participation among learners throughout the lesson. One of the most common and preferred teaching strategies is the use of language games to aid the teaching of…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness
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Ju Seong Lee, Editor; Di Zou, Editor; Michelle Mingyue Gu, Editor – New Language Learning and Teaching Environments, 2024
This edited book explores the integration of technology into English language education, with a particular focus on extracurricular and extramural contexts. The editors and an international team of scholars discuss how English teachers can critically and systematically design and implement language activities inside and outside the classroom to…
Descriptors: Guides, English (Second Language), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning
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Nunes, Miguel Baptista, Ed.; Isaias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2019
These proceedings contain the papers and posters of the International Conference on e-Learning (EL) 2019, which was organised by the International Association for Development of the Information Society and co-organised by the Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, in Porto, Portugal, July 17-19, 2019. The EL 2019 conference aims to address the…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Mathematics Instruction, Cooperation
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Lynch, Collin F., Ed.; Merceron, Agathe, Ed.; Desmarais, Michel, Ed.; Nkambou, Roger, Ed. – International Educational Data Mining Society, 2019
The 12th iteration of the International Conference on Educational Data Mining (EDM 2019) is organized under the auspices of the International Educational Data Mining Society in Montreal, Canada. The theme of this year's conference is EDM in Open-Ended Domains. As EDM has matured it has increasingly been applied to open-ended and ill-defined tasks…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Data Analysis, Information Retrieval, Content Analysis