ERIC Number: ED578263
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Publication Date: 2017
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Can an Interactive Digital Game Help French Learners Improve Their Pronunciation?
Cardoso, Walcir; Rueb, Avery; Grimshaw, Jennica
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2017 Conference (Southampton, United Kingdom, Aug 23-26, 2017)
This study examines the effects of the pedagogical use of an interactive mobile digital game, Prêt à Négocier (PàN), on improving learners' pronunciation of French as a Second Language (FSL), using three holistic measures: comprehensibility, fluency, and overall pronunciation. Two groups of FSL learners engaged in different types of game-playing over one month: while the experimental group played PàN, the control group engaged in paper-based gamified information gap activities. Following a pre-test/post-test research design, our findings revealed no statistically significant differences between the two groups. [For the complete volume, see ED578177.]
Descriptors: Educational Games, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Pronunciation, French, Second Language Learning, Language Fluency, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Program Effectiveness, Comparative Analysis, Secondary School Students, Likert Scales, Foreign Countries, Pretests Posttests
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Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada
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