ERIC Number: ED590688
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Publication Date: 2018-Dec-8
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The Acquisition of French Vocabulary in an Interactive Digital Gaming Context
Rueb, Avery; Cardoso, Walcir; Grimshaw, Jennica
Research-publishing.net, Paper presented at the EUROCALL 2018 Conference (26th, Jyväskylä, Finland, 2018)
"Prêt à Négocier" (PàN) is an interactive digital information gap game designed to help French students improve their interaction skills. In this study, we examined the effects of its use on improving French learners' vocabulary. Following a pretest/posttest design, we compared the development of 20 French words between an experimental and a control group. Although both groups followed a similar trajectory in vocabulary learning, some participants benefited from the proposed game-based pedagogy more than others due to individual differences. Our findings highlight how interactive and meaningful games such as PàN can complement and enhance the learning of second/foreign language (L2) vocabulary. [For the complete volume of short papers, see ED590612.]
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, French, Vocabulary Development, Computer Games, Teaching Methods, Pretests Posttests, Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Individual Differences, Communicative Competence (Languages), Telecommunications, Handheld Devices
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Language: English
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