An Approach to Digital Game-based Learning: Video-games Principles and Applications in Foreign Language Learning

During the present decade, researchers and educators of different fields have increased their attention towards digital game-based learning. The rise of interest towards this approach is partially connected to some important technological advances during the same period of time, such as the Smartpho...

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Vydané v:Journal of language teaching and research Ročník 9; číslo 6; s. 1147 - 1159
Hlavný autor: Pitarch, Ricardo Casañ
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:English
Vydavateľské údaje: London Academy Publication Co., LTD 01.11.2018
Academy Publication Co., Ltd
Predmet:
Artificial intelligence
Computer & video games
Digital media
Educational aspects
Educational software
Foreign language learning
Foreign languages
Games
Gamification
Internet
Language
Language acquisition
Language usage
Learning
Literature reviews
Mobile phones
Second language learning
Speech recognition
Teachers
Video games
Vocabulary
Spain
ISSN:1798-4769, 2053-0684
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Shrnutí:During the present decade, researchers and educators of different fields have increased their attention towards digital game-based learning. The rise of interest towards this approach is partially connected to some important technological advances during the same period of time, such as the Smartphone, enhanced Internet connection from mobile devices, diversity and spread of free and low-cost video-games and educational applications in e-stores, development of speech recognition systems and artificial intelligence, among others. More concretely, this research focuses on the area of foreign language learning, an educational field which requires that students gain not only a solid theoretical knowledge on grammar and vocabulary, but they also need to develop different communicative competences; and this implies rehearsing and experiencing the use of the target language. The purpose of this paper is to define some basic concepts related to digital game-based learning, such as gamification and serious games, and to introduce some theoretical principles on foreign language learning and acquisition through the use of video-games based on literature review. Finally, a connection among these elements will be discussed.
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ISSN:1798-4769
2053-0684
DOI:10.17507/jltr.0906.04