Online vocabulary games as a tool for teaching and learning English vocabulary
| Autor: | Florence W. M. Yip, Alvin C. M. Kwan |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Vocabulary
Computer science Communication Online learning media_common.quotation_subject Educational technology Computer-Assisted Instruction Vocabulary learning Vocabulary development Education Engineering education ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Mathematics education English vocabulary media_common |
| Zdroj: | Educational Media International. 43:233-249 |
| ISSN: | 1469-5790 0952-3987 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/09523980600641445 |
| Popis: | Vocabulary learning is often perceived as boring by learners, especially for those who grew up in the digital age. This paper reports a study of the usefulness of online games in vocabulary learning for some undergraduate students. Three teachers and 100 engineering students participated in a quasi‐experimental study for approximately nine weeks. The experimental group learnt some vocabulary from two carefully selected web sites with games, while the control group learnt the same vocabulary through activity‐based lessons. A pre‐test and post‐test were conducted in the first and ninth weeks. The findings indicate that the experimental group outperformed the control group statistically in the post‐test. The students in the experimental group generally preferred online learning supplemented with digital educational games to conventional activity‐based lessons. The teachers thought highly of the online games, but they expressed concern that extra support was required if the online games were adopted as a core... |
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