A Constructivist Approach to Game-Based Language Learning: Student Perceptions in a Beginner-Level EFL Context
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Thisarticleprovidesinformationonanactionresearchprojectinalow-levelEFLsettinginJapan. Theprojectaimswereto1)fosterspokencommunicationskillsand2)helpstudentsengagewith theirownlearning.Theprojectinvestigatedtheapplicabilityofboardgamesasamediatingtoolfor authenticcommunicationaspartofawiderTBLTapproachtolanguagedevelopmen.Quantitative andqualitativedatawascollectedfrom115firstandsecondyearJapaneseuniversitystudentsvia aquestionnaireattheendofaseven-weekcourseusingtheexperimentalmethodology.Responses to thequestionnaire indicated that the frameworkwasperceived tobevaluable inboth fostering communicativeskillsandimprovingstudentengagement.Methodologicalimprovementswerealso suggested.Implicationsapplicabletoteachersworkinginsimilarcontextsarediscussed,aswellas possibleimprovementsforfutureimplementations. KEywoRdS Analog Games, English as a Foreign Language, Game-Based Language Learning, Tabletop Games, Task-Based Language Teaching
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- IJGBL
دوره 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2018