Prep for adventure: the acquisition of prepositions through gaming

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Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Prep for adventure: the acquisition of prepositions through gaming

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

One of the major recent trends in second language teaching has been the employment of video games as possible learning tools. This paper introduces an educational computer game (Prep for Adventure) specifically designed to teach A1-A2 level learners how to use the six most common English prepositions. The game&apos;s design stands on the combination of relevant second language acquisition theories together with research on learning through gaming (Digital Game-based Learning, Computer-assisted Language Learning, etc.). The game, developed as a top-down role-playing game, consists of five separate tasks, each requiring a different strategy to be completed, while also requiring gamers to use appropriateEnglish prepositions to be completed. The language used in the game is adjusted for the subjects&apos; level of proficiency, the game is fully voiced and offers a degree of customization. Following the creation of the game, an experiment was conducted on 24 elementary school children, who were independently assessed on their use of prepositions before and after playing. The results of the independent assessment revealed that the game did advance the subjects&apos; performance in prepositional structures containing the six most frequent English prepositions at the A1- A2 level.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Prep for adventure: the acquisition of prepositions through gaming

Popis výsledku anglicky

One of the major recent trends in second language teaching has been the employment of video games as possible learning tools. This paper introduces an educational computer game (Prep for Adventure) specifically designed to teach A1-A2 level learners how to use the six most common English prepositions. The game&apos;s design stands on the combination of relevant second language acquisition theories together with research on learning through gaming (Digital Game-based Learning, Computer-assisted Language Learning, etc.). The game, developed as a top-down role-playing game, consists of five separate tasks, each requiring a different strategy to be completed, while also requiring gamers to use appropriateEnglish prepositions to be completed. The language used in the game is adjusted for the subjects&apos; level of proficiency, the game is fully voiced and offers a degree of customization. Following the creation of the game, an experiment was conducted on 24 elementary school children, who were independently assessed on their use of prepositions before and after playing. The results of the independent assessment revealed that the game did advance the subjects&apos; performance in prepositional structures containing the six most frequent English prepositions at the A1- A2 level.

Druh

D - Stať ve sborníku

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

60203 - Linguistics

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/EF16_019%2F0000734" target="_blank" >EF16_019/0000734: Kreativita a adaptabilita jako předpoklad úspěchu Evropy v propojeném světě</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2022

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název statě ve sborníku

“Digital Storytelling in ESP Courses”. Conference Proceedings: INCOLLAB International Conference Series 2021

ISBN

978-80-01-06987-5

ISSN

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e-ISSN

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Počet stran výsledku

5

Strana od-do

39-43

Název nakladatele

České vysoké učení technické v Praze

Místo vydání

Praha

Místo konání akce

Masarykův ústav vyšších studií, ČVUT Praha

Datum konání akce

11. 6. 2021

Typ akce podle státní příslušnosti

EUR - Evropská akce

Kód UT WoS článku

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