Online vocabulary games as a tool for teaching and learning English vocabulary

Online vocabulary games as a tool for teaching and learning English vocabulary

• Yip, Florence W. M. Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
• Kwan, Alvin C. M. University of Hong Kong

Educational Media International, 43(3), 233-249, 2006

Routledge

2006

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FD Application of Communicative Media, IT in Learning & Teaching
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language
    • GBD Teaching Methods of Reading Comprehension & Their Outcomes, Vocabulary Teaching

Electronic Games Vocabulary Development English Language/Computer Aids Internet/Distance Education Use/Evaluation Education

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

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 part of their teaching.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 09523987

• 10.1080/09523980600641445

https://bibliography.lib.eduhk.hk/bibs/25310a6d

2010-11-24