Computer Games and Language Learning

✍ Scribed by Mark Peterson (auth.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2013
Tongue: English
Leaves: 180
Series: Palgrave Macmillan’s Digital Education and Learning
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
CALL and New Digital Technologies....Pages 1-13
Computer Games: Definitions, Theories, Elements, and Genres....Pages 15-31
Computer Games and Learning....Pages 33-50
Computer Games and Language Learning: Theoretical Rationales....Pages 51-60
Early Research on the Use of Computer Games in CALL: An Overview....Pages 61-72
Recent Studies on Computer Gaming in CALL: An Analysis of Findings....Pages 73-100
The Use of a MMORPG in CALL: A Case Study....Pages 101-127
Conclusions and Future Directions....Pages 129-142
Back Matter....Pages 143-167

✦ Subjects

English; Education, general; Computer Science, general; Language Teaching; Language Education; Teaching and Teacher Education

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