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This research paper discusses the design, development, and testing of My Word Coach, a video game for vocabulary learning. It reports on a study conducted with English as a second language students, highlighting the game’s effects on vocabulary size, code-switching, and lexical access speed. The document also raises questions about post-game follow-up and suggests modifications for the game’s learner model.
What's inside
- Motivation, design, and development of My Word Coach
- Testing of the game's learning effects
- Observational and empirical tests on lexical development
- Results on vocabulary size, code-switching, and lexical access speed
- Questions about post-game follow-up and learner model modifications
Who it is for: Students and educators interested in language learning and educational technology. (Postgraduate)
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Summary
My Word Coach is a video game for learning English vocabulary. Students see how it was designed, tested and used by English as a second language students.
Video Games and Learning
Video games are popular among students. They can help with learning, but this has not been much studied. This paper describes a game for vocabulary learning.
The Vocabulary Problem
English learners need a large vocabulary to read, write, or listen to lectures. The game My Word Coach helps learners grow their vocabulary. It uses a dictionary and tests to place learners at the right level.
Methodology and Research Questions
The game presents new words and recycles them in fun ways. It aims to help learners remember, understand, and use new words. The study asks basic questions about vocabulary learning through video games.
Frog Stories
Students told stories using words they had learned. The stories were analysed to see if new words were used. Most words used were from the first 1000 most common words.
Key terms
- My Word Coach
- A video game for learning English vocabulary.
- Code-switching
- Switching between languages in speech.
- Lexical access
- The speed at which a person can retrieve a word from memory.
- Vocabulary Levels Test
- A test to measure a learner's vocabulary size.
- Recycling
- Repeating words to help learners remember them.
- Placement test
- A test to place learners at the right level.
Questions this document helps with
- What is the vocabulary problem for English learners?
- How does My Word Coach help learners grow their vocabulary?
- What questions does the study ask about vocabulary learning through video games?
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