An Evaluative Checklist For Computer Games Used For Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning And Practice: Vocaword Sample  

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UZUN, Levent

Jenis: Article from Journal
Dalam koleksi: Novitas-ROYAL vol. 3 no. 1 (2009), page 45-59.
Topik: evaluation; vocabulary; material development; CALL; checklist
Fulltext: An Evaluative Checklist For Computer Games Used For Foreign Language Vocabulary Learning And Practice Vocaword Sample.pdf (329.2KB)

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The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the use of games in FL teaching and learning, and to present a vocabulary learning game which can be used as supplementary material in CALL and/or traditional language classes in any language, and to compare it with two other widely used games in FLT. A criteria checklist for CALL systems and more specifically for vocabulary learning software is offered and applied to the evaluation of one game, namely VocaWord. The checklist’s application to the game showed that the weakness of the game is half as much, and the strengths might be twice as much compared to Scrabble and Taboo, which are commercially oriented games widely used by teachers and foreign language learners. These results suggest that VocaWord is a promising game that has the potential to be quite effective. The study underlines the necessity to develop more educational games that can be used in CALL.

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