Wordsearch, an educational game in language learning

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作者：
Goumas S. [1 ]
Terzopoulos G. [1 ]
Tsompanoudi D. [1 ]
Iliopoulou A. [1 ]
机构：
[1] International Hellenic University, Management Science and Technology Department, Kavala
来源：
J. Eng. Sci. Technol. Rev. | 2020年 / 1卷 / 50-56期
关键词：
Education; Game; Language learning;
D O I：
10.25103/jestr.131.7
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摘要：
In recent years, digital games have taken an important place in the lives of children. Through play, children acquire digital literacy informally, even before they go to school. Games can also be used as a language learning tool nowadays. In this paper we propose a digital educational game, Wordsearch, for learning a foreign language vocabulary. In order to evaluate the game and to test its effectiveness in learning vocabulary, Wordsearch was evaluated by 11 students. Results show that the user interface of the application is simple and easy to use, and that the proposed Wordsearch Puzzle is likely to help long term vocabulary recall, while it makes learning fun by creating internal motivation to the students. © 2020 School of Science, IHU.
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页码：50 / 56
页数：6
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