Game Poetry: Promotion of poetry through a game-based learning system

Poetry is a creative language which enhances imagination and self-reflection. However, the ambiguity of poetry increased the difficulty in interpretation, which builds students' negative perception because they consider that reading poetry is joyless and hard-understanding. Furthermore, the negative perception demotivates most students to read poetry. Therefore, to motivate students to read poetry, there is a need to improve the negative perception of poetry. Meanwhile, previous research shows games are able to avoid ambiguity by providing clear feedback and guidance. Besides, many studies also suggest game-based learning positively improves students' learning perception and motivation. To the end, this study develops a game-based learning system to motivate students to read poetry. The results show this game-based learning system significantly improves students' interpretation and perception. However, the long-term negative perception and the lack of self-efficacy affect students' motivation to read poetry after gaming.