The impacts of digital games on learning academic English: A prior knowledge perspective

Guan Lin Lin; Sherry Y. Chen

The impacts of digital games on learning academic English: A prior knowledge perspective

Graduate Institute of Network Learning Technology

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Abstract

In order to help learners improve the grammar concept of academic English, we developed an Academic English Competitive Solitaire Game (AECSG) where learners developed the understanding English academic writing via a problem-solving process. In addition, an empirical study was conduct to investigate how high prior knowledge (HPK)learners and low prior knowledge (LPK)learners reacted to the AECSG. The results indicated that HPK learners had better task scores and got fewer answer card errors in Task 1. Additionally, HPK learners favored to collect large-scaled information with the sentence hint so while LPK learners were keen to collect small-scaled information with the Chinese hint. On the other hand, no significant differences between HPK learners and LPK learners were found for the scores of Task 2. These finding suggested that practice could reduce the gap between LPK learners and HPK learners. In summary, the findings from this study contribute the understandings of how to develop personalized AECSG.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings
Editors	Maiga Chang, Hyo-Jeong So, Lung-Hsiang Wong, Ju-Ling Shih, Fu-Yun Yu, Michelle P. Banawan, Ben Chang, Weiqin Chen, Andrei D. Coronel, Swapna Gottipati, H. Ulrich Hoppe, Morris S.Y. Jong, Calvin Liao, Jon Mason, Fan Ouyang, Patcharin Panjaburee, Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo, Yanjie Song, Niwat Srisawasdi, Ahmed Tlili, Chengjiu Yin
Publisher	Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education
Pages	560-567
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9789869721448
State	Published - 19 Nov 2019
Event	27th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2019 - Kenting, Taiwan Duration: 2 Dec 2019 → 6 Dec 2019

Publication series

Name	ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings
Volume	2

Conference

Conference	27th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2019
Country/Territory	Taiwan
City	Kenting
Period	2/12/19 → 6/12/19

Keywords

Competitive digital game-based learning
Experience
Prior knowledge

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Lin, G. L., & Chen, S. Y. (2019). The impacts of digital games on learning academic English: A prior knowledge perspective. In M. Chang, H-J. So, L-H. Wong, J-L. Shih, F-Y. Yu, M. P. Banawan, B. Chang, W. Chen, A. D. Coronel, S. Gottipati, H. U. Hoppe, M. S. Y. Jong, C. Liao, J. Mason, F. Ouyang, P. Panjaburee, M. M. T. Rodrigo, Y. Song, N. Srisawasdi, A. Tlili, ... C. Yin (Eds.), ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings (pp. 560-567). (ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings; Vol. 2). Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education.

Lin, Guan Lin ; Chen, Sherry Y. / The impacts of digital games on learning academic English : A prior knowledge perspective. ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings. editor / Maiga Chang ; Hyo-Jeong So ; Lung-Hsiang Wong ; Ju-Ling Shih ; Fu-Yun Yu ; Michelle P. Banawan ; Ben Chang ; Weiqin Chen ; Andrei D. Coronel ; Swapna Gottipati ; H. Ulrich Hoppe ; Morris S.Y. Jong ; Calvin Liao ; Jon Mason ; Fan Ouyang ; Patcharin Panjaburee ; Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo ; Yanjie Song ; Niwat Srisawasdi ; Ahmed Tlili ; Chengjiu Yin. Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, 2019. pp. 560-567 (ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings).

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Lin, GL & Chen, SY 2019, The impacts of digital games on learning academic English: A prior knowledge perspective. in M Chang, H-J So, L-H Wong, J-L Shih, F-Y Yu, MP Banawan, B Chang, W Chen, AD Coronel, S Gottipati, HU Hoppe, MSY Jong, C Liao, J Mason, F Ouyang, P Panjaburee, MMT Rodrigo, Y Song, N Srisawasdi, A Tlili & C Yin (eds), ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings. ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings, vol. 2, Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, pp. 560-567, 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2019, Kenting, Taiwan, 2/12/19.

The impacts of digital games on learning academic English : A prior knowledge perspective. / Lin, Guan Lin; Chen, Sherry Y.

ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings. ed. / Maiga Chang; Hyo-Jeong So; Lung-Hsiang Wong; Ju-Ling Shih; Fu-Yun Yu; Michelle P. Banawan; Ben Chang; Weiqin Chen; Andrei D. Coronel; Swapna Gottipati; H. Ulrich Hoppe; Morris S.Y. Jong; Calvin Liao; Jon Mason; Fan Ouyang; Patcharin Panjaburee; Ma. Mercedes T. Rodrigo; Yanjie Song; Niwat Srisawasdi; Ahmed Tlili; Chengjiu Yin. Asia-Pacific Society for Computers in Education, 2019. p. 560-567 (ICCE 2019 - 27th International Conference on Computers in Education, Proceedings; Vol. 2).

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