DIGITAL GAMES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING by Hayo Reinders (Editor) ( 9781137005267 )

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DIGITAL GAMES IN LANGUAGE LEARNING AND TEACHING

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ISBN 10:

1137005262

ISBN 13:

9781137005267

Publisher:

PALGRAVE MACMILLAN

Pub. date:

12 June, 2012

Series:

New Language Learning and Teaching Environments

Description:

This edited volume explores how digital games have the potential to engage learners both within and outside the classroom and to encourage interaction in the target language. This is the first dedicated collection of papers to bring together state-of-the-art research in game-based learning.

Synopsis:

Recent years have seen a growing interest in the pedagogical benefits of digital games, which have the potential to engage learners and to encourage interaction in the target language. The use of digital games in language education is based on the premise that successful learning is integrated into the sociocultural context of learners' lives and encourages collaboration and lifelong learning, bridging learning within and outside the language classroom. However, the potential of digital games has not been properly investigated from a second language learning and teaching perspective. This volume presents the first dedicated collection of papers to bring together the state-of-the-art in research into game-based learning. It includes theoretical, empirical, and practice-oriented contributions and as such will appeal to anyone with an interest in the most recent developments in language education.

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27 black & white tables, 23 figures

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Palgrave Macmillan

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