EAN: 9783954890682

COMPUTER GAMES IN THE EFL CLASSROOM - MARIE SCH...

Fact is that commercial computer games play an extensive role in young people's lives  today.
According to a recent study  62 % of German teenagers play computer games at least once a week.
This development led many researchers  school leaders and teachers to the question in how far
games can be used to engage young people and support their learning inside the classroom. These
considerations have been supported by various studies  showing that computer games can enhance
various cognitive skills such as the ability of concentration  stamina  tactical aptness 
anticipatory thinking  orientation in virtual spaces  and deductive reasoning. Since then  few
research projects have launched which examine digital game based learning (i.e. the learning
with the help of computer games)  both on a theoretical and empirical level. This study
approaches the subject of digital game based learning in the EFL classroom from three different
angles: Firstly  a scientific perspective will be adopted. The principles of the design and
construction of games and game worlds will be examined. Secondly  the subject of the
psychological effects of games on the player will be broached. Thirdly and as the main point 
the didactic potential of computer games will be explored in detail. The author presents ways
of integrating games into teaching units  and further  the abilities and competences that can
be enhanced by the use of digital games. Moreover  particular challenges and problems will be
identified that arise when the use of a digital game in class is planned.

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