Game-based learning activities that facilitate students' listening and speaking skills were
designed in this study. To participate in learning activities, students in the control group used …

The aim of this study is to make a new attempt to explore the potential of integrating game
strategies with automatic speech recognition technologies to provide learners with individual …

It is beneficial for students to experience situational learning, especially for English as a
foreign language (EFL) learning. Providing more listening and speaking opportunities could …

The great value of applying digital games in language learning has been highlighted.
However, there has been a lack of attention paid to the effects of prior knowledge in a …

This paper reports the results of a study which aimed to investigate how ubiquitous games
influence English learning achievement and motivation through a context-aware ubiquitous …

Activities that promote fluency development or the automatization of speech are often
ignored in second language classes because they do not teach new things; instead, they …

Massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) have been identified in the
literature on computer-assisted language learning (CALL) as tools with the potential to …

EFL (English as a foreign language) students usually learn by rote when they study English
grammar. They usually memorize all the grammar rules mechanically instead of learning …

This article provides information on an action research project in a low-level EFL setting in
Japan. The project aims were to 1) foster spoken communication skills and 2) help students …

Research problem: The enhancement of communication skills among engineering students
has been a focus within the engineering curriculum for many years. Despite this emphasis …