Using a Video Game to Improve the Language Skills of Second Language （L2） Learners in the Middle East  

作　　者：Marguerite Coutinho 

机构地区：[1]Nottingham University, Nottingham, England

出　　处：《US-China Education Review(A)》2017年第4期179-189,共11页美中教育评论（A）

摘　　要：This research project presents a practical evidence-based investigation into whether video games can be used to enhance the linguistic skills of adults learning English as a second language （L2） in the Middle East. It explores the possibilities of harnessing a particular video game in the form of Web 2.0 tools, as the media of online, as well as, face-to-face instruction in a post-compulsory educational environment. The project seeks to illustrate the usefulness of integrating video games for Arabic speakers studying English at a higher education institution （HEI） for six hours a day having little or no motivation. The research identifies obstacles in the learners＇ ability to acquire the L2, which in this case is English, in the educational system of a particular curriculum. It offers a way in which to surmount the obstacles in terms of content as well as methodology by exploring the possibility of incorporating a video game into the curriculum to provide innovative instruction for the learners. This study adopts the active or practical participatory project method in the form of an experiment or pilot study. The study describes how to play a video game proved to be advantageous to the group of learners in question in preparing for their International English Language Testing System （IELTS） examination through a variety of literacy practices based on the video game.

关 键 词：video game MOTIVATION second language （L2） learners EXAMINATION literacy practices 

分 类 号：TP391[自动化与计算机技术—计算机应用技术] TS952.83[自动化与计算机技术—计算机科学与技术]