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Investigating the role of informal CALL games in enhancing ESL learners vocabulary acquisition

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Type Article
Author Elbasheer, Mohammed Abdel Bassit. Khartoum, Al-Riyadh.
Second author Elhassan, Ishraga Bashir Mohammed. Khartoum, Al-Riyadh.
Pages pp. 174-178
Host Item Entry Journal of Educational Sciences. . Vol. 16, no. 3, September 2015
Electronic Location Full text (PDF)  PDF
Descriptors Educational games  -  English  -  Second language instruction  -  Vocabulary development  -  Language acquisition  -  Students  -  Basic schools
Language of document English
Country Sudan
يعتمد تعمم المفردات الانجليزية في مدراس الأساس في السودان عمى الوسائل التقليدية مثل البطاقات التوضيحية التي من شأنها تقمل من المحفز لتعمم اللغة الانجليزية. تبنت هذه الدراسة العاب الكمبيوتر المساعدة على التعلم في بيئة تنافسية مرحة لتقوية اكتساب المفردات. تم جمع البيانات من خلال اختبار قبلي وبعدي. تم اختيار سبعين طلاب من مدرسة سكر سنار الأساسية لهذه الدراسة. تفوقت المجموعة التجريبية في الاختبار عمى المجموعة الضابطة و يعزي ذلك الي المتغير المستقل. تظهر النتائج دليل واضح عمى فعالية البرنامج المقترح في إثراء اكتساب المفردات الانجليزية. (الملخص المنشور)
Learning Vocabulary in Sudan Basic Schools still depends on traditional teaching aids, such as flash cards. This state of affairs drives the students to anxiety and unmotivated attitudes towards learning English language. To solve this problem, this study sets CALL Games in an informal learning environment of vocabulary in order to enhance the students' acquisition. Data were collected by pretest and posttest. Seventy pupils from Sinnar Sugar Company Basic School have been chosen as a sample of the study. The Experimental group performed better than the Control group as a result of the independent variable. The findings provide clear evidence for the effectiveness of CALL vocabulary games in an informal, interesting and competitive environment in developing vocabulary acquisition. (Published Abstract)

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