{"product_id":"digital-gaming-in-the-language-classroom-9781350415942","title":"Digital Gaming in the Language Classroom","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis book examines how single-player role-playing digital games can promote foreign language acquisition and looks at how they can be integrated into the curricula of foreign language classrooms.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the commercialization of digital games continues to expand and accelerate, some research in digital game-based learning has shifted from creating digital games with pedagogical applications to adopting commercial off-the-shelf digital games for pedagogical purposes. Relevant literature has continually identified massively multi-player online role-playing games (MMORPGs) as a specific genre which may benefit second language acquisition (SLA), primarily through a sociocultural perspective whereby language learners interact with linguistically more capable peers within the context of the game. However, there is a gap in research regarding whether these benefits to SLA are limited to social gameplay mechanics.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Wrobetz addresses this gap in research by using the smartphone edition of the single-player role-playing game (RGP) \u003ci\u003eLife Is Strange\u003c\/i\u003e in a mixed-methods study,  measuring vocabulary acquisition and long-term retention from gameplay relative to controls. The author also examines how the perception of both smartphone gaming as a language-learning tool and the target language culture shifted throughout the study. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This volume helps guide future research in digital games-based language learning to broaden the scope of games identified as being conducive to SLA. It also outlines how to structure formal foreign language curricula around the use of a single-player RPG to achieve the most desirable pedagogical outcomes.","brand":"ThinkEDU","offers":[{"title":"Perpetual","offer_id":59923527565598,"sku":"9781350415942","price":117.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"180 Day Option","offer_id":59923527598366,"sku":"9781350415942R180","price":76.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"365 Day Option","offer_id":59923527631134,"sku":"9781350415942R365","price":87.75,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/4435\/9966\/files\/1024_e3630548-7fc6-4d70-8899-115724ec049c.jpg?v=1788967161","url":"https:\/\/thinkedu.com\/products\/digital-gaming-in-the-language-classroom-9781350415942","provider":"ThinkEDU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}