Can the students in an ESP course learn new vocabulary as they review and practice it by playing a computer game?

 

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Autores: Zamora Salazar, Eduardo, Chaves Carballo, Olga
Formato: artículo original
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de Publicación:2009
Descripción:This paper explores the use of a computer game to enhance second-language learner's knowledge of technical vocabulary in their field of study. The aim of the study is to prove that an effective educational tool for learning vocabulary does not necessarily have to present the target words in context or in a communicative way. This tool is not only innovative and entertaining but it also unquestionably reinforces the internalization of target lexical items by means of rote learning. The participants were eight fifth-year students of the Nursing major at the Universidad de Costa Rica in 2004 who were taking English for Nurses.
País:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institución:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Lenguaje:Inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/9476
Acceso en línea:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rlm/article/view/9476
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:juegos de cómputo
adquisición de una lengua
aprendizaje
cursos de ESP
inglés para enfermería
técnicas alternativas para la enseñanza de vocabulario
computer games
language acquisition
learning
ESP courses
English for Nursing
alternative techniques for teaching vocabulary