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Jabbari, Nasser; Eslami, Zohreh R. – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
This study investigated negotiations for meaning as conditions for second language (L2) learning in the context of a massively multiplayer online role-playing game, World of Warcraft (WoW) (Blizzard Entertainment, 2004). Varonis and Gass's (1985) and Smith's (2003a) models were used to identify negotiation episodes during on-task and off-task…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Role Playing, Video Games, Second Language Learning
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Jabbari, Nasser; Peterson, Mark – Language Learning Journal, 2023
Many English as a foreign language (EFL) learners worldwide spend hours playing commercial-off-the-shelf massively multiplayer online games. They engage in a multitude of different interactions with the game environment and possibly with other gamers, using English as the predominant medium of communication. This raises the question of whether…
Descriptors: Accuracy, Video Games, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning