Learning English with the Sims: Exploiting authentic computer simulation games for L2 learning

Computer Assisted Language Learning

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 441-455

  Ranalli, Jim ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer games; ESL; L2 vocabulary; Simulations; The Sims

Indexed keywords

EID: 56649109941     PISSN: 09588221     EISSN: 17443210     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09588220802447859     Document Type: Article

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