Time will tell: In-game social interactions that facilitate second language acquisition

FDG 2009 - 4th International Conference on the Foundations of Digital Games, Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 161-168

  Rankin, Yolanda A ^a   Morrison, Deidra ^b   McNeal, McKenzie ^c   Gooch, Bruce ^d   Shute, Marcus W ^e  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^e CLARK ATLANTA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CODE SCHEME; DIALOGUE ACTS; FOREIGN LANGUAGE; MASSIVELY MULTIPLAYER; MMORPGS; NON-NATIVE SPEAKERS; ROLE-PLAYING GAME; SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TARGET LANGUAGE;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

LINGUISTICS;

EID: 77953564676     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1536513.1536546     Document Type: Conference Paper

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