Gaming as extramural English L2 learning and L2 proficiency among young learners

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Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 302-321

  Kerstin SylveÁn L ^a   Sundqvist, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

extramural English; incidental vocabulary acquisition; Keywords digital games; l2 proficiency; motivation; second language acquisition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870048959     PISSN: 09583440     EISSN: 14740109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S095834401200016X     Document Type: Article

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