Digital Games and Language Learning: Theory, Development and Implementation

Cover\nHalf Title\nSeries\nTitle\nCopyright\nContents\nFigures\nTables\nContributors\nPreface\nForeword\nAcknowledgements\n1 Digital games and language learning: The state of play\nPart One Theory and research\n	2 A critical review of research on gamification and second language acquisition (Silvia Benini and Michael Thomas)\n	3 Second language development in the context of massively multiplayer online games: Theoretical perspectives (Nasser Jabbari)\n	4 Not all MMOGs are created equal: A design-informed approach to the study of L2 learning in multiplayer online games (Jonatho\n	5 Human linguistics as a framework for analysing simulation-gaming (Douglas W. Coleman)\nPart Two Development and implementation of digital games in computer-assisted language learning\n	6 Playing with digital game pedagogies (Alex Bacalja and Kate Euphemia Clark)\n	7 The use of avatars in digital role-playing games (RPGs) in computer-assisted language learning (CALL) (Charly Harbord, Euan\n	8 Reinforcing international students’ language skills for disaster preparedness: A case study of gamification that utilizes aug\n	9 The relationship between extramural digital gameplay and twenty-first-century skills in the language classroom (Daniel J. Mi\n	10 Gaming as a gateway to L2 English learning: A case study of a young L1 Swedish boy (Liss Kerstin Sylven)\nPart Three Towards the future of game-based language learning\n	11 Issues in the current state of teaching languages with games (Benjamin Thanyawatpokin and James York)\n	12 Is game-based language teaching ‘vaporware’? (Jonathan deHaan)\nIndex