Volume 26 Number 1, 2022 Second language (L2) gains through digital game-based language learning (DGBLL): A meta-analysis

Second language (L2) gains through digital game-based language learning (DGBLL): A meta-analysis

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Volume 26 Number 1, 2022
contributor.author:
Dixon, Daniel H. Dixon, Tülay Jordan, Eric
date.accessioned:
2022-02-25T22:18:36Z
date.available:
2022-02-25T22:18:36Z
date.issued:
2022-02-28
description.abstract:
Studies on digital game-based language learning (DGBLL) have increased in numbers, creating a pool of studies that can be meta-analyzed to measure the overall effect of digital gaming on second language (L2) development. The current meta-analysis targets digital games that were available to the public at the time of data collection, January of 2020, aggregating their effects on L2 development overall and across a number of moderator variables. These moderator variables include the game developers’ intended purpose of the game (educational or entertainment), outcome measures (e.g., vocabulary, overall proficiency), and several game design features such as the type of player interaction (single player, multiplayer, massively multiplayer online), among others. Results indicate that DGBLL has had a small to medium positive effect (Cohen’s dweighted = 0.50) for between-groups designs and a medium effect (dweighted = 0.95) for within-group designs. Games designed for entertainment were found to be more effective than those designed for L2 education, although there is some overlap in the 95% confidence intervals of the two groups. The overall findings and those from additional moderator analyses are discussed in light of previous DGBLL findings while offering direction for future research and recommendations for improving the methodological rigor and transparency in DGBLL research.
endingpage:
25
identifier.citation:
Dixon, D. H., Dixon, T., & Jordan, E. (2022). Second language (L2) gains through digital game-based language learning (DGBLL): A meta-analysis. Language Learning & Technology, 26(1), 1–25. http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73464
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
http://hdl.handle.net/10125/73464
language.iso:
en-US
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology (co-sponsored by Center for Open Educational Resources and Language Learning, University of Texas at Austin)
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73464/
startingpage:
1
subject:
Digital Game-based Language Learning Meta-analysis Digital Games L2 Learning Outcomes
title:
Second language (L2) gains through digital game-based language learning (DGBLL): A meta-analysis
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Article
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Text
volume:
26