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TEACHING EFL VOCABULARY TO YOUNG DIGITAL NATIVESTHROUGH ONLINE GAMES: A STUDY WITH TURKISH 5TH GRADE EFL LEARNERS

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IOJET
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115–130
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2022-10-18
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Additionally, it was observedthat young learners were amused by digital games and were willing to learn more via them.

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Amaç & Hipotez:The current study aimed to examine the effect of online vocabulary gameson teaching new words to young learners ofEFL.
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Temel Bulgular & Veri:For this aim, 46 Turkish 5thgrade EFL students in a state school were assigned into control and experimental groups.
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Sonuç & Katkı:Additionally, it was observedthat young learners were amused by digital games and were willing to learn more via them.
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Abstract

The current study aimed to examine the effect of online vocabulary gameson teaching new words to young learners ofEFL. For this aim, 46 Turkish 5thgrade EFL students in a state school were assigned into control and experimental groups. Both groups studied 22 words in 6 instructional sessions conducted in 6 subsequent weeks in the second semester of 2016-2017academicyear. Throughout this period, the data were collected via recognition-production tests and semi-structured interviews. The results of the recognition and production tests showed that experimental group outperformed the control group in terms of vocabulary gains. The results of the semi-structured interviews also supported the quantitativeresultsindicatingthatonlinevocabularygamesincreased students’ motivation. Additionally, it was observedthat young learners were amused by digital games and were willing to learn more via them.

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DOLGUNSÖZ, E., UTKU, Ö. (2022). TEACHING EFL VOCABULARY TO YOUNG DIGITAL NATIVESTHROUGH ONLINE GAMES: A STUDY WITH TURKISH 5TH GRADE EFL LEARNERS. IOJET, Cilt: 5 - Sayı: 1, 115–130. https://ajindex.com/articles/542377

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