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 …

We investigated the extent to which English learners developed knowledge of pragmatically-
appropriate request-making forms through task-based gameplay involving virtual dialogues …

EFL students often struggle with second language (L2) learning, particularly because they
learn L2 out of context, which they find unmeaningful and demotivating. To provide a …

Applied linguistics, the parent field of SLA, finds itself in a vibrant period of methodological
discussion and reform (Gass et al., 2020). Evidence of an enhanced awareness of …

Using the single-group pre-posttest design, this exploratory study examined whether L2
learners of English can learn a speech act by experiencing perlocutionary effects of the act …

Game-based instruction has been praised as an effective approach to second language (L2)
development, as it can provide a low-stakes, fun, and engaging learning environment …

Digital games have been frequently praised in the field of Computer-Assisted Language
Learning (CALL) for the large amount of contextualized second language (L2) input that they …

This dissertation provides an in-depth linguistic description and analysis of the discourse in
a target domain of digital games, a domain referred to as single player offline role-playing …

• Cornillie, F., Van den Branden, K., & Desmet, P.(2015). From language play to linguistic
form and back again. Lessons from an experimental study for the design of task-based …

In 2008, I completed my last piece of commissioned work for the now defunct Becta, the UK
Government agency for promoting and integrating ICT in education. I had been asked to …