Paper Info
Title
Effects of Prior Knowledge on Learning Performance and Anxiety in an English Learning Online Role-Playing Game.
Abstract
The great value of applying digital games in language learning has been highlighted. However, there has been a lack of attention paid to the effects of prior knowledge in a contextual game-based language learning environment. To this end, this study developed an MMORPG-based educational game to facilitate English learning, aiming at investigating how students' different levels of prior knowledge, in terms of their prior English ability and online gaming experience, affect their learning performance and anxiety. The results showed that the high English ability students significantly outperformed those with low English ability, the low online gaming experience students significantly outperformed those with high online gaming experience, and the low English ability students experienced significantly higher degrees of anxiety than those with high English ability. Furthermore, the results showed that prior English ability was positively correlated to learning performance but negatively correlated to anxiety, and anxiety was negatively correlated to learning performance. These findings suggest that a contextual game-based learning environment can be exploited as a useful tool to support language learning; however, the learning performance and anxiety created by the environment were affected to varying degrees by the levels of students' prior knowledge.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2018
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & SOCIETY
Anxiety,Digital game-based learning,English ability,Gaming experience,Learning performance,Prior knowledge
Field
DocType
Volume
Role playing game,Computer science,Anxiety,Mathematics education,Pedagogy
Journal
21
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
SP3
1176-3647
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jie-Chi Yang135043.91
Benazir Quadir243.15