Liu Fei, Vadivel Balachandran, Rezvani Ehsan, Namaziandost Ehsan
School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, China.
Department of English, Cihan University-Duhok, Kurdistan Region, Iraq.
Front Psychol. 2021 Oct 12;12:762447. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.762447. eCollection 2021.
This study aims to find out the role of games in promoting students' willingness to communicate (WTC) and their teachers' attitude toward it. In order to collect the data, the researchers employed a 28-item questionnaire which was given to 60 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in an English institute. Then, the students were randomly divided into two groups of 30 learners functioning as control and experimental groups. The students in the experimental group received games in their language lessons and classes, while control group learners did not. At the end of the term, the same questionnaire was given to the students to know if playing games had a significant impact on their WTC. In addition, the teachers were asked to answer a 30-item questionnaire to investigate their attitudes toward playing games in language classes. The results showed that most of the teachers in this study believe that games have a positive influence on the students' attitudes towards learning English and that using them in class serves many educational purposes. In addition, games played a significant role in improving the EFL leaners' willingness to communicate. In the light of these findings, the researchers suggested using games as energizers and practical activities at the end of class not only to improve enthusiasm for learning, but also to improve the learners' WTC.
本研究旨在探究游戏在提升学生沟通意愿（WTC）方面的作用以及教师对此的态度。为收集数据，研究人员采用了一份包含28个项目的问卷，将其分发给一所英语培训机构的60名外语学习者。随后，学生们被随机分为两组，每组30人，分别作为控制组和实验组。实验组的学生在语言课程和课堂中参与游戏，而控制组的学生则不参与。学期末，再次向学生发放相同问卷，以了解游戏是否对他们的沟通意愿产生显著影响。此外，还要求教师回答一份包含30个项目的问卷，以调查他们对在语言课堂中使用游戏的态度。结果显示，本研究中的大多数教师认为游戏对学生学习英语的态度有积极影响，且在课堂中使用游戏具有多种教育目的。此外，游戏在提高外语学习者的沟通意愿方面发挥了重要作用。基于这些研究结果，研究人员建议在课程结束时将游戏用作激发活力的元素和实践活动，不仅能提高学习积极性，还能提升学习者的沟通意愿。
