Board Games for Teaching English Prosody to Advanced EFL Learners

Autor/inn/en	Lodzikowski, Kacper; Jekiel, Mateusz
Titel	Board Games for Teaching English Prosody to Advanced EFL Learners
Quelle	In: ELT Journal, 73 (2019) 3, S.275-285 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Lodzikowski, Kacper) ORCID (Jekiel, Mateusz)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0951-0893
DOI	10.1093/elt/ccy059
Schlagwörter	Intonation; Suprasegmentals; English (Second Language); Second Language Learning; Second Language Instruction; Phonetics; Phonology; Advanced Courses; Teaching Methods; Worksheets; College Students; Foreign Countries; Educational Games; Comparative Analysis; Student Attitudes; Preferences; Poland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Phonetik; Fonetik; Fonologie; Fortgeschrittenenunterricht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Collegestudent; Ausland; Educational game; Lernspiel; Schülerverhalten; Polen
Abstract	This exploratory study fills the gap in research on using print board games to teach English prosody to advanced EFL learners at university level. We developed three in-class print-and-play board games that accompanied three prosody-related topics in a course in English phonetics and phonology at a Polish university. For those topics, compared to topics without any board games, learners reported higher in-class engagement and obtained higher post-class quiz scores. At the end of the course, learners rated board games as equally or more useful than some of the other teaching aids. Although traditional printed worksheets were still rated as the most useful teaching aid, learners expressed their preference for using extra classroom time for playing board games instead of completing extra worksheet exercises. We hope these promising results will encourage teachers to experiment with implementing these and other board games in their advanced curricula. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01