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Spudsville: Designing a Minecraft Game for learning teaching English as a Second Language

스퍼드빌: 제2언어로서의 영어학습을 위한 마인크래프트 게임 설계

  • Received : 2022.02.08
  • Accepted : 2022.04.20
  • Published : 2022.04.28

Abstract

The aim of this study is to design Spudsville, an immersive game environment in Minecraft that can effectively help learners acquire the English language. To create a successful learning experience using Minecraft, the researchers adopted the Agile Model and the Design Thinking approach. The researchers first conducted an analysis through an extensive literature review in order to assess the learners' needs. Afterwards, they designed and developed a Minecraft world based on the data collected during the analysis phase. The researchers learned that implementing constructivist and behaviorist approaches has benefits, even though applying a cognitivist-learning model to Spudsville could have provided the researchers with more insight on how learner processes information. Making these adjustments could improve Spudsville's effectiveness and could potentially help the ways in which gamified learning aids with language acquisition.

이 연구의 목적은 마인크래프트의 몰입형 게임 환경인 스퍼드빌을 디자인하여 학습자가 영어를 습득할 수 있도록 효과적으로 돕는 것이다. 마인크래프트를 사용하여 성공적인 학습 경험을 만들기 위해, 본 연구에서는 애자일 모델과 디자인 사고 접근법을 채택했다. 우선 학습자들의 요구를 분석하기 위해 광범위한 문헌 검토를 수행하였으며 이후의 분석 단계에서 수집된 자료를 바탕으로 마인크래프트 월드를 설계하고 개발하였다. 연구자들은 인지주의 학습 모델을 스퍼드빌에 적용하면 학습자가 정보를 처리하는 방법에 대한 더 많은 통찰력을 제공할 수 있고 한편으로 구성주의 및 행동주의 접근 방식을 구현하는 것이 또한 이점이 있다는 것을 알게 되었다. 마인크래프트 게임을 통하여 영어학습의 효과를 향상시킬 수 있으며 게임기반학습이 언어학습에 도움이 될 수 있는 잠재력을 확인할 수 있었다.

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