Use of gamification in English learning in Higher Education: A systematic review

Abstract

Digital gamification is a dynamic technique for enhancing English learning and closing the barrier across student learning and pedagogical praxis. The review offers a summary of gamification in digital English learning environments. In addition, this review investigates the learning experiences and outcomes of foreign language students using gamification. For this study, 18 articles published between 2014 and March 2021 were analyzed to highlight the key characteristics of this research topic. Studies have demonstrated the positive effects of gamification on English as a Foreign Language Educational Experiences from University Learners. In gamified English learning environments, pleasantness, attractiveness, motivation, and enjoyment were all desirable qualities. Gamification's intended learning goals were language content learning, involvement, motivation, and satisfaction. This study's findings include recommendations for the design of digital gamification for the English learning of students, as well as their perspectives and corresponding learning achievements.

Gamifying the Learning Experience Using Extended Reality Technologies for Teaching English as a Foreign Language

“…Gamification of education is an innovative pedagogical approach for improving learners' motivation and engagement in educational settings by combining game design features (Dichev and Dicheva, 2017;De La Cruz et al, 2023;Gutiérrez-Colón et al, 2023). The mediating roles of learners' preferences illustrated the need for autonomy and independence during learning to increase individual performance and experience (Wang et al, 2023;Nguyen et al, 2023).…”

“…Ideally, gamification introduces the students to the big picture, part of a revolution that creates individual resilience to surmount learning difficulties. This insight is crucial for foreign language/English language learning because motivation has been frequently related to gamified learning (Werbach and Hunter, 2012;Gibson et al, 2015;Bovermann and Bastiaens, 2020;De La Cruz et al, 2023).…”

Gamification in Online Education: A Visual Bibliometric Network Analysis

“…Nowadays, gamification in online education is completely clear to anyone [23,24]. Gamification has been applied in a wide range of scientific fields, such as neurosurgery education [25], management education [26], engineering education [27], teaching in sports values [28], architecture education [29], accounting education [30], vocational technical education [31], pharmacy education [32], medical education [33], computer science education [34] historical education [35], historical heritage education [28], language learning [36,37], culture, and art [38]. As a result, the size and scope of the research, as well as the quantity of publications published in this area, have all grown.…”

Using Digital Tools in Teaching and Learning English: Delving into English Language Teachers’ Perspectives

“…Its adoption as a medium of instruction is driven by the belief that language proficiency equips learners with skills that are highly valued in the global job market as an effort to improve socio-economic mobility and international competitiveness (Maramag-Manalastas & Batang, 2018). In fact, a survey conducted among United Nations members revealed that most of its samples expressed approval for adopting English as the language used in their embassies (Ortiz, 2013 as cited in Laura-De La Cruz et al, 2023).…”