Using the RETAIN Model to evaluate mobile educational games for language learning

• Autor(a) principal: Racilan, Marcos
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Outros Autores: Gunter, Glenda, Campbell, Laurie, Souza, Valeska, Braga, Junia
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Revista Brasileira de Lingüística Aplicada (Online)
• Texto Completo: http://www.periodicos.letras.ufmg.br/index.php/rbla/article/view/8543
• topic: Educational Mobile Games; English Language Learning Applications; Evaluation of Educational Games; RETAIN Model.

Combining games with mobile devices can promote learning opportunities at the learners’ fingertips and enable ubiquitous learning experiences. As teachers increasingly assign games to reinforce language learning, it becomes essential to evaluate how effective these applications are in helping students learn the content or develop the skills that the games are reinforcing. The manuscript examines some English language learning apps utilizing the RETAIN model (XXXX, 2008). The findings indicate the need for the development of scenario-based, English language learning apps for mobile devices in which gameplay and instruction work seamlessly.