1. Professionalization tools: impact of the game-based website ‘Check your Smile’ on specialized terminology acquisition
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Yassine-Diab, Nadia, Hartwell, Laura, Dejean, Sébastien, Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université de Toulouse (UT), LAboratoire Inter-universitaire de Recherche en DIdactique Lansad (LAIRDIL), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT), Université Toulouse Capitole (UT Capitole), Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse UMR5219 (IMT), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Toulouse (INSA Toulouse), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès (UT2J), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), and Université de Toulouse (UT)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
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[STAT]Statistics [stat] ,languages ,serious games ,learning ,terminology acquisition ,English for Specific purposes ESP ,[SHS.LANGUE]Humanities and Social Sciences/Linguistics ,Vocabulary - Abstract
International audience; Computer assisted vocabulary learning, i.e. specialized terminology acquisition, is a major tool to learning Languages for Specific Purposes (LSP) necessary to students’ professionalization. One current area of research is digital game-based language learning because of its motivating qualities. This paper discusses electronics students’ acquisition of specific vocabulary as related to the free game-based collaborative platform Check Your Smile (CYS), which is entirely devoted to learning LSP terminology. CYS aggregates various types of games that automatically generate individualized game plays, drawing upon a collaboratively constructed multilingual dictionary. The study focuses on multiple variables including attending a selective engineering course taught in English and the language used to teach the mandatory electronics class. Empirical data shows that students having used CYS tend to obtain better vocabulary test scores than students who did not.
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- 2021