University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Colossal classroom adventure: Developing interactive fiction for English language learners

Kim, Alexis

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Title
Colossal classroom adventure: Developing interactive fiction for English language learners
Author(s)
Kim, Alexis
Issue Date
2018-06-05
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Sadler, Randall
Committee Member(s)
Pintar, Judith
Department of Study
Linguistics
Discipline
Teaching of English Sec Lang
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
M.A.
Degree Level
Thesis
Date of Ingest
2018-09-27T16:17:23Z
Keyword(s)
  • SLA
  • Second Language Acquisition
  • Reading
  • Extensive Reading
  • ESL
  • English as a Second Language
  • Interactive Fiction
  • IF
  • Games
  • Video Games
  • Educational Games
  • Gamification
  • Vocabulary Acquisition
  • Vocabulary
  • Inform 7
Abstract
The purpose of this project is an act of exploratory research to develop a text based interactive adventure for non-native English speakers to hone their extensive reading skills in American English. The history of text based gaming will be used to establish a guide over the potential pitfalls unique to the genre. Then the uses of games in an educational context will be established to show the differences in teacher motivation toward the creation and use of gaming in education. Second Language Acquisition and ESL reading specific research will be used to create a set of guidelines for the text and presentation in the game. Details of the game are presented to detail the plot, educational justification and technical specs. Finally, I will explore how this information could be used to assist teachers in the game creation process.
Graduation Semester
2018-08
Type of Resource
text
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Copyright 2018 Alexis Kim

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