IMPACT OF ONLINE GAME IN LEARNING VOCABULARY

Abstract

 In order to find out the relationship between online games and vocabulary learning and whether gender affects vocabulary learning through online games, this study was created. Computer aided language learning (CALL) has increased the popularity of using computers as a method for learning languages in classroom settings as one of the effects of technology. In addition to the growth of the internet, games began to emerge in the form of video games. This paper reviewed five foreign papers relating to online games and vocabulary learning from Iran, Turkey and China, in which various approaches, including quantitative and qualitative measurements, were used. The evaluation of the papers showed that it is more successful than rote learning to implement online games in language teaching for vocabulary learning, but success depends on gender. Compared to female learners, male students do better at learning vocabulary by online games.