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A Single-Player Car Driving Game-based English Vocabulary Learning System

1인용 자동차 주행 게임 기반의 영어 단어 학습 시스템

  • Kim, Sangchul (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies) ;
  • Park, Hyogeun (Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies)
  • 김상철 (한국외국어대학교 컴퓨터공학과) ;
  • 박효근 (한국외국어대학교 컴퓨터공학과)
  • Received : 2015.01.26
  • Accepted : 2015.02.16
  • Published : 2015.04.20

Abstract

Many games for English vocabulary learning, such as hangman, cross puzzle, matching, etc, have been developed which are of board-type or computer game-type. Most of these computer games are adapting strategy-style game plays so that there is a limit on giving the fun, a nature of games, to learners who do not like games of this style. In this paper, a system for memorizing new English words is proposed which is based on a single-player car racing game targeting youths and adults. In the game, the core of our system, a learner drives a car and obtains game points by colliding with English word texts like game items appearing on the track. The learner keeps on viewing English words being exposed on the track while driving, resulting in memorizing those words according to a learning principle stating viewing is memorization. To our experiment, the effect of memorizing English words by our car racing game is good, and the degree of satisfaction with our system as a English vocabulary learning tool is reasonably high. Also, previous word games are suitable for the memory enforcement of English words but our game can be used for the memorization of new words.

행맨, 크로스퍼즐, 매칭등과 같은 많은 영어 단어 학습용 게임들이 보드 형태 또는 컴퓨터 게임 형태로 개발되었다. 이들 컴퓨터 게임 대부분은 전략형 게임 플레이를 채택하기에 이런 스타일의 게임을 좋아하지 않는 학습자들에게는 게임의 고유 특성인 즐거움을 주는데 한계가 있다. 본 논문에서는 청소년 및 성인 대상의 1인용 자동차 주행 게임을 중심으로 새로운 영어 단어 암기를 위한 시스템을 제안한다. 본 시스템의 핵심인 자동차 주행 게임에서 학습자는 차를 운전하면서, 트랙 상에 아이템처럼 나타나는 영어 단어 텍스트와 충돌하여서 점수를 획득하게 된다. 학습자는 화면상에 노출된 영어 단어를 주행 중에 지속적으로 보면서, 영어 단어를 뇌리에 새기게 된다. 우리의 실험 결과, 우리의 게임을 통한 영어 단어의 기억 효과는 만족할 수준이고, 학습 도구로서의 본 시스템에 대한 만족도도 높았다. 또한 기본 영어 단어 학습용 게임들이 이미 알고 있는 단어 대한 기억 강화에 적합하지만 우리의 게임은 새로운 단어 암기에도 사용할 수 있다.

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