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http://dx.doi.org/10.7583/JKGS.2015.15.2.95

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

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)
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.
Keywords
English Vocabulary; Learning System; Car Racing Game;
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