Mini-game-supported controlled L2 practice transfers to written productive use, with higher accuracy on a written discourse completion test¶

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q2 i? Treatment groups showed higher average accuracy rates than the control group on WDCT post-tests, with equal response speed. → Cornillie 2015

Evidence¶

Cornillie 2015¶

Cornillie, F., & Desmet, P. (2015). Design and empirical evaluation of controlled L2 practice through mini-games—moving beyond drill-and-kill?. Critical CALL – Proceedings of the 2015 EUROCALL Conference, Padova, Italy. http://dx.doi.org/10.14705/rpnet.2015.000325

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Written discourse completion test administered before, immediately after, and one month after a one-month mini-game practice procedure. Treatment groups' average accuracy exceeded the control group's, while response times were equal across groups; no effect size is printed.

"As for the post-tests of the WDCT (Figure 4), the average accuracy rates of the participants in the treatment groups were higher than the average accuracy rate of the control group. Participants responded equally quickly in all groups."

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