Essays about: "Pontus Engqvist"

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  1. 1. Does playing video games have an effect on English vocabulary acquisition? : The correlation between English vocabulary acquisition and the playing of video games in ninth grade learners of English in Sweden

    University essay from Karlstads universitet/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och interkultur (from 2013)

    Author : Pontus Engqvist; [2019]
    Keywords : Extramural English; out-of-school learning; second language acquisition; vocabulary acquisition; vocabulary tests; Swedish 9th grade students; videogames.; Extramural engelska; att lära sig utanför skolan; andraspråks inlärning; vokabulärs inlärning; vokabulär prov; Svenska nionde-klassare; dataspel.;

    Abstract : There have been many different studies done around the subject of Extramural English, where researchers Sundqvist and Sylvén (2012) have drawn the conclusion that there is a correlation between video games and learners of English improving upon their English vocabulary. This study focuses time spent on whether or not playing video games for an extended amount of time will help with a student’s English vocabulary. READ MORE