QUESTIONAIRE

1.    Do games facilitate learning as foreign language?

Playing games has a positive influence in first language acquisition process. Thus, Games should also be beneficial in second language acquisition among children. Games are an important part of learning experience in a foreign language classroom.

2.   Is there a relation bet learning teories (behaviourism learning theory, cognitivism learning theory and constructuvism learning theory and games?

Educational games are mostly developed based on learning theories and are close related to learning processes. Constructivism theory deals with human constructing their knowledge through experience and learning in active process. Behaviorism theory, developed in and deals with learning through a change in behavior or the environment shape behavior and the principle of reinforcement. And, Cognitivism theory deals with how the memory and prior knowledge plays an important role in learning.  

3.    It is useful to use games in teaching English language?

Yes, this will make your students to be more interested on what you are teaching. Also based on the games they would remember in a better way the lesson. Studies have shown that having fun while learning is beneficial for your students development.

4.   Do games create an interactive environment in the classroom? 

Yes, it can make your classroom environment serene. Games are an excellent way to boost engagement, but it can be tricky because you can also make the environment heavy, but using classroom management all games can flow nicely.

5.    Do games belong to a specific learning theory?

Yes and it is call he theory of game-based learning (GBL) involves a new way of training.  It is about the use of games for learning. The offer for gamified content is increasing and getting more and more varied, with video games designed for nearly all target audiences and sectors.

6.    Do games encourage students to solve unstructured problems, communicate, navigate, and evaluate and use the second language effectively?

Yes, games in the classroom can encourage students to understand subject matter in context as part of a system. In contrast to memorization, drilling, and quizzing, which is often criticized because it focuses on facts in isolation, games force players to interact with problems in ways that take relationships into account. The content becomes useful insofar as it plays a part in a larger multi-modal system.

8.   Does the use of educational games enhance creativity? Improve design skills and the ability to present information using the sec language?

 Lessons that are fun and engaging are far more likely to result in better outcomes, both in the short and long terms. Game-based learning can promote a desire to learn outside the classroom while transforming the classroom from a place a student must be to a place they want to be and at the same time to apply or express their own ideas. Also help learners in aspects as Connecting Physical Experiences with Learning, Rising to the Competition, Working as a Team, Grasping Systems Thinking, Compromise and Iteration

9.    What effect does educational games use have on student motivation?

The Internet has had a significant effect on the way 21st-century students think and learn; they are used to thinking on multiple tracks at once, but have little patience with linear reasoning or delayed gratification. Using games (not necessarily video games) for teaching is one way to shift to a more appropriate learning format for the digital generation. If learning is more engaging, students will be more motivated. In addition, competition and teamwork are motivating for students, and quick and specific feedback enables students to figure out the right way to succeed.

10. Do games influence students achievement?

Teachers can adapt a variety of games for academic purposes in order to improve learning process. Games are a regular part of students' lives, no matter what their grade level. Students play games throughout the day on their computers, the Internet, and their cell phones. One of the few places they don't regularly play games is in their classrooms. Although some teachers use games as a part of their instructional repertoire, most teachers do not, and those who do include them may not be using them to their potential.