RT book part
T1 Use of digital game creation tools in computer assisted language learning: A systematic literature review
A1 Berns, Anke
A1 Ruiz Rube, Iván
A2 Ingeniería Informática
K1 digital games
K1 foreign language learning
K1 educational authoring tools
K1 end-user development
K1 computer assisted language learning
AB This chapter aims to analyse some of the most popular contemporary end-user development tools for designing learning games with a special focus on foreign language learning. To this end, we first describe different authoring tools (e.g., Scratch, AppInventor, CoSpaces, Alice, GameSalad, GameMaker and Gamelearn) that can be easily used by teachers as well as students with no programming experience to create games that are consistent with their teaching and learning needs. Then, we analyse studies that explore how these tools have been used up to the present to support foreign language learning. With this purpose in mind, we conduct a systematic literature review to identify and analyse the most relevant empirical studies on the topic published between 2011 and 2021. The results of our analysis shed light on the potential of end-user development tools to both design language learning games as well as teach computational thinking and coding skills. According to the studies analysed both could benefit language learning.
PB Routledge
SN 9781003240075
YR 2022
FD 2022
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38444
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/38444
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 06-nov-2026