Digital gaming and other out-of-school L2 activities:A mixed-method study of the relationship between extracurricular English language practices and …

2020

Master´s thesis in English (EN500) The present mixed-method study investigated the influence of digital gaming and other extracurricular English (EE) language practices on the English vocabulary and grammar skills of a group of Norwegian ninth graders. The participants (n = 16, ten girls and six boys) were aged 14–15. Quantitative data were gathered through language diaries, a productive vocabulary test,and a grammaticality judgment test, whereas qualitative data were collected through semi-structured interviews with seven of the participants. Previous research has found out-of-school English language practices, and digital gaming in particular, to positively correlate with English proficie…