Beyond Gaming Video Games in the Classroom

2020

Master´s thesis in English (EN501) This thesis examines the effects of using a commercial video game in education. The thesis investigates earlier studies on video games and second language learning (L2), along with an analysis of the educational properties of video games. In addition, the thesis looks at how video games compare to the view of the competence aims and basic skills in the new English subject curriculum (ENG01-04) in Norway. Empirical evidence for the educational use of video games was collected after a two-week study of teaching with a video game in two Norwegian upper-secondary classes. Both qualitative and quantitative data from the study were used to answer two research qu…