Integrating the Auction and Role-play Game into English Speaking Class

Xinyue Deng; Xiusong Qin; Xiaoqing Yuan; Xiaoxin Zhou

doi:10.2991/assehr.k.211220.032

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Integrating the Auction and Role-play Game into English Speaking Class

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Xinyue Deng¹^{, †}, Xiusong Qin²^{, *}^{, †}, Xiaoqing Yuan³^{, †}, Xiaoxin Zhou⁴^{, †}

¹School of Prospect College, Chongqing College of Mobile Communication, 400000, Chongqing, China

²School of Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, M5S2E8, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

³School of Philosophy and Social Development, South China Normal University, 510000, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

⁴School of Physical Arts, Guangzhou Sport University, 510000, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

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These authors contributed equally.

^*Corresponding author. Email: xiusong.qin@mail.utoronto.ca

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Xiusong Qin

Available Online 24 December 2021.

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Keywords: English speaking; Game class; Vocabulary; Confidence; Fluency; Pronunciation
Abstract: This study explores the effect of games (e.g., the auction and role-play game) in teaching spoken English among Chinese middle school students. Five participants were divided into two groups and given online courses with and without games for comparisons. This research utilized a qualitative method to collect data from their pre-class tests, students’ performance in class, after-class tests, followed by brief reflections towards the content, teaching methods, and participants’ own gains. Compared with the control group’s results (the group without games) in which one participant was taught without any use of games, the effect is evaluated from six perspectives: confidence, fluency, vocabulary, grammar, logic, and pronunciation. The data provides valuable information on games’ role in teaching and learning spoken English. The findings suggest that games can increase students’ confidence and willingness to express themselves, helping them achieve more obvious improvement in their speaking fluency and make more prominent progress in English vocabulary. Even though the result of oral performance in grammar varies from person to person, and the class fails to make a difference, which is detectable enough to participants’ logic and pronunciation, there are still reasons to believe that more progress shall be made with better-designed games and more in-time feedback in the class.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2021 4th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2021)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 24 December 2021
ISBN: 978-94-6239-495-7
ISSN: 2352-5398
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