📒 Articles and Walkthroughs by date

• Poole, F. (2025). A systematic review of board games used in language learning contexts

  Published: 21 May 2025

  Type: 📔 Article

• Raza, F. & Asad, A. (2025). Designing game-based L2 courses for university-level learners

  Published: 17 Feb 2025

  Type: 📔 Article

• Reid, R. (2024). An investigation of the language learning opportunities in collaborative dialogues during tabletop game play

  Published: 05 Nov 2024

  Type: 📔 Article

• Smith, E. (2024). Dungeons and Dragons meet PowerPoint: an interactive ICT tabletop experience for EFL learners

  Published: 03 Aug 2024

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• Vegel, A. & Hill, R. (2024). Small talk strategies card game for English language learners: Development and future directions

  Published: 25 Jun 2024

  Type: 📔 Article

• van der Velden, M. (2024). Cambridge Linguaskill preparation: teaching "open cloze" questions with ludic activities

  Published: 09 Apr 2024

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• Bacalja, A., Nash, B., Clutton M., De Kruiff, J., & White, B. (2024). Designing Game-Centred Curricula: A Critical Inquiry

  Published: 01 Feb 2024

  Type: 📔 Article

• Al-Khanfar, S. (2023). Teaching Spanish with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time

  Published: 26 Mar 2023

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• Schneider, C. (2023). On the similarities of slaying dragons and ordering food

  Published: 22 Feb 2023

  Type: 📔 Article

• Bacalja, A. (2023). Digital game literacies and school learning: A sociocultural perspective

  Published: 22 Feb 2023

  Type: 📔 Article

• Reed, J. (2022). “This class doesn’t have a textbook?”: An overview of a TRPG course for L2 English learners in Japan

  Published: 06 Sep 2022

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• Spano, F. (2021). How I taught with a game in junior high school EFL classes

  Published: 13 Aug 2021

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• Bradford, C.C., Brown, V., El Houari, M., Trakis, J. M., Weber, J. A., & Buendgens-Kosten, J. (2021). English Escape! Using breakout games in the intermediate to advanced EFL classroom

  Published: 08 Feb 2021

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• York, J. (2020). Pedagogical considerations for teaching with games: Improving oral proficiency with self-transcription, task repetition, and online video analysis

  Published: 20 Oct 2020

  Type: 📔 Article

• deHaan, J. (2020). Game-based language teaching is vaporware (Part 2 of 2): It’s time to ship or shut down

  Published: 22 Jul 2020

  Type: 📔 Article

• deHaan, J. (2020). Game-based language teaching is vaporware (Part 1 of 2): Examination of research reports

  Published: 22 Jul 2020

  Type: 📔 Article

• deHaan, J. (2020). “Game Terakoya class 1” walkthrough: Directing students’ post-game discussions, academic work and participatory work through goals, curriculum, materials and interactions

  Published: 17 Apr 2020

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• Jones, D. M. (2020). Games in the language learning classroom: Is the juice worth the squeeze?

  Published: 05 Feb 2020

  Type: 📔 Article

• York, J. (2019). “Kotoba Rollers” walkthrough: Board games, TBLT, and player progression in a university EFL classroom

  Published: 23 Oct 2019

  Type: 🚶‍♂️ Walkthrough

• deHaan, J. (2019). Teaching language and literacy with games: What? How? Why?

  Published: 18 Sep 2019

  Type: 📔 Article