Exploring the effectiveness of gaming as an extramural activity for L2 incidental vocabulary acquisition

这项研究首次考察了休闲游戏对附带习得第二语言词汇的有效性。首先，运用语料库语言学对热门游戏词汇的特点进行了分析。然后，为了考察词汇习得，本研究采用了实验性前测-后测设计。参与者在一个合适的游戏中完成一系列任务，这些任务由之前探索过的游戏中的词汇配置文件指导。最后，该项目从统计角度考察了影响词汇附带习得的各种因素对受试者词汇习得和记忆的影响。

This project examines, for the first time, the effectiveness of leisure gaming for the incidental acquisition of vocabulary in a second language. Firstly, the features of the vocabulary that occurs in popular games is analysed using corpus linguistics. Then, to investigate vocabulary gains, an experimental pretest-posttests design is adopted. Participants complete a series of quests in a suitable game guided by previously explored in-game lexical profiles. Finally, the project statistically examines the effect of various factors that have been suggested to influence incidental word learning on participants' vocabulary gains and retention.