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The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview
2023. urn:nbn:hr:142:083731
Ćaleta, Filip
Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Department of English Language and Literature

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Ćaleta, F. (2023). The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview (Undergraduate thesis). Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Retrieved from https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:083731

Ćaleta, Filip. "The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:083731

Ćaleta, Filip. "The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview." Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2023. https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:083731

Ćaleta, F. (2023). 'The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview', Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, accessed 20 March 2025, https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:083731

Ćaleta F. The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview [Undergraduate thesis]. Osijek: Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences; 2023 [cited 2025 March 20] Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:083731

F. Ćaleta, "The Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview", Undergraduate thesis, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Osijek, 2023. Available at: https://urn.nsk.hr/urn:nbn:hr:142:083731

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TitleThe Influence of Language Contact through Video Games on FL Acquisition: A Critical Overview
Title (croatian)Utjecaj jezičnog kontakta putem videoigara na usvajanje stranog jezika: kritički pregled
AuthorFilip Ćaleta
MentorDubravka Vidaković Erdeljić (mentor)
GranterJosip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
(Department of English Language and Literature)
Osijek
Defense date and country2023, Croatia
Scientific / art field,
discipline and subdiscipline		HUMANISTIC SCIENCES
Philology
Anglistics
Abstract
Foreign language acquisition (FLA) through video games has been widely researched in order to assess its impact on the development of foreign language skills and examine its effectiveness in enhancing foreign language learning. This paper discusses the viability and benefits of language contact in video games, as well as its accelerative effects on FL acquisition. Firstly, an explanation of language contact and FL acquisition is provided, through definitions by Thomason (2001) and Eddy (2011). Secondly, the concept of FLA is further explored through video games as a medium for language contact, detailing the idea of learner motivation and engagement as critical roles in FLA, inspecting the broadening of vocabulary in FL learners through games, as well as discussing the development of language skills observed in such learners. Finally, this paper covers the potential value of FL teaching through the medium of video games, while focusing on the prospective future and possibility of video games becoming a valid teaching tool alongside contemporary study material. Modern language acquisition has been made readily accessible to almost all FL learners with access to the internet and contemporary technology, with video games being one of the least likely, yet at the same time strangely attractive and effective approaches to foreign language learning. The concluding section summarizes and validates the positive influence of this approach to FL acquisition, through improved vocabulary, lessened insecurity and anxiety, as well as establishing games as a safe-space where learners are privy to feedback and improvement.
Keywords
Languageenglish
URN:NBNurn:nbn:hr:142:083731
Study programmeTitle: English Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) engleskoga jezika i književnosti)
Study programmeTitle: German Language and Literature (double major)
Study programme type: university
Study level: undergraduate
Academic / professional title: sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkog jezika i književnosti (sveučilišni/a prvostupnik/prvostupnica (baccalaureus/baccalaurea) njemačkog jezika i književnosti)
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