An investigation into the impacts of CALLDGBL endeavors on upgrading EFL learners’ communicative competence

الملخص EN

The current study is an experimental digital game-based (DGBL) endeavor which tackles potential educational issues beyond the frequent use of games, language learning potentials in particular.

It is characterized by a quantitative research design.

The study aims at exploring the practical effects of videogame play, Trace Effect, on improving the players‘ communicative competence as sociocultural and strategic.

It is hypothesized that playing videogame cannot create any difference of performance between groups of subject matters for improving English language learning.

The study has concluded the followings; playing the videogame, Trace Effects, has formed the solely major cause of improvement and learning.

Subjects in experiment group, compared to their counterparts, have witnessed giant changes in improving their sociocultural and strategic competence.

Technology enables to create a friendly fascinating atmosphere under which the students can absorb much fun during and within taking different classes although the classes might sound big.

Practicing virtual reality of the second/foreign language‘s culture has been the core point of interest for the players to absorb.

It has contributed to increasing motivation towards learning, bringing back the importance of homework as a form of external extensive activity onto the ground, and forming semi-independent learning.

Obtained from SPCC- Self-Perceived Communicative Competence, approach, the players have reiterated the incredible use of videogames for learning and improvement due to their better achievement records post the intervention.