MOW: Augmented Reality game to learn words in different languages: Case study: Learning English names of animals in elementary school

Author

Barreira, João ; Bessa, Maximino ; Pereira, Luciana C. ; Adão, Telmo ; Peres, Emanuel ; Magalhães, Luís

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 June 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Recent digital games have been developed not only for entertainment purposes, but also to promote learning. This paper presents MOW (Matching Objects and Words), which is an Augmented Reality (AR) game for learning words in different languages. Experimental tests were performed with Portuguese children during English classes. We have compared the results from using MOW along with traditional teaching methods. The results indicate that children who used the Augmented Reality games had a superior learning progress than those who used only traditional methods.

Keywords

augmented reality; computer aided instruction; computer games; humanities; natural languages; teaching; AR game; English classes; English names learning; MOW; Portuguese children; animal names; augmented reality game; digital games; elementary school; matching objects and words; teaching methods; words learning; Animals; Augmented reality; Cameras; Educational institutions; Games; Visualization; Augmented Reality; educational games; learning words;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI), 2012 7th Iberian Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

ISSN

2166-0727

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2843-2

Type

conf

Filename

6263236