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T1 Fostering critical thinking and motivation through digital escape rooms: preliminary observations
A1 Stephens de Jonge, Julie
A1 Labrador de la Cruz, María Belén
A2 Filologia Inglesa
K1 Lengua española
K1 Lengua inglesa
K1 Virtual exchange
K1 Escape rooms
K1 Interculturality
K1 Gamification
K1 5701.11 Enseñanza de Lenguas
AB [EN] This paper reports our preliminary observations of a pilot projectcarried out from February to April 2019 with a group of studentslearning Spanish at the University of Central Missouri and studentslearning English at the University of León. The project combineschallenging escape room activities with intercultural and interlinguisticinteraction in a virtual exchange. Students learned of the premise ofthe activity through a video that set the context in a dystopian futurewith an authoritarian dictator who had hidden and controlled accessto knowledge. The contextual narrative also explained that a hackerwas leaking information that the students could retrieve. Therefore,they needed to collaborate with their partners in order to save theworld by solving different types of enigmas that involved knowledgeabout geography, culture, and language. In addition to these problemsolving activities, they were also required to discuss cultural topicsand comment on different habits, traditions, and stereotypes. Thiscombination might enhance the students’ motivation, foster theircommunication skills, and help them develop critical thinking skillsand learn more about each other’s language, country, and culture.
PB Research-publishing.net
SN 978-2-490057-80-1
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19458
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19458
NO Stephens de Jonge, J., & Labrador, B. (2020). Fostering critical thinking and motivation through digital escape rooms: preliminary observations. En Virtual exchange and 21st century teacher education: short papers from the 2019 EVALUATE conference (pp. 157-164). https://doi.org/10.14705/RPNET.2020.46.1141
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 18-may-2024