Octalysis framework : a favorable environment to increase successful practices in English as a foreign language (EFL) classrooms
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Medina Gómez, Diana Carolina | 2023
Gamification has become a concept that is permeating the new classroom
dynamics. Children from today will learn through different ways in which games
and technology are the means. This study shows the contributions of gamification
to the specific educational processes of teaching English as a foreign language by
using the Octalysis Framework method in fourth-grade students at Colegio Rosario
de Santo Domingo. To find the outcomes of this study a qualitative paradigm will
be used, and an action-research approach will lead the research. The investigation
methods of the study will be semi-structured interviews, interaction workshops,
field journals, ethnographic and participatory observations, start and exit
workshops, and focus groups. These techniques will help to understand better the
teaching-learning processes from the teachers’ and students’ points of view.
Results will show that gamified settings improve students’ performance
during their class lessons and pupils will be successful while learning a foreign
language. Data collected showed that the implementation of Octalysis in teaching
English as a foreign language not only improves communicative competencies in
the target language, but also social relations among participants, creating a
peaceable and a more relaxed learning environment. Finally, this strategy was
proven to greatly increase motivation and engagement in the learning process.
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