Alejandra Zangara

The Impact of Role-Playing Games through Second Life on the Oral Practice of Linguistic and Discursive Sub-competences in English

This paper describes a case study, carried out in an educational setting, whose purpose includes the analysis of the impact that role-playing games (RPGs), with the mediation of the immersive virtual environment Second Life, causes in the oral practice of linguistic and discursive communicative sub-competences in English. It is discussed an interdisciplinary participation of the communicative approach of languages, the technologies involved in the development of this study, RPGs and task-based learning. The study outlines the phases that make up the experience, the categories of analysis addressed from the triangulation of data collected, and finally the conclusions and future research.