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Evidence for Second Language Socialization in Multiplayer Online Game Play

This ethnographic case study aims to examine second language socialization (SLS) in a massively multiplayer online game (MMOG) called Stronghold Kingdoms (SK). To explore the affordances of this community for SLS, the social dynamics in a Faction community during four life-time periods, namely, war,...

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Published in:	TESL-EJ (Berkeley, Calif.) Calif.), 2021-02, Vol.24 (4), p.1
Main Author:	Shahrokni, Seyed Abdollah
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Subjects:	Case Studies Collaboration Communities of Practice Computer & video games Computer Assisted Instruction Computer Games Computer Mediated Communication Computer Simulation Credibility English (Second Language) Ethnography Immigration Language Proficiency Peace Second Language Instruction Second Language Learning Socialization Teaching Methods Trust (Psychology) War
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