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        1 - Impact of ELSE Game-based English Vocabulary Learning App on Iranian EFL Exceptional Students’ Vocabulary Learning: EFL Professionals and Computer Experts’ Evaluation in Focus
        شیما قبادی محسن شاهرخی Ahmad Abedi
        This research study aimed to develop a mobile app to enhance exceptional students’ English vocabulary learning and to evaluate the Exceptional Student Learning English (ESLE) app, mainly from exceptional students’ perspectives and different experts’ pe أکثر
        This research study aimed to develop a mobile app to enhance exceptional students’ English vocabulary learning and to evaluate the Exceptional Student Learning English (ESLE) app, mainly from exceptional students’ perspectives and different experts’ perspectives. The ESLE app, an interactive mobile game, was developed using multiplatform and the digital game-based learning instructional design model. In the first stage of the study, 40 exceptional students with intellectual and physical disabilities were selected and assigned non-randomly to an experimental and a control group (20 in each group); they were all grade 7th to 9th junior high school students. The experimental group received vocabulary instruction through the ELSE app, and the control group was taught conventionally. The groups were compared both before and after the treatment. The app was then analyzed according to the analytical framework of Hubbard (2011). To this end, 12 English teachers and computer experts were selected purposefully. Open-ended questionnaires were sent to 12 participants to collect the experts’ feedback on the developed app. The study results showed that all exceptional students improved their vocabulary skills after engaging with the game-based app. The experts’ feedbacks showed their positive attitudes towards using the ESLE app for exceptional students’ English vocabulary learning. Findings have illuminative implications for many EFL teachers in applying an effective method in teaching new words to exceptional EFL learners. The study also offers implications for EFL material developers and application designers. تفاصيل المقالة
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        2 - ESLE Game-based English Vocabulary Learning App for Exceptional Iranian Students: Teacher’s point of view
        Shima Ghobadi
        The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of (ESLE) Exceptional Students English Learning game-based app to help students with English vocabulary learning disabilities to gain vocabulary skills in and after school program. To this end, 40 exceptional st أکثر
        The aim of this study was to investigate the effectiveness of (ESLE) Exceptional Students English Learning game-based app to help students with English vocabulary learning disabilities to gain vocabulary skills in and after school program. To this end, 40 exceptional students with intellectual and physical disabilities (20 in each group), grade 7th to 9th junior high school, 30 special needs education teachers, and 30 parents of exceptional students were selected. The four exceptional students’ teacher who worked in special education schools were interviewed to elicit the needed information for the purposes of the study. The first part of the semi-structured interview used in this study was related to ESLE app. The second part of the interview was related to their perceptions about collaboration with families. To this purpose, parents’ and teachers’ perceptions and practices of game-based app to support exceptional students were examined. Thus, the study addressed the issue of students with disabilities by reviewing the challenges faced by teachers who teach students with disabilities and how they overcome these challenges. A mixed-method design by extending with follow-up phase to measure whether exceptional students retained the knowledge they learned while engaging with the app was used. The results of the study showed that all of the exceptional students improved vocabulary skills after engaging with the game-based app. Findings have illuminative implications for many EFL teachers in applying an effective method in teaching new words. تفاصيل المقالة