Using Computer Language Learning Games to Teach EnglishGrammar to Iranian Elementary EFL Learners

The present study explored the effect of using computer language learning games on learning grammar byIranian English learners, and it was an attempt to investigate how playing computer language learning games can leadto a better learning of grammar by Iranian students. Fifty male elementary English learners whose age range wasbetween 8 and 12, participated in the study. The participants were placed in two groups on the basis of their scores ona placement test. Therefore, the participants of the study were homogenized in terms of the general proficiency, andgroups were assigned as one experimental group and one control group. The experimental group was instructed by thetreatment which was using computer language learning games to teach English grammar while the control groupreceived traditional methods. The research data were obtained from the 40-item multiple choice tests as a pre-test anda post-test. The results of t-test clearly revealed that the learners in the experimental group performed better in post-testthan the pre-test. This implies that the using computer language learning games for teaching grammar as a treatmentwas effective in helping the language learners perform better on post-test. However, a statistically significant differencewas found between the post-tests’ scores of the two groups. The mean of experimental group was greater compared tothe control group. The participants were Iranian and from an Iranian Language Institute, so the results cannot begeneralized to learners of other nationalities. However, in the researcher s view the findings of this study have valuableimplications for teachers and learners, methodologists and syllabus designers, linguists and CALL experts. Using theresult of the present paper is an aim of raising the consciousness of a better technique of teaching grammar in order tomake language learning more interesting for the learners.

Keywords:

Computer Language Learning Games , Elementary EFL Learners , English Grammar