Location-Based Games for Language Learning

Description

Donald Richardson is a doctoral candidate in TESOL at the International Education and Lifelong Learning Institute (IELLI) at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His research explores how location-based and place-based approaches can enrich language learning, with particular attention to game-based and technology-enhanced methods. Donald has over 20 years of experience as an English language teacher in Germany where he is the head of English at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT) Language Centre.

Donald has conducted a scoping review which investigated the role of location-based games, the key features and the effectiveness of the innovation for language learning. The study has been published by Research Synthesis in Applied Linguistics. Jing invited Donald to talk about the challenges, implications, and some reflections that he has experienced from the research process. Donald has also given some suggestions about managing and adapting the journal peer review process.