EXAMINING THE INTEREST AND ADAPTABILITY OF UNDERGRADUATE RURAL STUDENTS TO GAMIFICATION IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

Abstract

In order to cope with the global pandemic, the educators are looking for novel ways to reach the learners.One of the greatest challenges faced by the teachers is the incorporation of technology in the teaching and learning process. The advancement of science and technology has fashioned a demand in the educational field to strive with its pace of growth. This tremendous growth has propelled the educational field to adopt new methods of teaching and learning. The outgrowth in teaching and learning process is envisioned in all the streams of education and English language has not excluded itself from it. In this modern era, it is a great challenge for the English teachers to choose an appropriate method among the innumerable teaching methods to teach English language. Hence, the present research has minted to detect the prominence of game-based learning to teaching English language among the college students. The concept of gamification in education paves way not only for developing the leaners’ motivation but also for assimilating game-based learning in educational setting. The research has been accomplished by selecting 50 rural Arts students from Erode district as thesample group and their interest in Game-Based Learning has been examined. The research has detected that the sample group has acclimatized themselves to Game-Based Learning method.