Gamifying CLIL

Abstract

This chapter explores the potential of game-based learning (GBL) as a dynamic way to engage and motivate learners, making learning fun and purposeful, drawing upon relevant research from the field. The author will attempt to define game-based learning and explore the capacity of GBL to affect change within educational contexts. It will be argued that GBL resources have the capacity to provide a meaningful and purposeful context for learning, with a particular focus on GBL within a CLIL setting. GBL is a powerful learning environment. The potential of GBL acting as an effective vehicle to promote the learning of mathematics in a setting where the language of instruction is not the first language of learners will be investigated, drawing upon existing research and the work undertaken by the author as part of an Erasmus+ Project, Framing CLIL.