Volume 06 - Issue 1 Language teacher education through engagement in an educational escape room

Language teacher education through engagement in an educational escape room

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Volume 06 - Issue 1
contributor.author:
Egbert, Joy Shahrokni, Seyed Abdollah
date.accessioned:
2026-04-02T20:16:06Z
date.available:
2026-04-02T20:16:06Z
date.issued:
2026-04-01
description.abstract:
To fill a number of gaps in both the task engagement and language education literature, 25 international and multilingual graduate teacher education students in groups of 3 and 4 participated in a stand-alone, face-to-face educational escape room (EER). The purpose of the experience was to model facilitators of task engagement for in-service English teachers while supporting them in engaging in learning about and practicing comma use. This exploratory study employed pre- and post-test statistics of learning outcomes to complement descriptive data. Results support assertions in the literature that EERs can be engaging across learners and language content. Guidelines and implications for future EER development are provided, including ideas for how the next iteration of the EER might be designed more effectively and how additional rooms might be designed for language teacher education.
endingpage:
122
identifier.citation:
Egbert, J., & Shahrokni, S. A. (2026). Language teacher education through engagement in an educational escape room. Second Language Teaching & Practice, 6(1), 106–122. https://hdl.handle.net/10125/69898
identifier.issn:
2694-6610
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/69898
llt.topic:
Language Learning in Community
number:
1
publicationname:
Second Language Research & Practice
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center (co-sponsored by American Association of University of Supervisors and Coordinators; Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition; Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language, and Literacy; Second Language Teaching and Resource Center)
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/item/438
startingpage:
106
subject:
Teacher Education Language, Engagement Escape Room
title:
Language teacher education through engagement in an educational escape room
type:
Article
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Text
volume:
6