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ReCALL special issue: Digital games for language learning: challenges and opportunities

Editorial Digital games for language learning: from hype to insight?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 September 2012

Frederik Cornillie ,
Steven L. Thorne  and
Piet Desmet
Frederik Cornillie
Affiliation:
ITEC-IBBT-KU Leuven Kulak (Interdisciplinary Research on Technology, Education and Communication); Franitalco, Research on French, Italian and Comparative Linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium (email: frederik.cornillie@kuleuven-kulak.be)
Steven L. Thorne
Affiliation:
Portland State University, PO Box 751, WLL-NH 491, Portland, OR 97207-0751, USA and University of Groningen, Netherlands (email: steven.thorne@pdx.edu)
Piet Desmet
Affiliation:
ITEC-IBBT-KU Leuven Kulak (Interdisciplinary Research on Technology, Education and Communication); Franitalco, Research on French, Italian and Comparative Linguistics, KU Leuven, Belgium (email: piet.desmet@kuleuven-kulak.be)
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ReCALL , Volume 24 , Issue 3: Digital games for language learning: challenges and opportunities , September 2012 , pp. 243 - 256
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