The playability of a selected computer game and its impact towards the improvement of English vocabularies

The need to utilize English in daily international communications within broad settings, such as business and academia, is accelerated by Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) and internationalisation. Internationalisation introduces the increased need (through ICT) to communicate through a common language (global language) and English has evolved into such a `global language'. Students of the Internet age are more receptive towards vocabulary conveyed through ICT tools, as opposed to traditional printed texts. The focus of this study was on the utilization of an ICT tool in the form of a computer game, towards the improvement of English vocabularies. This research attempted to investigate the playability of a selected computer game and its impact towards English vocabulary improvement using tertiary engineering students as research participants. The significant findings of this study indicate that the study's selected computer game was easy to use (playable) and impactful, because there were improvements in English vocabulary amongst participants, resulting from the game.