An Educational Simulation Game Integrated with Generative AI as Conversational Contextual Scaffolding for Business English: A Preliminary Analysis of Learning Achievement, Self-Efficacy and Cognitive Load

The rise of generative artificial intelligence (GAI) has had a significant impact on the English as foreign language (EFL) teaching field. How EFL teachers can make good use of GAI to enhance their teaching and students' learning is an important issue. The research developed an educational simulation game integrated with GAI to provide conversational contextual scaffolding and immersive language context to help EFL students learn tourism English. Evaluation of the proposed game-based learning approach was conducted through action research. The results indicated that this approach significantly promoted learning achievement and self-efficacy, and did not add too much to the workload of students' learning.