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+title: 'Vegel, A. & Hill, R. (2024). Small talk strategies card game for English language learners: Development and future directions'
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+- spontaneously spoken speech
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+## Vegel, A. & Hill, R. (2024). Small talk strategies card game for English language learners: Development and future directions
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+## Metadata
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+- **Author:** [Anton Vegel]({% post_url 2022-02-17-anton-vegel %}), Richard Hill
+- **Reviewed by:** [Fred Poole]({% post_url 2019-03-28-fred-poole %}), [Jules Buendgens-Kosten]({% post_url 2021-09-16-jules-buendgens-kosten %})
+- **Volume and page numbers:** 6 (p. 44 – 65)
+- **Date of publication:** 2024/06/25
+- **Keywords:** Communicative competence, Game affordances, Game development, GBLT, Interaction, Playtesting, Small talk, Spontaneously spoken speech
+- **Cite:** Vegel, A. & Hill, R. (2024). Small talk strategies card game for English language learners: Development and future directions. *Ludic Language Pedagogy*, *6*, 44-65.
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+## Key Points
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+- **Background**: EFL contexts require instructors to create opportunities for natural or improvised communication which can reflect ‘real world’ conversations.
+- **Aim**: We aimed to improve on a small talk strategies non-game technique with a game-based technique for EFL contexts.
+- **Methods**: We developed and deployed a game-based technique using a playtesting approach.
+- **Results**: Positive findings (game affordances and pedagogical potential) are preliminary and descriptive in nature. Interaction constructs are proposed to guide future research.
+- **Conclusion**: Small talk strategies practice with a game-based technique shows promising pedagogical potential, but further verification is required.
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