Shaping the Bilingualism of Game-Addicted Players

Abstract

In today's world, many people who spend more and more time in front of their
computer and treat it as something more than a popular pass-time activity are often
referred to being game addicted. At the same time, however, many of them,
because of being exposed to different forms of dialogic English may be observed
to excel the language and react to quite many situations they are exposed to both
during the play and out of it. This study is meant to show how gaming addicts
shape their bilingualism. Due to our research, it was found that such people who
are truly addicted to games often reach a higher level of English much faster when
contrasted to average L2 users. The research was based on the surveys filled by 54
carefully selected Internet respondents that fit the definition of a game addicted
person (APA, 2022) and a standardized CEFR test they were requested to
complete; the same test was also requested to be completed by the people who
attend standardized blended L2 classes and who play similar games sporadically
for pleasure. Consequently, a correlation between addicted and non-addicted
people, and their CEFR test results was carried out. What followed was an analysis
of the research results and the their detailed description.