Nieto Herrera, Diego JosueCevallos Arreaga, Ariana Paola2026-01-132026-01-132026-01-12Cevallos Arreaga, Ariana Paola (2026). Video games as a tool for enhancing foreign language acquisition in teens. La Libertad. UPSE, Matriz. Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación e Idiomas. 71p.UPSE-TPI-2026-016https://repositorio.upse.edu.ec/handle/46000/15925In the Ecuadorian context, learning English continues to be a challenge due to traditional methods focused on grammar instruction and memorization. Those tactics, although dependent, have a tendency to limit students’ motivation, active participation and communicative capacity in their gaining knowledge of surroundings. Confronted with problem, using video games emerges as a progressive alternative that promotes significant, contextual, and motivating language mastering. This study used a qualitative and phenomenological research method with eight students from the Unidad Educativa Eloy Velasquez Cevallos as a sample. The author sued interviews with open-ended questions to understand students’ perceptions and experiences regarding video games as a tool to improve the acquisition of a foreign language such as English, thus understanding their influence /effects on their learning- The research revealed factors and characteristics that participants considered relevant.engopenAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/VIDEO GAMESMOTIVATIONACQUISITIONADOLESCENTSbachelorThesis