Miranda, Leonardo Cunha deMarciano, Juvane Nunes2014-12-172014-11-262014-12-172014-02-24MARCIANO, Juvane Nunes. Japanese language learning supported by computational tools: study and development of karuchā ships invaders game. 2014. 141 f. Dissertação (Mestrado em Ciência da Computação) - Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal, 2014.https://repositorio.ufrn.br/jspui/handle/123456789/18110The use of technology tools for teaching and learning has grown increasingly in our daily life. In this context, a branch that has had tremendous growth is the area of teaching and learning language through computational tools. The study of CALL (Computer Assisted Language Learning), accomplished in this research, aims to evaluate existing tools in this context, focused specifically on the Japanese language; and from this study, accomplish the development of a new computational tool that can assist teaching/learning of the Japanese language. As results, we present a wide survey on the subject in various technologies/devices, as well as the complete development process of a new tool, the Karuchā Ships Invaders game, that proposes to teach basic concepts of the language, blended with entertainment, and still, focusing on the Brazilian students of Japanese language audience. We will present all the concept phases of the game and its evolution through the research, as well as an interface evaluation. Still, we present proposal and validation of a method to evaluate motivational aspects of computational tools with educational focus, and results extracted from an experiment accomplished with prospective usersapplication/pdfAcesso AbertoInformática na educação. Interação humano-computador. Jogo educacional. Kanas. Hiragana. Roma-jiInformatics in education. Human-computer interaction. Educational game. Kanas. Hiragana. Roma-jimasterThesisCNPQ::CIENCIAS EXATAS E DA TERRA::CIENCIA DA COMPUTACAO::SISTEMAS DE COMPUTACAO