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Download full textGruber, Alice; Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Virtual Reality (VR) offers language learners a valuable environment for practicing language skills and other aspects essential for language development, interaction, and negotiation of meaning. For example, speaking practice in VR using avatars can reduce speaking anxiety and increase users' sense of agency. Social spaces in VR present…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Verbal Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Second Language Learning
Direct linkDhimolea, Tetyana Kucher; Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina; Lin, Lin – TechTrends: Linking Research and Practice to Improve Learning, 2022
Virtual reality (VR) can be beneficial for learning and for increasing learners' engagement and motivation. However, aggregations of studies on language learning in high-immersion VR are scarce. This paper offers a systematic review of existing research on VR-based language learning, encompassing 32 peer-reviewed studies published between 2015 and…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Educational Research, Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning
Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina; Gruber, Alice – Smart Learning Environments, 2023
Public speaking, especially in a foreign language, is associated with increased anxiety. Research has shown the potential of virtual reality (VR) for simulating real-life experiences, allowing for public speaking practice in an ecological and safe environment. This between-subjects study investigated the effect of VR on foreign language anxiety…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Videoconferencing, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina; Gruber, Alice – Research-publishing.net, 2022
Many language learners lack the motivation to read complex texts. Because high-immersion Virtual Reality (VR) is increasingly reported to be highly motivating, the goal of our study was to compare English as a Second Language (ESL) learners' (N=79) motivation while reading a story with subtitles in VR (experimental group) versus reading the same…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Reading Motivation, Immersion Programs, Computer Simulation
Papin, Kevin; Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This exploratory post-hoc analysis examined the impact of learners' first language (L1) on learning vocabulary annotated in immersive 360ยบ pictures. This analysis is a part of a larger, between-subjects study (Papin & Kaplan-Rakowski, 2020) in which learners (N=63) of French as a second language (L2) studied vocabulary annotated in (1)…
Descriptors: Native Language, Native Speakers, Chinese, English
Kaplan-Rakowski, Regina; Wojdynski, Tomasz – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This pilot study delivers a preliminary report on students' attitudes toward Virtual Reality Assisted Language Learning (VRALL). Learners (N=22) participated in a VRALL lesson and then completed a post-experience survey. Virtual Reality (VR) technology allows for learning experiences that increasingly remove geographic limitations to foreign…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
