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Xiang bin Qiu; Cheng Shan; Jin Yao; Qing ke Fu – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
In recent years, an increasing number of teachers and researchers have used virtual reality (VR) to enhance English as a foreign language (EFL) learning, but the learning effects they found varied. Because of these differences, we conducted a meta-analysis. This study aims to compare the effectiveness of VR-based EFL learning methods with…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Technology Uses in Education
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Ali Karakas – RELC Journal: A Journal of Language Teaching and Research, 2024
This paper evaluates Voki, a digital platform for creating speaking avatars, in the context of Global Englishes Language Teaching (GELT). It firstly outlines the benefits of using animated characters in online tools to personalize language lessons and engage students. As a web-based application, Voki offers various customization options, including…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Language Variation
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Lantolf, James P.; Xi, Jiao – TESOL Quarterly: A Journal for Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and of Standard English as a Second Dialect, 2023
The article reviews Digital Language Learning (DLL) research that has used principles and concepts of Sociocultural Theory (SCT) to support the research. We explain several key principles of the theory and shows how they have been misused or used in a superficial way in the DLL research. These include the assumption that SCT is a social rather…
Descriptors: Sociocultural Patterns, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
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Godwin-Jones, Robert – Language Learning & Technology, 2023
Looking at human communication from the perspective of semiotics extends our view beyond verbal language to consider other sign systems and meaning-making resources. Those include gestures, body language, images, and sounds. From this perspective, the communicative process expands from individual mental processes of verbalizing to include features…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Semiotics, Nonverbal Communication
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Sykes, Julie M. – Foreign Language Annals, 2018
The digital gaming industry has captured the public's attention worldwide and in the United States alone, the video game industry is predicted to increase by 30% from 2010 to 2019, reaching $19.6 billion in revenue (Takahashi, 2015, n.p.). Not surprisingly, digital gameplay is also rapidly expanding in educational domains. Although researchers…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Lege, Ryan; Bonner, Euan – JALT CALL Journal, 2020
Virtual Reality (VR) has made significant inroads into both the consumer and professional sectors. As VR has matured as a technology, its overall practicality for use in education has also increased. However, due to the rapid evolution of the technology, the educational field struggles to stay informed of the latest advancements, changing…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Classification, Distance Education
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Chen, Chih-Hung – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2020
Augmented reality (AR) is capable of providing students with proper situated scaffolding via overlaying rich media objects on the real-world learning context. This paper examines the potential of AR to address existing problems with insufficient scaffolding in video learning materials for English as a foreign language (EFL) learners. Thus, an AR…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology
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O'Dowd, Robert – Language Teaching, 2020
Virtual exchange is a well-known pedagogical approach in foreign language (FL) education which involves engaging classes in online intercultural collaboration projects with international partners as an integrated part of their educational programmes. This paper begins by reviewing e-tandem and telecollaborative approaches to virtual exchange which…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Teaching Methods, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Hellermann, John; Thorne, Steven L. – Modern Language Journal, 2022
Drawing on usage-based approaches to the study of language learning--including recent research on mobility in interaction, embodied approaches to cognition and communicative action, and innovations in place-based language learning in the wild--this article uses methods from ethnomethodological conversation analysis to investigate video recordings…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Language Usage, Schemata (Cognition), English (Second Language)
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Thorne, Steven L.; Hellermann, John; Jakonen, Teppo – Modern Language Journal, 2021
Integrating concepts and techniques from ethnomethodology and sociomaterialism, this article investigates the observable material processes involving human action and place-based contexts of language use enabled by locative media. The focal pedagogical intervention utilized mobile augmented reality (AR) activities, the development of which was…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Video Technology, Place Based Education
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Frazier, Erin; Lege, Ryan; Bonner, Euan – Teaching English with Technology, 2021
Virtual Reality (VR) is a valuable tool for learning, however, there is a lack of education-focused content for language learning needs. This article introduces the "VR Application Analysis Framework" (Lege, Bonner, Frazier, & Pascucci, 2020) to assist educators in scaffolding existing commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) applications for…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Learning
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Alberth; Mursalim; Siam; Suardika, I. Ketut; Ino, La – TEFLIN Journal: A publication on the teaching and learning of English, 2018
It is generally accepted that effective teacher professional development is critical to effective educational improvements and reforms of any educational institution. However, a conventional form of teacher professional development is constrained by time and space and, more often than not, there is a lack of perpetual support to teachers in the…
Descriptors: Social Media, Faculty Development, Educational Improvement, Educational Change
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Risner, Mary E. – Hispania, 2021
The goal of this short-form article is to provide an overview of the opportunities and benefits for faculty and students who are considering the implementation of Virtual Exchange (VE) learning experiences to globalize the curriculum and their classrooms. The essay describes the benefits of students developing global competence, improving…
Descriptors: Language Proficiency, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, College Faculty
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Dodgson, David – TESL-EJ, 2017
Minecraft has become well established in the world of education. Around the world, the game is being used in a variety of educational settings for virtual project work and as a virtual world for collaboration and social interaction. Minecraft is an activity players want to talk about. It is a game they want to learn more about. In order to do…
Descriptors: Video Games, Computer Mediated Communication, Teaching Methods, Computer Simulation
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Bourina, Helena V.; Dunaeva, Larisa A. – E-Learning and Digital Media, 2017
In recent years, in Russia and abroad, we may have noticed the following tendency: the complex of education-related sciences become increasingly interested in learning about the environment which surrounds a human, its role, its potential and its possible use in education. The initial message is represented by the notion that the outside…
Descriptors: French, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Learning Processes
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