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Godefridi, Isabelle; Suñer, Ferran; Leblanc, Cécile; Meunier, Fanny – Research-publishing.net, 2021
The present study explored whether the use of Virtual Reality (VR) technology can help lower public speaking anxiety in the L2. To this end, we conducted an exploratory effect-of-instruction study using a one-group pre-test/post-test design with nine learners of English as an L2. The results from the post-test show that using VR in combination…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Anxiety
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Papin, Kevin – Research-publishing.net, 2018
This paper presents a research proposal that aims at examining the impact of communicative tasks mediated by Virtual Reality (VR) on second language (L2) Willingness To Communicate (WTC) outside of the classroom. The study will take place in Montreal, a Canadian city known for its regional variety of French and the bilingualism of its population,…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Computer Mediated Communication, Second Language Learning, Foreign Countries
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Ryan, Andrew – Research-publishing.net, 2020
More and more Japanese students are studying abroad and the Japanese government has set a target of 180,000 students to study abroad each year by 2020 and is providing financial assistance to students to help achieve this goal. However, is financial assistance enough? Surveys conducted with students from a national education-focused university in…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Study Abroad, Culture Conflict, Financial Support
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Jauregi, Kristi; Kuure, Leena; Bastian, Pim; Reinhardt, Dennis; Koivisto, Tuomo – Research-publishing.net, 2015
Within the European TILA project a case study was carried out where pupils from schools in Finland and the Netherlands engaged in debating sessions using the 3D virtual world of OpenSim once a week for a period of 5 weeks. The case study had two main objectives: (1) to study the impact that the discussion tasks undertaken in a virtual environment…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Foreign Countries, Debate, Computer Simulation
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Medina, Liliana Cuesta; Alvarez, Claudia Patricia – Research-publishing.net, 2014
This paper presents the findings from a qualitative study on collaborative CALL design and implementation carried out with two groups of postgraduate language-teacher trainees who designed and piloted nine virtual language resource centres (VLRC) at 16 educational institutions of different levels and contents for an academic year. The project was…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Personal Autonomy, Teacher Education, Preservice Teachers