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Download full textNocchi, Susanna – Research-publishing.net, 2014
This article will utilise data collected during SLItaliano, an Italian language course run in the Virtual World (VW) of Second Life® (SL®) in 2012. The course was offered to third level students of Italian as a Foreign Language (FL) in an Irish college, the Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT). It was designed and coordinated by the researcher and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Second Language Learning, Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Learning
Nocchi, Susanna; Blin, Françoise – Research-publishing.net, 2013
Notwithstanding their potential for novel approaches to language teaching and learning, Virtual Worlds (VWs) present numerous technological and pedagogical challenges that require new paradigms if the language learning experience and outcomes are to be successful. In this presentation, we argue that the notions of presence and affordance, together…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Italian, Second Language Learning, Web Based Instruction
