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Stephens de Jonge, Julie; Labrador, Belén – Research-publishing.net, 2020
This paper reports our preliminary observations of a pilot project carried out from February to April 2019 with a group of students learning Spanish at the University of Central Missouri and students learning English at the University of León. The project combines challenging escape room activities with intercultural and interlinguistic…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Student Motivation, Computer Simulation, Problem Solving
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Senkbeil, Karsten; Martin, Gillian; O'Rourke, Breffni – Research-publishing.net, 2022
This paper discusses the potential of immersing foreign language learners in Social Virtual Reality (SVR) in an international seminar, designed by the authors, called SpEakWise VR, combining the tandem language learning paradigm with gamification in immersive virtual environments. SpEakWise VR builds on an existing telecollaboration (SpEakWise)…
Descriptors: German, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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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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Ngo, Thi Phuong Le – Research-publishing.net, 2015
A Virtual Resource Center (VRC) has been brought into use since 2008 as an integral part of a task-based language teaching and learning program for Business English courses at Nantes University, France. The objective of the center is to enable students to work autonomously and individually on their language problems so as to improve their language…
Descriptors: Computational Linguistics, Data Analysis, Business Communication, Second Language Learning