NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 6 results Save | Export
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Herrera, Borja – Research-publishing.net, 2021
This paper investigates the differences between Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR) and the webcam (WBC) in the context of a Spanish distance-learning course. Two specific objectives were set: (1) to determine the existence of a relationship of dependence between the device used and the oral interaction, and (2) to analyse the existence of a…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Computer Assisted Instruction
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Christoforou, Maria; Xerou, Eftychia; Papadima-Sophocleous, Salomi – Research-publishing.net, 2019
Immersion through Virtual Reality (VR) gives the subjective impression that the learner has a realistic experience (Dede, 2009). The pedagogical potential of VR provides the means of enabling constructivist places of contextualised learning. This paper aims to examine the potential the VR application "Mondly" may have to maximise…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Shiroyama, Tomotaka – Research-publishing.net, 2022
The aim of this study is to compare how two different Virtual Exchanges (VE) contribute to language learning in a Japanese university context. Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT) using VE has been a focus in this study. There are huge advantages of using technology in language teaching such as increasing language use opportunities, feedback, and…
Descriptors: Pilot Projects, Comparative Analysis, Difficulty Level, Second Language Learning
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Van Maele, Jan – Research-publishing.net, 2020
On its website, APVEA reminds us that "virtual exchanges are technology-enabled, sustained, people-to-people education programs". This chapter addresses the question of what we exchange when we engage in virtual exchange by exploring the meaning and value of virtual exchange as intercultural dialogue, and by considering the impact of the…
Descriptors: Exchange Programs, Intercultural Communication, Cultural Awareness, Computer Simulation
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Gorham, Tom; Jubaed, Sam; Sanyal, Tannishtha; Starr, Emma L. – Research-publishing.net, 2019
This chapter describes a small-scale pilot study in which participants in the experimental group learned how to write Japanese kanji characters within an immersive Virtual Reality (VR) graffiti simulator (the Kingspray Graffiti Simulator on the Oculus Rift VR system). In comparing the experimental group to the non-VR control group in the context…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Teaching Methods
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
PDF on ERIC Download full text
Jauregi, Kristi; Canto, Silvia – Research-publishing.net, 2012
One of the key concerns of educators is to come to know what works in language teaching and under which conditions (Intercultural) Communicative Competence can be furthered. This concern is even bigger among professionals experimenting or willing to experiment with new media. Following socio-constructivist theories of learning (Vygotsky, 1978) and…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Native Speakers, Computer Assisted Instruction