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Acquisition of Language and Intercultural Competences in Tourism and Hospitality Studies through Active Experimentation in Second Life

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García, Mercedes Rico; da Silva, Paula Ferreira – Teaching English with Technology, 2018

Living in a global world involves not only mastering languages, but also dealing with different habits and values. It becomes critical with students trained to deal with a multicultural public, such as the group of learners from tourism covered by our research. Our proposal aims to analyze whether the virtual world of Second Life (SL) facilitates…

Descriptors: Hospitality Occupations, Tourism, Undergraduate Students, Foreign Countries