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The Effect of Google Expeditions Virtual Reality on EFL Learners' Willingness to Communicate and Oral Proficiency
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Ebadi, Saman; Ebadijalal, Marjan – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2022
This study reports the results of a mixed-methods investigation on the impact of a virtual reality (VR) tool on Iranian EFL learners' willingness to communicate (WTC) and oral proficiency. Twenty upper-intermediate EFL learners were divided into experimental and control groups role-playing as museum guides with and without Google Expeditions VR…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Foreign Countries
Verbal Interaction in "Second Life": Towards a Pedagogic Framework for Task Design
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Jauregi, Kristi; Canto, Silvia; de Graaff, Rick; Koenraad, Ton; Moonen, Machteld – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2011
Within a European project on Networked Interaction in Foreign Language Acquisition and Research (NIFLAR), "Second Life" was used as a 3D virtual world in which language students can communicate synchronously with native speakers in the target language, while undertaking action together. For this context, a set of design principles for…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Second Language Learning, Familiarity, Interpersonal Relationship
Designing and Implementing Virtual Enactive Role-Play and Structured Argumentation: Promises and Pitfalls
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Ho, Caroline Mei Lin; Rappa, Natasha Anne; Chee, Yam San – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2009
This paper focuses on the design and implementation of an innovative technologically mediated intervention for argumentation pedagogy in two classes comprising 17- to 18-year-old students in Singapore. The design research involves integrating the "Second Life" immersive virtual environment and web-based scaffolding through a customized…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Foreign Countries, Virtual Classrooms, Grade 12
Learning English with "The Sims": Exploiting Authentic Computer Simulation Games for L2 Learning
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Ranalli, Jim – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2008
With their realistic animation, complex scenarios and impressive interactivity, computer simulation games might be able to provide context-rich, cognitively engaging virtual environments for language learning. However, simulation games designed for L2 learners are in short supply. As an alternative, could games designed for the mass-market be…
Descriptors: Computers, Games, Computer Simulation, Virtual Classrooms