Immersion, interaction, and experience-oriented learning: Bringing virtual reality into FL learning

• Published in: Language learning & technology Vol. 24; no. 1; pp. 1 - 15
• Main Author: Lan, Yu-Ju
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Honolulu University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center 01.02.2020; University of Hawaii, National Foreign Language Resource Center
• Subjects: Computer assisted language learning; Computer Simulation; Computer Uses in Education; Cooperative Learning; Educational technology; Educational Trends; Electronic Learning; Foreign Countries; Object Manipulation; Second Language Instruction; Second Language Learning; Simulated Environment; Social Systems; Student Centered Learning; Virtual reality; Taiwan

Virtual reality (VR) is not only attracting the attention of the information and computer technology (ICT) industry (Shirer & Torchia, 2017), especially in the production of consumer VR hardware, but also that of educators. One of the important features of VR is immersion, which enhances the sit...