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Chin-Huang Daniel Liao; Wen-Chi Vivian Wu; Venny Gunawan; Tin-Chang Chang – Asia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2024
This comparative study aimed to investigate the effects of an Augmented-Reality Game-Based Learning application, "StemUp," on the English learning performance and motivation of distinct rural and urban groups of young EFL (English as a Foreign Language) learners. Multiple sources of data collection were employed, including pre- and…
Descriptors: Game Based Learning, Physical Environment, Simulated Environment, Synthesis
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Wang, Yanjun; Grant, Scott; Grist, Matthew – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2021
The article reports on a study that incorporated an immersive 3D virtual environment, created in Second Life (SL) into the curriculum of a Chinese program, including its development, implementation and evaluation. This innovation supplemented classroom teaching of Chinese language throughout one semester at a regional Australian university. Using…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Chinese, College Second Language Programs, Second Language Instruction
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Tai, Tzu-Yu; Chen, Howard Hao-Jan – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2021
Virtual reality via mobile-rendered head-mounted displays (MVR) has emerged as a valuable language learning tool. However, research has yet to fully access its effects on English as a Foreign Language (EFL) listening. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of MVR on EFL learners' listening comprehension. Seventy-two seventh graders in…
Descriptors: Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Instructional Effectiveness, English (Second Language)
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Molka-Danielsen, Judith; Hadjistassou, Stella; Messl-Egghart, Gerhilde – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This research is motivated by the emergence of virtual technologies and their potential as engaging pedagogical tools for facilitating comprehension, interactions and collaborations for learning; and in particular as applied to learning second languages (L2). This paper provides a descriptive analysis of a case study that examines affective…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Simulated Environment
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Melchor-Couto, Sabela – ReCALL, 2018
In recent years, a considerably high number of research studies have looked into the use of virtual worlds (VWs) for language learning. A number of authors have hypothesised about the effects of anonymity when foreign language interactions are conducted via VWs. This study addresses the effect that the anonymity experienced in VW interaction may…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Computer Simulation, Second Language Instruction, Anxiety
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Ní Chiaráin, Neasa; Ní Chasaide, Ailbhe – Research-publishing.net, 2016
Although Text-To-Speech (TTS) synthesis has been little used in Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL), it is ripe for deployment, particularly for minority and endangered languages, where learners have little access to native speaker models and where few genuinely interactive and engaging teaching/learning materials are available. These…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Instruction, Technology Uses in Education, Educational Technology
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Dalton, Gene; Devitt, Ann – Language Learning & Technology, 2016
While the majority of people in Ireland speak English as a first language, the minority Irish language is spoken daily by approximately 3% of the population even though is a compulsory subject in Irish schools. Recent research has shown the language to be in crisis, with consistently declining standards of attainment in schools. This paper…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Language Usage, Language Minorities, Action Research
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Schneider, Christel – Research-publishing.net, 2016
This paper, based on the findings of the EU funded CAMELOT project (2013-2015), explores the added value of Machinima (videos produced in 3D virtual environments) in language learning. The project research evaluated all stages, from developing to field testing Machinima. To achieve the best outcome, mixed methods were used for the research,…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Second Language Instruction, Mixed Methods Research
Shea, Andrea Misao – ProQuest LLC, 2014
Communication is a key component in learning a second language (L2). As important as the "ability" to communicate in the L2 is the willingness to use the L2 or, what has been identified in the literature as "Willingness to Communicate" (WTC). Language is best learned when situated in, and based on, real-life experiences.…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Communication Strategies, Teaching Methods, Technology Uses in Education
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Solak, Ekrem; Cakir, Recep – Journal of Educators Online, 2015
The purpose of this study was to determine the motivational level of the participants in a language classroom towards course materials designed in accordance with augmented reality technology and to identify the correlation between academic achievement and motivational level. 130 undergraduate students from a state-run university in Turkey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation, Correlation
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Kruk, Mariusz – JALT CALL Journal, 2013
The paper presents the results of a study whose main aim was to investigate the effectiveness of using Internet resources and a browser-based virtual world in helping a group of students to learn the English second conditional. The sample consisted of thirteen third year students studying English at a Polish senior high school. The data were…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Technology Uses in Education, English (Second Language)
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Tafazoli, Dara, Ed.; Gomez Parra, M. Elena, Ed.; Huertas-Abril, Cristina A., Ed. – IGI Global, 2018
The ability to effectively communicate with individuals from different linguistic and cultural backgrounds is an invaluable asset. Learning a second language proves useful as students navigate the culturally diverse world; however, studying a second language can be difficult for learners who are not immersed in the real and natural environment of…
Descriptors: Cultural Differences, Cultural Awareness, Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Technology
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Wang, Airong; Deutschmann, Mats; Steinvall, Anders – JALT CALL Journal, 2013
The aim of the present study is to examine factors affecting participation in telecollaborative language courses conducted in virtual world environments. From recordings of a course in sociolinguistics conducted in Second Life (SL), we determine degrees of linguistic participation (voice and chat), and triangulate these data with questionnaire…
Descriptors: Second Language Instruction, Telecommunications, Simulated Environment, Sociolinguistics
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Peterson, Mark – ReCALL, 2012
This paper reports on the task-based interaction of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) learners in the 3D multiuser virtual environment (MUVE) Second Life. The discussion first explores research on the precursors of MUVEs, text-based 2D virtual worlds known as MOOs. This is followed by an examination of studies on the use of MUVEs in Computer…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Simulation, Simulated Environment, Role Playing
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Henderson, Michael; Huang, Hui; Grant, Scott; Henderson, Lyn – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
It was found in the two-year study reported in this article that a single collaborative language lesson using "Second Life" can result in a statistically significant increase in student self-efficacy beliefs across a range of specific and general language skills. However, students with different "real life" prior experience…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Efficacy, Language Skills, Chinese
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