Higher Education:
LEARNER BENEFITS OF USING VR (Chen, 2016; Lin & Lan, 2014):
- Increases student motivation and engagement
- Reduces learner anxiety
- Promotes learner autonomy and creativity
- Provides a learning context that is often missing from traditional classrooms
- Can be a more meaningful medium for net generation students
BENEFITS OF VR FOR LANGUAGE LEARNING:
- VLEs present a realistic space with visible “classmates” to help learners interact
- Useful for foreign-language learners to provide a suitable environment to practice the target language
- Provides an immersive and authentic environment socially interact with native speakers
- VLEs provide situated, collaborative learning opportunities such as virtual field trips, city tours, and role playing
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