| Autor: |
Jauregi Ondarra, Kristi, Gruber, A., Canto, Silvia, Zoghlami, Naouel, Brudermann, Cédric, Sarré, Cedric, Grosbois, Muriel, Bradley, Linda, Thouësny, Sylvie |
| Přispěvatelé: |
ICON - Modern and Contemporary Literature, LS Spaanse letterkunde en cultuur, ILS L&E |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Předmět: |
|
| Popis: |
Social Virtual Reality (VR) applications enable real-time interpersonal conversation and allow users to perform activities together. They have the potential of changing the ways learners practise speaking a foreign language. Following a previous study (Jauregi Ondarra, Gruber, & Canto, 2020), we designed the present study to explore how presence, immersion, and interactivity affect overall social experience. Students from Germany and the Netherlands engaged in High-immersion VR (HiVR) virtual exchange sessions, using Spanish as a lingua franca at A2 level. International dyads carried out four interaction tasks in AltspaceVR, using head-mounted devices. To examine students’ HiVR virtual exchange experiences, different sources of data were gathered: questionnaires, reflection diaries, recordings, and focus group interviews. The preliminary results, based on the surveys and reflection journals, show that students liked to use a social VR app to communicate in the target language with peers from other countries, as they felt completely immersed and co-present in the social interactive VR space. This might enhance engagement and lower anxiety levels. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
