Welcome to the InfoSci Platform
Foreign Language Teaching Practices in 3D Multi-User Virtual Immersive Learning Environments

Foreign Language Teaching Practices in 3D Multi-User Virtual Immersive Learning Environments

Muhammet Demirbilek, Vaida Kazlauskaite Siauciune
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781522581796|ISBN10: 1522581790|EISBN13: 9781522581802
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-8179-6.ch011
Cite Chapter Cite Chapter

MLA

Demirbilek, Muhammet, and Vaida Kazlauskaite Siauciune. "Foreign Language Teaching Practices in 3D Multi-User Virtual Immersive Learning Environments." Virtual Reality in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 242-258. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8179-6.ch011

APA

Demirbilek, M. & Siauciune, V. K. (2019). Foreign Language Teaching Practices in 3D Multi-User Virtual Immersive Learning Environments. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Virtual Reality in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 242-258). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8179-6.ch011

Chicago

Demirbilek, Muhammet, and Vaida Kazlauskaite Siauciune. "Foreign Language Teaching Practices in 3D Multi-User Virtual Immersive Learning Environments." In Virtual Reality in Education: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 242-258. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-8179-6.ch011

Export Reference

Mendeley
Favorite

Abstract

3D multi-user virtual environments (MUVE) bring new opportunities to foreign language teaching and learning as a platform for teaching practices. Due to immersive and interactive nature of 3D MUVE, these tools have gained popularity in the field of foreign language learning and teaching. The power of virtual learning environments lies in creating immersive 3-D spaces that give users a sense of learning by doing. Moreover, the environment is interactive and is much the same as real world interaction. MUVE provides strong support for synchronous collaborations, interactions, and immersive environments for experiential and constructivist learning settings. Some key features of the virtual worlds comprise the ability to construct 3D environments that simulate real world situations, as well as the ability to have a virtual identity to create a cross-cultural self and the ability to have participants from around the world acting virtually in designated roles that convey new types of learning within this environment.

Request Access

You do not own this content. Please login to recommend this title to your institution's librarian or purchase it from the IGI Global bookstore.