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标题：A Review of Virtual Reality-Based Language Learning Apps
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作者：Anke Berns ; Salvador Reyes-Sánchez
期刊名称：RIED. Revista Iberoamericana de Educación a Distancia
印刷版ISSN：1138-2783
电子版ISSN：1390-3306
出版年度：2021
卷号：24
期号：1
页码：159-177
DOI：10.5944/ried.24.1.27486
出版社：Asociación Iberoamericana de Educación Superior a Distancia
摘要：Research in the area of mobile-assisted language learning (MALL) has shown that the use of mobile devices such as smartphones may offer multiple opportunities for supporting foreign language learning. In addition, the development and increasing accessibility of emerging technologies such as virtual reality (VR) has opened new perspectives in the area of MALL, paving the way for a new research field called virtual reality assisted language learning (VRALL). In this context, the present study aims to identify the trends as well as challenges of VRALL by analysing the most popular of the currently available VR apps that can be downloaded from commercial platforms such as Google Play Store and App Store. However, results suggest that most of the retrieved apps are not specifically designed for foreign language learning, although they can be used for such a purpose. Furthermore, very few of the apps explore the real potential of VR, either providing novel teaching and learning approaches and new types of interaction, or offering novel learning scenarios that could allow the learner to experience a greater sense of immersion and thus facilitate the process of language immersion and language acquisition.
关键词：Educational software; language teaching; telecommunications; multimedia system.
其他关键词：Software educativo; enseñanza de lenguas; telecomunicación; sistema multimedia.