Exploring the Potential of Second Life to Prepare Language Students for their Year Abroad

Ortega, Mari Carmen Gil; Romans-Roca, S

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“…Self-confidence and motivation affects both each other and verbal skills in foreign language instruction (Chen & Lee, 2011;Cook, 2001;Soozandehfar, 2010;Stroud & Wee, 2006;Woodrow, 2006). Similar to these findings, studies in the literature reported that SL reduced the level of anxiety, increased motivation and developed individuals' verbal skills (Bezir, Çukurbaşı, & Karamete, 2011;Kaplan-Rakowski, 2011;Ortega et al, 2010;Sweeney et al, 2011).…”

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confidence: 76%

“…Study findings demonstrated that SL environment was considered useful by the participants since it was close to real life (Childress & Braswell, 2006;Deutschmann et al, 2009;Iqbal, Kankaanranta, & Neittaanmäki, 2010), it increased student motivation (Wehner et al, 2011), improved language skills of the students (Liou, 2012;Ortega et al, 2010), affected students' participation and loyalties positively (Deutschmann et al, 2009;Peterson, 2012), and provided feedback capabilities (Kaplan-Rakowski, 2011). Furthermore, studies showed that SL had a comprehensive and student-centered structure (Peterson, 2012) and students found the environment as entertaining (Liou, 2012;Peterson, 2006) anduseful (de Jong Derrington &Homewood, 2008;Kaplan-Rakowski, 2011;Sanchez, 2009).…”

Section: Efficacy Of Individuals In Verbal Communications Is An Essenmentioning

confidence: 93%

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Analysis of Student Views on Foreign Language Learning in Second Life Environment

İliç¹,

Arıkan²

2016

Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry

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The aim of the present study is to assess the views of participants about the learning environment and the problems experienced in that environment by designing a three dimensional learning environment in Second Life (SL) virtual world. The study, designed as a case study, was conducted with 24 volunteer students registered to foreign language courses for 10 weeks in Ege University, Faculty of Education during 2011 -2012 academic year, where the volunteers participated in five different main activities. Personal Information Form was used to determine demographic features, computer literacy and English proficiency of the students in the study. Furthermore, Feedback Form and SL Learning Experience Survey were used to collect the data regarding the views of participants about the activities and medium. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain general views of participants on the application. Study findings demonstrated that the participants found SL environment interesting and entertaining and the activities beneficial for themselves to overcome their timidity in verbalizing in foreign language. It was also conceived that participants experienced difficulties in speech with the application due to various reasons and encountered different technical problems. However, the participants stated that SL could be used in several different fields in addition to foreign language education, provided that frequent issues encountered such as in-1 The present study is based on the master thesis of the first author.

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Section: Result Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 76%

Section: Efficacy Of Individuals In Verbal Communications Is An Essenmentioning

confidence: 93%

Analysis of Student Views on Foreign Language Learning in Second Life Environment

İliç¹,

Arıkan²

2016

Turkish Online Journal of Qualitative Inquiry

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Section: Result Discussion and Recommendationsmentioning

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“…Literature review demonstrated that researchers studied on voice calls in different languages, primarily in English and Spanish, but also in German (de Jong Derrington & Homewood, 2008;Deutschmann et al, 2009;Jauregi et al, 2011;Liou, 2012;Milton et al, 2012;Sweeney et al, 2011;Wehner et al, 2011). Study findings demonstrated that SL environment was considered useful by the participants since it was close to real life (Childress & Braswell, 2006;Deutschmann et al, 2009;Iqbal, Kankaanranta, & Neittaanmäki, 2010), it increased student motivation (Wehner et al, 2011), improved language skills of the students (Liou, 2012;Ortega et al, 2010), affected students' participation and loyalties positively (Deutschmann et al, 2009;Peterson, 2012), and provided feedback capabilities (Kaplan-Rakowski, 2011). Furthermore, studies showed that SL had a comprehensive and student-centered structure (Peterson, 2012) and students found the environment as entertaining (Liou, 2012;Peterson, 2006) and useful (de Jong Derrington & Homewood, 2008;Kaplan-Rakowski, 2011;Sanchez, 2009).…”

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confidence: 98%

“…Previous studies reflected that SL was used for instruction of several languages. For instance, studies investigated whether SL activities contributed to self-confidence, motivation and verbal communication skills of Spanish learners (Hislope, 2009;Jauregi, Canto, de Graaff, Koenraad, & Moonen, 2011;Ortega et al, 2010;Wehner, Gump, & Downey, 2011). In addition to Spanish, there are studies in the literature on English as a foreign language education in several countries using SL (de Jong Derrington & Homewood, 2008;Peterson, 2012).…”

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Second Life Ortamında Yabancı Dil Öğrenimine Yönelik Öğrenci Görüşlerinin İncelenmesi

İliç¹,

Arıkan²

2016

TOJQI

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The aim of the present study is to assess the views of participants about the learning environment and the problems experienced in that environment by designing a three dimensional learning environment in Second Life (SL) virtual world. The study, designed as a case study, was conducted with 24 volunteer students registered to foreign language courses for 10 weeks in Ege University, Faculty of Education during 2011-2012 academic year, where the volunteers participated in five different main activities. Personal Information Form was used to determine demographic features, computer literacy and English proficiency of the students in the study. Furthermore, Feedback Form and SL Learning Experience Survey were used to collect the data regarding the views of participants about the activities and medium. In addition, semi-structured interviews were conducted to obtain general views of participants on the application. Study findings demonstrated that the participants found SL environment interesting and entertaining and the activities beneficial for themselves to overcome their timidity in verbalizing in foreign language. It was also conceived that participants experienced difficulties in speech with the application due to various reasons and encountered different technical problems. However, the participants stated that SL could be used in several different fields in addition to foreign language education, provided that frequent issues encountered such as in-1 The present study is based on the master thesis of the first author.

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Immersive and Collaborative learning: an educational resource for mathematical training in medicine

Jiménez-Gaona

Mayenquer

Castillo

et al. 2020

2020 XV Conferencia Latinoamericana De Tecnologias De Aprendizaje (LACLO)

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Exploring the Potential of Second Life to Prepare Language Students for their Year Abroad

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Analysis of Student Views on Foreign Language Learning in Second Life Environment

Analysis of Student Views on Foreign Language Learning in Second Life Environment

Second Life Ortamında Yabancı Dil Öğrenimine Yönelik Öğrenci Görüşlerinin İncelenmesi

Immersive and Collaborative learning: an educational resource for mathematical training in medicine

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