Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition
This research examined the possibility of using Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and Total Physical Response (TPR) as a new method of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. This study sought to explore the potential benefits of this in...
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| description | This research examined the possibility of using Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and Total Physical Response (TPR) as a new method of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. This study sought to explore the potential benefits of this integration of methodologies in order to facilitate students’ language learning experience through the use of interactive, context-embedded activities. It was a quasi-experimental design with a population of 130 elementary students divided into an experimental group, which used the IVR-based method, and a control group, which used the traditional approach. It turns out that the experimental group of students acquired significantly more vocabulary and sentences than the control group. The integration of IVR with CLIL and TPR creates a multisensory learning environment and increases the retention and understanding of a language. This study shows that IVR could be utilized as a language-learning tool. This paper proposes a theoretical model created using Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and Embodied Cognition Theory to help explain this approach's cognitive benefits. More research should focus on long-term effects and generalizability to other educational environments (IVR). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-d277c1fae5444b4d8469be989a72f1442025-08-20T02:27:45ZengInternational Forum of Educational Technology & SocietyEducational Technology & Society1176-36471436-45222025-01-01281383396https://doi.org/10.30191/ETS.202501_28(1).SP05Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisitionChiu-Jung Chen, Pei-Lin LiuThis research examined the possibility of using Immersive Virtual Reality (IVR), Content and Language Integrated Learning (CLIL), and Total Physical Response (TPR) as a new method of teaching English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students. This study sought to explore the potential benefits of this integration of methodologies in order to facilitate students’ language learning experience through the use of interactive, context-embedded activities. It was a quasi-experimental design with a population of 130 elementary students divided into an experimental group, which used the IVR-based method, and a control group, which used the traditional approach. It turns out that the experimental group of students acquired significantly more vocabulary and sentences than the control group. The integration of IVR with CLIL and TPR creates a multisensory learning environment and increases the retention and understanding of a language. This study shows that IVR could be utilized as a language-learning tool. This paper proposes a theoretical model created using Mayer’s Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and Embodied Cognition Theory to help explain this approach's cognitive benefits. More research should focus on long-term effects and generalizability to other educational environments (IVR).https://www.j-ets.net/collection/published-issues/28_1#h.n1ujksyvut14immersive virtual realitycontent and language integrated learningtotal physical response |
| spellingShingle | Chiu-Jung Chen, Pei-Lin Liu Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition Educational Technology & Society immersive virtual reality content and language integrated learning total physical response |
| title | Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition |
| title_full | Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition |
| title_fullStr | Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition |
| title_full_unstemmed | Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition |
| title_short | Combining immersive virtual reality with CLIL and TPR to enhance English as foreign language learners’ language acquisition |
| title_sort | combining immersive virtual reality with clil and tpr to enhance english as foreign language learners language acquisition |
| topic | immersive virtual reality content and language integrated learning total physical response |
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