The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in EFL Learning Environment in China

DOI

10.2991/icsnce-16.2016.6How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Virtual reality; EFL; Learning environment; TESOL

Abstract

This paper provides suggestions for the application of virtual reality technology in building EFL environment in China. The importance of authentic foreign language environment and the issue of high cost for obtaining this environment are examined. Based on the analysis of several contemporary successful cases of virtual reality online applications, a commercial gaming mode of EFL virtual reality learning and some possible design methods are suggested in the hope that the traditional EFL classes in China would benefit from this technology.

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© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Xiangyu Chen
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TI  - The Application of Virtual Reality Technology in EFL Learning Environment in China
BT  - Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Sensor Network and Computer Engineering
PB  - Atlantis Press
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