The Use of Virtual Reality in Improving Vocational Students’ English Writing Skills

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10.2991/978-2-494069-09-1_4How to use a DOI?

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English; Vocational; Virtual reality; Writing; Descriptive text

Abstract

The goal of this study was to determine the effects of employing virtual reality applications to help vocational students enhance their writing abilities. The present study, which used a Sequential Exploratory Mixed Method, was motivated by the virtual potential offered by VR technology and sought to determine the influence of VR experience on the improvement of vocational learners’ writing abilities. 29 vocational students enrolled in the second semester of the State Polytechnic of Creative Medi’s Game Technology study program first participated in an interview with semi-structured questions and saw a virtual reality and a traditional 2D film from different historical eras. Following completion of a brief writing assignment, learners were re-interviewed to ascertain their perspectives following the interaction. The findings indicated that (1) Virtual reality technology was familiar to vocational students, (2) Although virtual reality exposure had no effect on short-term writing abilities, it was shown to be beneficial over time, and (3) Despite the fact that most of the students liked VR videos, there were a lot of technical problems with them, such as bad video quality and physical pain. Additionally, research in the area of language training was undertaken using virtual reality technology.

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AU  - Ince Dian Aprilyani Azir
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/11/11
TI  - The Use of Virtual Reality in Improving Vocational Students’ English Writing Skills
BT  - Proceedings of the Tegal International Conference on Applied Social Science & Humanities (TICASSH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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