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  • The integration of Second Life into CFL teaching and learning

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    Liu, SHJ
    Lan, YJ
    Lin, TJ
    Wang, YP
    Chen, NS
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Wang, Yuping
    Year published
    2012
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    In the past a few years, technology has made it feasible to use virtual worlds to enhance second or foreign language learning. The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to explain how the teaching of Chinese as a Foreign language was implemented in such a virtual environment in relation to teaching approaches in a second/foreign language, such as the task-based approach, and the language activities, tools, and resources in Second Life; and second, to illustrate the effects of such virtual pedagogy on English speakers as novice learners of Chinese at a tertiary level in Australia. The preliminary results derived from the ...
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    In the past a few years, technology has made it feasible to use virtual worlds to enhance second or foreign language learning. The objective of this paper is twofold: first, to explain how the teaching of Chinese as a Foreign language was implemented in such a virtual environment in relation to teaching approaches in a second/foreign language, such as the task-based approach, and the language activities, tools, and resources in Second Life; and second, to illustrate the effects of such virtual pedagogy on English speakers as novice learners of Chinese at a tertiary level in Australia. The preliminary results derived from the pre- and post-test and online survey questionnaires show that virtual worlds like Second Life have a great potential not only to improve the knowledge of Chinese but also to increase learners' levels of interest in learning the language. All in all, this small-scale study proved that it is possible to implement in a virtual classroom the strategies used in L2/FL teaching in conventional face-to-face settings.
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    Conference Title
    Workshop Proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Computers in Education, ICCE 2012
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    https://www.nie.edu.sg/about-us/news-events/events/event-detail/20th-international-conference-on-computers-education-icce-2012
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    © 2012 SICET. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the conference's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/402412
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