Game-like language learning in 3-D virtual environments

Computers and Education

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 210-220

  Berns, Anke ^a   Gonzalez Pardo, Antonio ^b   Camacho, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Foreign language learning; Game like applications; Motivation in education; OpenSim; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

3-D VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT; BASIC TRAINING; FOREIGN LANGUAGE LEARNING; GERMAN LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE LEARNING; OPENSIM; RESEARCH STUDIES; STUDENT LEARNING; STUDENT MOTIVATION; TEACHING AND LEARNING; VIDEO GAME; VIRTUAL SPACES; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; MOTIVATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

STUDENTS;

EID: 84866509646     PISSN: 03601315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compedu.2012.07.001     Document Type: Article

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