Abstract

Abstract: This paper is a project in progress attempting to provide a solution to two issues second language instructors face in their classrooms; the first issue is maintaining students’ interest in the language at a continuous level throughout their course of study. The second is the immersion in the target language without physically moving the students to the country of the target language. The technologies proposed to achieve these two goals are: Google Earth Street View function and Microsoft’s voice, movement, and gesture controls using Microsoft Kinect sensor. These technologies will be used to create a virtual environment where students will use Google Earth to visit cities and streets and be immersed not only in the architectural aspect of the location, but also in the sound and audio from the environment. All this will be controlled by body movements and gestures while standing in front of a wall-sized projected screen.

Citation

Al-Issa, M. (2013). Virtual Language Immersion. In R. McBride & M. Searson (Eds.), Proceedings of SITE 2013--Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education International Conference (pp. 3577-3579). New Orleans, Louisiana, United States: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved August 14, 2024 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/48658/.