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Learning to Follow Directions in English Through a Virtual Reality Environment: An Eye Tracking Study and Evaluation of Usability

Learning to Follow Directions in English Through a Virtual Reality Environment: An Eye Tracking Study and Evaluation of Usability
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Author(s): Jorge Bacca-Acosta (Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia), Julian Tejada (Federal University of Sergipe, Brazil)and Carlos Ospino-Ibañez (Fundación Universitaria Konrad Lorenz, Colombia)
Copyright: 2021
Pages: 27
Source title: Designing, Deploying, and Evaluating Virtual and Augmented Reality in Education
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Gokce Akcayir (University of Alberta, Canada)and Carrie Demmans Epp (University of Alberta, Canada)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-5043-4.ch013

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Abstract

Learning how to give and follow directions in English is one of the key topics in regular English as a Foreign Language (EFL) courses. However, this topic is commonly taught in the classroom with pencil and paper exercises. In this chapter, a scaffolded virtual reality (VR) environment for learning the topic of following directions in English is introduced. An eye tracking study was conducted to determine how students perceive the scaffolds for completing the learning task, and an evaluation of acceptance and usability was conducted to identify the students' perceptions. The results show that scaffolds in the form of text and images are both effective for increasing the students' learning performance. The gaze frequency is higher for the textual scaffold, but the duration of gaze fixations is lower for the scaffolds in the form of images. The acceptance and usability of the VR environment were found to be positive.

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