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Levels of Immersion for Language Learning from 2D to Highly Immersive Interactive VR

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This discourse provides an overview of the levels of immersion that immersive media educational tools provide in terms of interactivity and immersion, ranging from 2D displays on a flat screen to Highly Immersive Interactive (HII) experiences rendered in a Virtual Reality Head Mounted Display (HMD). These immersive media provide a range of affordances for learning, such as the feeling of physical presence in remote locations, social learning, experiential learning through replicable simulations, and social interactions. The article maps the levels of immersion to learning objectives associated with language learning.

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    Aleshia Taylor Hayes, Tetyana Kucher Dhimolea, Nanxi Meng & Geneva Tesh

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Hayes, A.T., Dhimolea, T.K., Meng, N., Tesh, G. (2021). Levels of Immersion for Language Learning from 2D to Highly Immersive Interactive VR. In: Lan, YJ., Grant, S. (eds) Contextual Language Learning. Chinese Language Learning Sciences. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3416-1_4

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