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Integrating Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Technology into Chinese Education: An Observation from Nine Cases

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This study implemented a teacher training course with a five-phase model (discussion, hands-on activities, lesson planning, experimentation, and reflections) aimed at finding out the affordance of AR/VR technology in Chinese education, and highlighting the challenges intern teachers may encounter during implementation. The researcher conducted a longitudinal study in 2018 and 2019. In total, nineteen intern Chinese teachers participated in this study, forming nine groups that implemented nine AVR Chinese courses. The teachers’ reports, instructional documents, videos, and participant-provided data were collected for data analysis. It has been concluded that most AVR was a helpful tool for learners of any age. AVR activities created by the teachers were associated with lower-level cognitive learning. The challenges were insufficient Chinese learning content on the market, time-consuming course preparation, technical issues, and a lack of pre-training guidelines. Finally, a well-developed training course is necessary to guide teachers in understanding the full potential of AVR technology in Chinese lessons. More discussions and suggestions were stated in the study.

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    Yu-Ju Lan

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    Scott Grant

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Cheng, HJ. (2021). Integrating Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality Technology into Chinese Education: An Observation from Nine Cases. 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_7

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