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Immersive technologies and language learning
Author(s) -
Blyth Carl
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
foreign language annals
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.258
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1944-9720
pISSN - 0015-718X
DOI - 10.1111/flan.12327
Subject(s) - conceptualization , immersion (mathematics) , foreign language , virtual reality , set (abstract data type) , augmented reality , computer science , sociology , multimedia , mathematics education , psychology , pedagogy , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , mathematics , pure mathematics , programming language
This article briefly traces the historical conceptualization of linguistic and cultural immersion through technological applications, from the early days of locally networked computers to the cutting‐edge technologies known as virtual reality and augmented reality. Next, the article explores the challenges of immersive technologies for the field of foreign language education. Finally, a set of priority areas and research questions is posited to guide the thinking of foreign language educators over the next 50 years in their understanding of what constitutes immersion—virtual or otherwise.