Application of VR Technology in Middle School Students’ English Speaking
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Virtual Reality, English speaking, Middle school students, Immersive environment.Abstract
With the continuous deepening of education informatization reform, digital learning has gradually become an important part of education. Among them, the virtual learning environment is created through Virtual Reality (VR) technology, and the abstract learning content is embodied in the virtual environment in combination with the game teaching method of educational games. This not only reduces the requirements for learners’ transfer ability but also can be better applied to English teaching. Based on the characteristics of VR, the author designed a VR education application for middle school students. There are five parts to this article; the first part introduces the background information about VR and the problems that Chinese middle school students are facing. The second part analyzes VR’s characteristics and demonstrates the feasibility of VR in oral English learning based on VR characteristics. The third part describes the application’s activities in detail and the fourth part is to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of the application. The last part summarizes the outcomes and limitations of the application and predicts this application’s future development.
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