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Language teaching in a mixed reality games environment

Authors:

David MW Powers,

Richard Leibbrandt,

Darius Pfitzner,

Martin Luerssen,

Arman Abrahamyan, and

Kate StevensAuthors Info & Claims

PETRA '08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

July 2008

Article No.: 70, Pages 1 - 7

https://doi.org/10.1145/1389586.1389668

Published: 16 July 2008 Publication History

Abstract

How do you develop a game that is provably educational, that is engaging from pre-school to adult, and that independently targets different language ability and world experience/maturity?

Our purpose is to teach students of German or English as a Second Language in the same way that a baby learns a First Language. Children acquire language automatically without overt teaching, without conjugating verbs, looking up dictionaries or taking complex classes in syntax and morphology. They acquire through being immersed in an environment in which they have to learn to communicate in the language in order to achieve a variety of social and personal goals.

In this project we provide a mixed environment with real toys for the learner to play with, and a simulated environment and a simulated teacher/caregiver to interact with. Whilst young children may be happy building towers and bridges out of wooden blocks, older children and adults cannot be expected to find motivating goals from the same tasks as a baby tackles as s/he simultaneously learns about the world and his/her language, culture and society.

This paper explores the methodology we are developing to independently control for degree of language knowledge and degree of world experience.

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Index Terms

Language teaching in a mixed reality games environment
1. Hardware
  1. Communication hardware, interfaces and storage
    1. Sound-based input / output
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction devices
      1. Sound-based input / output
      2. Touch screens
    2. Interaction paradigms
      1. Graphical user interfaces
      2. Natural language interfaces

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PETRA '08: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on PErvasive Technologies Related to Assistive Environments

July 2008

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ISBN:9781605580678

DOI:10.1145/1389586

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Grammati Pantziou
TEI of Athens (Department of Informatics), Greece
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Ilias Maglogiannis
University of Central Greece (Department of Computer Science and Biomedical Informatics), Greece

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Teng ZHanwu HYueming WHe'en CYongbin C(2017)Mixed Reality Application: A Framework of Markerless Assembly Guidance System with Hololens Glass2017 International Conference on Virtual Reality and Visualization (ICVRV)10.1109/ICVRV.2017.00110(433-434)Online publication date: Oct-2017
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Chen GChang C(2009)A Task-Based Role-Playing Game with Educational Robots for Learning LanguageProceedings of the 4th International Conference on E-Learning and Games: Learning by Playing. Game-based Education System Design and Development10.1007/978-3-642-03364-3_58(483-488)Online publication date: 31-Jul-2009
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Powers DLeibbrandt R(2009)Rough Diamonds in Natural Language LearningProceedings of the 4th International Conference on Rough Sets and Knowledge Technology10.1007/978-3-642-02962-2_2(17-26)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2009
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