Penn State Project Finds VR Better for Second Language Learning

by Alexander Klippel | Feb 28, 2019 | Uncategorized

In the kitchen interaction, students used a handset to point to any item and hear the corresponding Chinese word. A timer indicated how much time was left in that lesson.

Penn State Project Finds VR Better for Second Language Learning
By Dian Schaffhauser, 02/28/19

While virtual reality has proven useful in helping people explore physical realms they can’t visit, a study undertaken by a team of researchers at Penn State has found that it can also speed up second language learning among adults, as if they were immersed in the place where that language was natively spoken.