Implementation of virtual reality in foreign language teaching

Vita Bosa; Dmytro Marieiev; Olena Balalaieva; Alla Krokhmal; Anna Solovei

doi:10.34069/AI/2024.73.01.15

Vita Bosa Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7509-7044
Dmytro Marieiev Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6282-8052
Olena Balalaieva National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2675-5554
Alla Krokhmal O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9490-489X
Anna Solovei Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2214-1560

DOI: https://doi.org/10.34069/AI/2024.73.01.15

Keywords: virtual reality, learning a foreign language, virtual language environment, training of specialists, cognitive processes.

Abstract

The article highlights the main features of the virtual educational environment, the advantages and formats of using virtual reality in learning a foreign language. The purpose of the article is to study the role and possibilities of virtual reality as a necessary component in learning a foreign language.

The methodological concept is aimed at shaping the role and capabilities of virtual reality as a necessary component in foreign language learning.

The results of the study show the importance of the main modules of the multimedia virtual environment for learning cultures and languages in institutions of higher education; the technology of writing a pedagogical script for a computerized course is proposed for the design of distance courses for learning a foreign language, the construction of a high-quality virtual language environment, and the methods of using virtual reality tools are presented.

The experimental work was devoted to the study of the role and possibilities of virtual reality as a necessary component in learning a foreign language; the degree of change in the memory of students of higher education, operational characteristics of thinking, perception in the process of using virtual reality educational programs. The change of attention, which is closely related to the functioning of cognitive processes, was also studied.

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Author Biographies

Vita Bosa, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine.

Сandidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Docent of Chair of Romance Philology and Comparative-typological Linguistics, Borys Grinchenko Kyiv Metropolitan University, Ukraine.

Dmytro Marieiev, Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Ph.D. in Philology, Associate Professor, the Head of the Educational and Methodological Department (Support of International and Project Activities), Oleksandr Dovzhenko Hlukhiv National Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Olena Balalaieva, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Journalism and Linguistic Communication, National University of Life and Environmental Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine.

Alla Krokhmal, O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Ph.D. in Pedagogy, Associate Professor, Associate Professor of Foreign Languages Department, O.M. Beketov National University of Urban Economy in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

Anna Solovei, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Lecturer, Pavlo Tychyna Uman State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

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