The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange

Gillian Martin; Breffni O'Rourke; Sina Werner

doi:10.3726/b22222

The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange

Gillian Martin
, Breffni O'Rourke
, Sina Werner

Professur Didaktik des Englischen

Trinity College Dublin

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Abstract

We argue that tasks with a physical and spatial character undertaken in social
virtual reality environments can elicit the use of language in the situated mode, and that this type of language is relatively neglected in the typical communicative language classroom.
We report on a study of an escape-room style task implemented as part of a virtual exchange programme between Trinity College Dublin and the University of Hildesheim. We propose and illustrate a taxonomy of functions of situated language which occur in recorded interactions among student teams split between the partner sites.

Originalsprache	Englisch
Titel	Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften : Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen
Redakteure/-innen	Karsten Senkbeil, Timo Ahlers
Seitenumfang	26
Erscheinungsort	Berlin
Herausgeber (Verlag)	Peter Lang Verlag
Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2024
Seiten	81-106
ISBN (Print)	978-3-631-89605-1
ISBN (elektronisch)	978-3-631-89606-8, 978-3-631-89607-5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3726/b22222
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 21.10.2024

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Martin, G., O'Rourke, B., & Werner, S. (2024). The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange. in K. Senkbeil, & T. Ahlers (Hrsg.), Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften: Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen (S. 81-106). (Hildesheimer Schriften zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation; Band 12). Peter Lang Verlag. https://doi.org/10.3726/b22222

Martin, Gillian ; O'Rourke, Breffni ; Werner, Sina. / The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange. Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften: Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen. Hrsg. / Karsten Senkbeil ; Timo Ahlers. Berlin : Peter Lang Verlag, 2024. S. 81-106 (Hildesheimer Schriften zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation).

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Martin G, O'Rourke B, Werner S. The language of situated joint activity: Social virtual reality and language learning in virtual exchange. in Senkbeil K, Ahlers T, Hrsg., Virtual Reality in den Geisteswissenschaften: Konzepte, Methoden und interkulturelle Anwendungen. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag. 2024. S. 81-106. (Hildesheimer Schriften zur Interkulturellen Kommunikation). doi: 10.3726/b22222

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