Variation in experiencing boredom during self-directed learning in a virtual world

IF 0.9 Q2 LINGUISTICS

Australian Review of Applied Linguistics Pub Date : 2020-08-06 DOI:10.1075/aral.19050.kru

Mariusz Kruk

引用次数: 7

Abstract

The paper presents the results of a study that aimed to investigate fluctuations in the levels of boredom in the virtual world of Second Life (SL) and factors accounting for such changes as reported by a single student of English philology. The participant took part in 15 sessions over the period of one summer semester. The learner was free to explore the virtual world in question, and she self-directed her own learning there. Using data collected by means of a set of research instruments (i.e., a background questionnaire, the Learning Style Survey, a session log, and a semi-structured interview), the study found that the student’s experience of boredom was subject to some changes both in single sessions and from one visit to another. These fluctuations in boredom levels were affected by such factors as meeting the same interlocutors, scarcity of conversation topics, monotonous conversations, group chats or visits that the student perceived as not being beneficial for her language development.

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在虚拟世界中自主学习中体验无聊的变化

本文介绍了一项研究的结果，该研究旨在调查第二人生(SL)虚拟世界中无聊程度的波动，以及一名英语语言学学生报告的导致这种变化的因素。参与者在一个夏季学期期间参加了15次会议。学习者可以自由地探索有问题的虚拟世界，并在那里自我指导自己的学习。通过使用一系列研究工具(即背景问卷、学习风格调查、会话日志和半结构化访谈)收集的数据，研究发现，学生的无聊体验在单次会话和每次访问中都受到一些变化的影响。这些无聊程度的波动受到以下因素的影响:遇到相同的对话者，缺乏对话主题，单调的对话，群聊或学生认为不利于其语言发展的访问。

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Australian Review of Applied Linguistics LINGUISTICS-

CiteScore

2.70

自引率

8.30%

发文量

期刊介绍： The Australian Review of Applied Linguistics (ARAL) is the preeminent journal of the Applied Linguistics Association of Australia (ALAA). ARAL is a peer reviewed journal that promotes scholarly discussion and contemporary understandings of language-related matters with a view to impacting on real-world problems and debates. The journal publishes empirical and theoretical research on language/s in educational, professional, institutional and community settings. ARAL welcomes national and international submissions presenting research related to any of the major sub-disciplines of Applied Linguistics as well as transdisciplinary studies. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to: · Analysis of discourse and interaction · Assessment and evaluation · Bi/multilingualism and bi/multilingual education · Corpus linguistics · Cognitive linguistics · Language, culture and identity · Language maintenance and revitalization · Language planning and policy · Language teaching and learning, including specific languages and TESOL · Pragmatics · Research design and methodology · Second language acquisition · Sociolinguistics · Language and technology · Translating and interpreting.