Virtual Tabadul: Creating Language-Learning Community Through Virtual Reality

IF 1.5 Q2 EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

Journal of International Students Pub Date : 2022-09-09 DOI:10.32674/jis.v12is3.4638

Melissa Baralt, Stephanie Doscher, L. Boukerrou, B. Bogosian, Wessam Elmeligi, Youcef Hdouch, Jamil Istifan, Abdelhak Nemouchi, Taron Khachatryan, N. Elsakka, Fernando Arana, Jonathan Cobos-Solis, Giancarlo Perez, Salah-Eddine Mouchane, S. Vassigh

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Abstract

This article presents on a multi-institution project that explains the development of Virtual Tabadul, which is an exchange program in virtual reality for English and Arabic foreign language and culture learning and community building amongst 1,200 US and the Middle East, and North Africa (MENA) college-aged youth. The program involves faculty, staff, and students at four institutions: Florida International University (U.S.), University of Michigan-Dearborn (U.S.), Oum El-Bouaghi University (Algeria), and Ibn Tofail University (Morocco). The project has been developed with generous funding from the Stevens Initiative and is the very first virtual exchange program for Arabic and English foreign language learning in virtual reality.

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虚拟讲坛：通过虚拟现实创建语言学习社区

本文介绍一项多机构计划Virtual Tabadul的发展，这是一项虚拟实境交换计划，让1200名美国、中东和北非(MENA)的大学青年学习英语和阿拉伯语的外语和文化，并建立社群。该项目涉及四个机构的教职员工和学生:佛罗里达国际大学(美国)、密歇根大学迪尔伯恩分校(美国)、Oum El-Bouaghi大学(阿尔及利亚)和Ibn Tofail大学(摩洛哥)。该项目是在史蒂文斯倡议的慷慨资助下开发的，是第一个在虚拟现实中学习阿拉伯语和英语外语的虚拟交换项目。

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Journal of International Students EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH-

CiteScore

2.90

自引率

25.00%

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审稿时长

30 weeks

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