TY - JOUR
T1 - The authenticity-anxiety paradox: the quest for authentic second language communication and reduced foreign language anxiety in virtual environments
AU - Grant, Scott
AU - Huang, Hui
AU - Pasfield-Neofitou, Sarah
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - In this amplification of an earlier comparative study into technical and foreign language anxiety in a virtual environment and the traditional classroom, the authenticity of the virtual environment and of the communicative interaction that occurs within that environment stand out as a significant factors associated with reduced foreign language anxiety. Students feelings about the authenticity of typed text-chat and of communication with their non-player character interlocutors in the virtual environment in comparison to real world communication is highly related to the foreign language anxiety they experience: the more similar they perceive these two contexts, the more likely they are to transfer feelings of anxiety related to speaking a foreign language to the virtual environment, even though perceived similarities between the real and virtual world were found to lead to greater engagement in learning in the virtual environment.
AB - In this amplification of an earlier comparative study into technical and foreign language anxiety in a virtual environment and the traditional classroom, the authenticity of the virtual environment and of the communicative interaction that occurs within that environment stand out as a significant factors associated with reduced foreign language anxiety. Students feelings about the authenticity of typed text-chat and of communication with their non-player character interlocutors in the virtual environment in comparison to real world communication is highly related to the foreign language anxiety they experience: the more similar they perceive these two contexts, the more likely they are to transfer feelings of anxiety related to speaking a foreign language to the virtual environment, even though perceived similarities between the real and virtual world were found to lead to greater engagement in learning in the virtual environment.
UR - http://tinyurl.com/pmhsxuk
U2 - 10.1016/j.protcy.2014.02.005
DO - 10.1016/j.protcy.2014.02.005
M3 - Article
VL - 13
SP - 23
EP - 32
JO - Procedia Technology
JF - Procedia Technology
SN - 2212-0173
IS - 2014
ER -