• DocumentCode
    587770
  • Title

    SLRoute: Learning Spanish in immersive environments through the Way of St. James

  • Author

    Lorenzo, C.-M. ; Lezcano, L. ; Vecino, C. ; Sicilia, M.-A.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Univ. of Alcala, Madrid, Spain
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    29-31 Oct. 2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    5
  • Abstract
    We are currently experiencing a boom in the presence of Spanish language in the world, which is reflected in its inclusion as a second language in the educational system of countries like Brazil and the emergence of language in the U.S. and China. To confront this situation there is a wide variety of courses for learning Spanish. However, specific initiatives combining proven teaching methods in university classroom experiences with the creation of new multidisciplinary content displayed on 3D virtual sets have not been detected. The objective of this research, supported by the SLROUTE project, is the creation of an integrated technology platform that enables the creation, development and deployment of contents for teaching Spanish in an educational video game. Such environment will promote an immersive, creative and collaborative experience in the process of learning Spanish.
  • Keywords
    computer aided instruction; computer games; educational institutions; natural language processing; teaching; 3D virtual set; Brazil; China; SLROUTE project; SLRoute; Spanish language; Spanish learning; U.S; educational system; educational video game; immersive environment; integrated technology platform; multidisciplinary content; teaching method; university classroom; Avatars; Collaboration; Educational institutions; Games; Second Life; Servers; MMOL; OpenSim; SLROUTE; language-learning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computers in Education (SIIE), 2012 International Symposium on
  • Conference_Location
    Andorra la Vella
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-4743-3
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6403211