How can we use virtual reality to teach English?
British Council - Teaching English
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The Role of the Teacher in Virtual Reality
It's about using it appropriately and when it's relevant. People replicate classrooms and school buildings and lecture theaters in virtual reality, and your avatar just has to sit there and listen. We know already from the physical world that that's not the best way of teaching lecturing. So here, just by switching to a different environment or a different technology, the assumption is that alone will make it better - but of course it won't. You have to use it in appropriate ways to make the best users of the benefits that VR brings in this case.
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