Les ressources d’édumusement en réalité virtuelle

Abstract

This article seeks to identify the potential and limitations of using authentic virtual reality (VR) resources to learn English by a public from the Language for Specialists in Other Disciplines (LANSOD) sector, in a self-access centre (SAC) at the University of Lorraine. The study set up, within the framework of workshops intended to discover 360° immersive videos through different digital tools, is interested in the perceptions and feedback of a cohort of students in Master 2 of French as a foreign language in an informal situation of oral comprehension in English. A questionnaire and a phenomenologically inspired methodology were used to collect the data. The results show the potential of these resources for learning extra-language knowledge as well as language knowledge in a foreign language leisure situation. They also reveal the effects of the technologies used, the resource scenarios and multimodality on the learning observed. These elements are all criteria for curating VR resources in SAC. Finally, perspectives on the necessary cognitive support needed for the relevant use of VR in SAC are suggested.

Keywords

• virtual Reality
• embodiment
• listening comprehension
• informal learning
• self-access center