Listening and Speaking Skills Development of EFL Learners: Autonomous Learning via VRChat
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Dec 21, 2020
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Listening and Speaking Skills Development VRChat Autonomous Learning
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Technology plays an important role in education for promoting students to develop various skills and autonomous learning. VRChat is an online social media application providing free services to users. English learners can use it to communicate with other people around the world through avatars to develop their listening and speaking skills outside the classroom which is related to the current situations that change people's lifestyles to live in new normal lives. Besides providing the benefits of language skills training, this application also helps learners learn about different cultures from interacting with people around the world and to increase their confidence in language use from play-based learning and increase the motivation of various things around them. Consequently, the students should study the terms and conditions of VRChat application mentioned in this article to use it as a tool for improving the self-listening and speaking skill most effectively.
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Opasee, W., Sriwarapong, A., & Chantha, P. (2020). Listening and Speaking Skills Development of EFL Learners: Autonomous Learning via VRChat. Rajabhat Maha Sarakham University Journal, 14(3), 17–28. retrieved from https://so05.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rmuj/article/view/248499
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