This study highlights VR’s enchanting features and elements, leading to strong motivation and engagement with the application in young learners. The results from the questionnaire indicate that participants take a great liking to learning English vocabulary through the medium of VR. This may be effective for future classroom teachings when it comes to EFL learning, as teachers are able to incorporate lessons in
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class with appropriate VR gaming applications that may enhance better language learning in the classroom.
This study also corroborates with the aforementioned findings, as the VR group were able to achieve a higher score than the PC group in the translation and recognition tests. Furthermore, the significance result in the delayed translation posttest is a testament to VR features being of great benefit in aiding better gains in long-term memory. Thus, VR increases learner involvement and interaction which may contribute to their improved vocabulary gains and retention. This opens new possibilities and opportunities for teachers to adopt in EFL vocabulary instruction in Taiwan.
In sum, the study supports the inclusion of VR when designing or preparing VR-based activities in an EFL classrooms as it contains multiple benefits in
facilitating vocabulary learning, as well as motivating elements for young learners.
Teachers may also take advantage of VR with its capability to cater to individual learning, as it may allow each student to use VR and learn at their own pace. This may overcome the barrier of learner anxiety which could occur in traditional language classrooms, as students may be afraid to voice their queries to teachers in front of the class. VR thus provides an optimal learning environment which may help develop students’ L2 communicative competence and language use and application in authentic contexts.
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請閱讀以下題目，並寫出對應英文單字的中文意思。
1. hostage 2. hatch
3. womb 4. metamorphosis
5. survival 6. wombs
7. trigger 8. undergo
9. chapel 10. sympathize
11. convince 12. disoriented
13. cyborg 14. expendable
15. solar 16. sacrifice
17. publish 18. activate
19. hesitate 20. ensure
21. evident 22. expert
23. slate 24. mission
25. restore 26. spontaneous
27. flee 28. rogue
29. negotiate 30. awakening
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Immediate Translation Posttest
請閱讀以下題目，並寫出對應英文單字的中文意思。
1. disoriented 2. cyborg
3. trigger 4. spontaneous
5. expendable 6. wombs
7. womb 8. undergo
9. awakening 10. sympathize
11. solar 12. hostage
13. hatch 14. survival
15. convince 16. slate
17. mission 18. hesitate
19. activate 20. expert
21. restore 22. ensure
23. sacrifice 24. publish
25. evident 26. metamorphosis
27. rogue 28. flee
29. chapel 30. negotiate
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Short-Delayed Translation Posttest
請閱讀以下題目，並寫出對應英文單字的中文意思。
1. instinct 2. mankind
3. violently 4. sacrifice
5. wombs 6. react
7. expert 8. impact
9. portion 10. trial
11. format 12. hostage
13. cyborg 14. divide
15. facility 16. hesitate
17. restore 18. slate
19. armor 20. equip
21. pursue 22. disobey
23. react 24. destroy
25. survival 26. mission
27. awakening 28. negotiate
29. biological 30. hatch
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95 9 為了讓遊戲劇情順利推進，我會
試著去猜測遊戲中出現的英文單 字。
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10 和用一般電腦遊戲學習英文單字 的方式相比，我會較想使用有虛 擬實境的遊戲來學習英文單字。
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11 整體而言，我認為玩這款遊戲能 幫助我學習新的英文單字。
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12 若是未來有機會，我會願意把這 款遊戲或類似的VR 視覺小說遊 戲當做學習語言的一種工具。
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請根據您使用本軟體的經驗，回答以下問題。
13. 您認為這款 VR 遊戲可以如何幫助您學習英文單字？請舉幾個實例說明一下。
14. 就學英文習單字而言，您認為用 VR 遊戲的這種學習方法，各有什麼優點和缺點？
可以如何改進呢？
1) 優點:
2) 缺點:
3) 改進建議:
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能，會提高我的學英文單字動力。
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12 若這款遊戲增加了3D 立體擬實境功 能，會讓我更有效率學習英文單 字。
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請根據你使用本軟體的經驗，回答以下問題。
13. 就學英文習單字而言，您認為玩這電腦遊戲的這種學習方法，各有什麼優點和缺 點？可以如何改進呢？
1) 優點:
2) 缺點:
3) 改進建議:
14. 如果這款遊戲增加了 3D 立體擬實境功能，您認為就英文單字的學習而言:
1) 與電腦版本會有差異嗎？原因為何？
2) 會對學習英文單字更有幫助嗎？原因為何？