%0 Journal Article 
%A Reyes Sánchez, Salvador
%T Virtual Reality and foreign language learning: Analysis of the 6 most popular mobile apps from Google Play Store and App Store to learn English

%D 2019
%U http://hdl.handle.net/10498/24090
%X Research in the area of mobile assisted language learning (MALL) has shown that smartphones offer multiple opportunities for supporting foreign language learning. The development and increasing accessibility of new tools such as virtual reality technology (VR) has opened new perspectives in the area of MALL, paving the way for a new research field called virtual reality assisted language learning (VRALL). In this context, the current study aims to explore the potential of VRALL by analyzing the 6 most popular VR apps from Google Play Store and App Store to learn English, with a special focus on language contents and the learning approaches provided. Results suggest that although VR technology provides new opportunities for language learning, VRALL is still on the fringes and more research needs to be done in order to take advantage of the real potential of VR.

%K virtual reality
%K virtual learning environments
%K language learning
%K commercial apps
%K realidad virtual
%K entornos virtuales de aprendizaje
%K aprendizaje de lenguas
%K apps comerciales
%~ Universidad de Cádiz