LingoVerse : virtual language learning through gamification

Špruk, Nik Jan (avtor), Žnideršič, Klara (avtor), Marolt, Matija (avtor), Pesek, Matevž (avtor)

The paper explores the use of virtual reality (VR) games for enhancing motivation and effectiveness in foreign language learning through virtual environments. In addition to increasing students’ motivation to study a foreign language, it also aims to explore the use of the app as a complementary tool in formal educational settings. A VR language-learning game, LingoVerse, was developed and tested, with a focus on gamification mechanisms. An evaluation study that included pre- and post-test proficiency tests and user feedback, provides preliminary signals that the game may support language acquisition and motivation. We also consider the technical limitations of VR devices and discuss the challenges reported in interviews by individual users. The findings suggest that the LingoVerse game showed a potentially positive effect on conventional test performance and language learning outcomes, and that VR may be suitable as a supplementary tool for practice in both traditional language education and individual learning.

• Jezik: Angleški jezik
• Ključne besede: virtual reality, e-learning, language learning, virtual worlds
• Vrsta gradiva: Članek v reviji
• Tipologija: 1.01 - Izvirni znanstveni članek
• Organizacija: FRI - Fakulteta za računalništvo in informatiko
• Status publikacije: Objavljeno
• Različica publikacije: Objavljena publikacija
• Leto izida: 2025
• Št. strani: 24 str.
• Številčenje: Vol. 29, iss. 4, article no. 174
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-176362
• UDK: 004.946:37.091.3
• ISSN pri članku: 1359-4338
• DOI: 10.1007/s10055-025-01250-w
• COBISS.SI-ID: 258082563
• Datum objave v RUL: 28.11.2025

Gradivo je del revije

• Naslov: Virtual reality
• Skrajšan naslov: Virtual real.
• Založnik: Springer
• ISSN: 1359-4338
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512039961

Licence

• Licenca: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Priznanje avtorstva 4.0 Mednarodna
• Povezava: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.sl
• Opis: To je standardna licenca Creative Commons, ki daje uporabnikom največ možnosti za nadaljnjo uporabo dela, pri čemer morajo navesti avtorja.

Sekundarni jezik

• Jezik: Slovenski jezik
• Ključne besede: navidezna resničnost, e-učenje, učenje jezikov, navidezni svetovi

Projekti

• Financer: EC - European Commission
• Številka projekta: C4350-24-927003
• Naslov: “TeachXR - Use of Extended Reality in Education”
• Akronim: Recovery and Resilience Facility