Book Review: Virtual Worlds for Language Learning: From Theory to PRACTICE

Abstract

Virtual worlds for language learning introduces language educators and researchers to a new educational space, one in which the affordances of virtual worlds (VWs) are connected to language learning. The six chapters of the book highlight aspects of VWs to facilitate readers' general understanding of VWs, emphasize the educational potential of VWs from pedagogical and theoretical perspectives for language learning, introduce exemplary features and usages of VW software, and conclude with possible research applications and future directions of VWs with a list of resources.