A Trip to Australia: Objectives, Design and Students’ Perceptions of a Role-Play Simulation in an English as a Foreign Language Learning Setting

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Coll-Garcia, J. & Ip, A. (2008). A Trip to Australia: Objectives, Design and Students’ Perceptions of a Role-Play Simulation in an English as a Foreign Language Learning Setting. In Proceedings of World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education 2008 (pp. 678-683). Chesapeake, VA: AACE.
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World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education (ELEARN) 2008
Las Vegas, Nevada, USANovember 17, 2008
AACE

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Juan Coll-Garcia, Universitat Jaume I, Spain; Albert Ip, Fablusi P/L, Australia

Abstract

This paper reports some of the results of a small-scale empirical study conducted with a sample of English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students at the Universitat Jaume I in Castellón, Spain. It details the learning objectives and design of this simulation, and presents the results of a questionnaire administered to the participants to evaluate attitudinal aspects related to their usage of this instructional technology. The questions this paper addresses have been structured around the following issues: (1) The link between learning objectives and design features of the Trip to Australia online rorelplay simulation; and (2) Students' attitudes towards aspects related to the instructional software used. It concludes by reflecting on the rationale and unique benefits of simulations for Foreign Language Learning (FLL).

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