Augmented reality (AR) provides an environment that creates a realistic simulation for users via some visual elements and İt enhances or changes the real world via these virtual elements. This technology can be used every part of education, such as biology, chemistry, math, and physics. In addition, it can be used in foreign language education, such as vocabulary and oral communication skills to help learners in a learning process and enhance their creativity. The reason is that it provides an environment for a realistic simulation to activate students’ brain which increases their creativity and affects their learning process in a good way. In other words, they will learn more effectively thanks to AR technology compared to the old one. To me, old techniques, such as textbooks, role-plays, videos, and others can enhance learner’s interaction with each other but these techniques have limitations in foreign language education. The reason is that these old techniques do not provide effective and meaningful activities or context. Thanks to AR, they can explore and experience the use of language in real-life conversations and activities. Teachers should be aware that language needs more practice to comprehend a language. With AR, they can practice real-life conversation and they can discuss what they have experienced which help them to speak well. There are some apps or websites that can provide AR technology for us, such as Augment, Layar and HP reveal. With these apps, I can create effective and attractive activities or games which will make my students more successful and motivated. As a future teacher, AR technology can be so helpful for teaching a subject. I can integrate AR technology in my classrooms for some reasons, such as motivation and success. In addition, in some areas, such as vocabulary and oral communication skills. Briefly, AR technology should be integrated into the classroom to provide efficient learning process.
The first reason is that it can increase learners’ motivation because our learners will be digital users that means using AR make them more active and motivated in the classroom. It can be integrated into teaching vocabulary. To make it clear, vocabulary can be learned effectively because while teaching a vocabulary, teachers can use AR technology to show vocabulary via realistic simulation. This makes the vocabulary knowledge more permanent and fun for learners. For example, when I am doing some activities about animals in the primary level classroom, I can use AR to provide an effective learning process. I can use AR with games or activities, such as matching the animals with their pictures. These pictures can be scanned by using some apps that provide realistic simulation to make them activated during the class activities. Another example is that when I am teaching a subject like, animals, I can prepare AR for my students. This AR includes some voices, texts, and funny movements, like dancing. In this way, they will learn animals with fun.
The second reason is that AR technology will make them more successful. They can learn more with AR technology because they have a chance to learn by doing some realistic activities and seeing some realistic simulation. To be more precise, oral communication activities can be more interesting and attractive for learners thanks to AR technology. The reason is that they want to participate more eagerly in the activities because it will be so fun for them. In addition, they can practice real-life experiences with AR. They can be exposed to the real-life conversation and culture of the language which makes the learning process more effective and meaningful. The most important point is that they will not learn a language in an isolated environment. So, they can learn more easily and permanently because they will be exposed to the pragmatics more than they used to be.
I want to share my own experience, as well. I have tried augmented reality to my students. It caught their attention pretty much and they learn a vocabulary so easily. I am using AR technology from this day forth to make the learning process more meaningful and effective for my students. My final thought is that augmented reality is a living tool, we can do things beyond what we think.
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