Foreign Language Teaching with Augmented Reality Application (original) (raw)

One of the main aims in Foreign Language Teaching is to actualize natural and entertaining educational environment. Foreign Language Teaching Activities should stress on motivational goals furthering interests and motivation of learners and minimizing their anxiety in language teaching activities. So as to adopt that, these activities should be designed to incite students’ interests, curiosity and include some diverse alternatives from school textbooks to handheld technological devices and other electronic appliances. The alternatives for educational purposes may multiply in results of innovations and individual’s access to technologies in surrounding educational environment. For the purpose, application of technological innovations and handheld technological devices should bridge the gap between real world and virtual world. In the study, a technological innovation called “Augmented Reality (AR)” is applied. The purpose of the study is to determine attitudes of learners towards AR ...