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A Systematic Review of Research on Effects of VR Technology on Reducing EFL Learners’ Foreign Language Speaking Anxiety

Xiao Xin

Abstract


Foreign language speaking anxiety is one of the considerable affective variables that influence English as foreign lan-guage learners’ communicative ability and speaking fluency. It is evident that technology plays an important role in alleviating foreign language anxiety, yet few studies have conducted in the context of technology-assisted language learning. Thus, this study presents a systematic review of research on effects of VR technology on reducing EFL learners’ foreign language speaking anxiety.The review explores the published literature in relation to the review question as follows: What is meant by concepts of foreign language speaking anxiety and VR-supporting language learning, and how they assumed to relate to each other?

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VR technology; Foreign language and oral anxiety; Influence; Research

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18686/ahe.v7i12.8293

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