Virtual Reality Technology in Teaching Foreign Languages at Higher School

Abstract

Technological development has accelerated to previously unprecedented levels, and the production of information doubles every five years in the conditions of the information explosion. In consequence of that, the learning process should also be repeatedly intensified. It is important to understand that no matter how methodically verified the educational program is, its full implementation in group training is difficult to achieve. Different students’ mental peculiarities lead to different speeds and volumes of mastering the material, that in turn leads to differences in the level of basic knowledge, from which the teaching of new material is permanently repelled. In addition to didactic games, problem solving, brainstorming, widely implemented in the educational process at the present time, virtual and augmented reality (VR and AR) technologies are used in teaching as the basis for conducting training sessions. This is especially valuable in the case of studying and teaching foreign languages.