Volume 30 Number 1, 2026 Language teaching with high-immersion virtual reality: Developing TPACK through lesson planning

Language teaching with high-immersion virtual reality: Developing TPACK through lesson planning

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Volume 30 Number 1, 2026
contributor.author:
Schnellbögl, Claudia Summer, Theresa
date.accessioned:
2026-08-22T22:29:13Z
date.copyright:
2026
date.issued:
2026-08-24
description.abstract:
High-immersion virtual reality (HiVR) offers engaging experiences to foreign language learners, and numerous empirical studies support its effectiveness for language learning. However, implementation of this technology in school-based language teaching is scarce and requires comprehensive teacher training as well as pedagogical guidelines. Specifically, foreign language teachers need to develop their technological pedagogical and content knowledge (TPACK) to align language pedagogy with the affordances of virtual reality (VR) headsets and applications. Based on an approach to language teaching with VR that is anchored in Technology-Mediated Task-Based Language Teaching (TMTBLT), this qualitative study investigates (1) how the integration of HiVR into lesson plans combines language pedagogy and technological affordances, and (2) how pre-service teachers’ TPACK develops through participation in a university course with a focus on lesson planning. First, fifteen lesson plans were analyzed qualitatively. Then, participants’ TPACK development was assessed through lesson plan quality ratings and a thematic analysis of a pre-survey, reflection journals, and group interviews conducted after the course. The findings demonstrate the importance of lesson planning and micro-teaching for the development of a highly integrated TPACK, and alignment of HiVR-tasks with basic principles of TMTBLT. The study outlines further directions for research and teaching with HiVR.
endingpage:
25
format.extent:
25
identifier.citation:
Schnellbögl, C., & Summer, T. (2026). Language teaching with high-immersion virtual reality: Developing TPACK through lesson planning. Language Learning & Technology, 30(1), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73710
identifier.doi:
https://doi.org/10.64152/10125/73710
identifier.issn:
1094-3501
identifier.uri:
https://hdl.handle.net/10125/73710
language:
en
number:
1
publicationname:
Language Learning & Technology
publisher:
University of Hawaii National Foreign Language Resource Center Center for Language & Technology
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License
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https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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/item/10125-73710/
startingpage:
1
subject:
high-immersion virtual reality, VRALL, TPACK, lesson planning, TMTBLT
title:
Language teaching with high-immersion virtual reality: Developing TPACK through lesson planning
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Article Text
volume:
30