Independent Learning Method Based on Virtual Reality to Improve Foreign Language Skills

Abstract

Understanding the meaning of a word needs imagination from students, especially the meaning of the word in the right situation and right place. This research creates media from Virtual Reality (VR) to give enough imagination of the meaning of a word or sentence in a foreign language. The purpose of this study is to improve the skills of foreign language that students can learn with a model: self-regulated learning with 3 factors (goal setting and planning, rehearsing and memorizing, and self-evaluating). A test case of media was used involving 10 undergraduate students at the Department of Mandarin Language at the Universitas Negeri Malang. The result of the test indicated a significant growth in the skill of foreign language, reaching 81.5%.