확장현실을 적용한 초등영어 교과서 활용 방안

A Plan for Applying Extended Reality to an English Textbook for Elementary School Students

The purpose of this study is to provide application plans for English textbooks for elementary school students through Extended Reality (XR). For this purpose, this study first investigated current trends and issues in the technology of XR including Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR). This study also investigated current studies of the application of XR technology in educational fields. Recent studies showed that applications of XR in English class for elementary school students were very rare. Only a few cases of applications of AR were found to be utilized for English class for elementary schools. Thus, this study suggested a direction of developing English education contents for elementary school students through the application of XR. A practical use of English textbook applied by XR is introduced on the basis of the contents of a textbook unit. Example sections of a class period in a textbook unit applied by XR were proposed. In each section, a developmental plan of class activities applied by XR was offered. In consideration of recent circumstances of technology, cost, and time, a developmental plan of class activities in each section applied was suggested in the order of VR, AR, and MR.