21st Century Skills and Language Education: Metaverse Technologies and Turkish Education as a Case
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As the forthcoming iteration of the Internet, the metaverse is positioned to transform the technological landscape on a global scale. This study explores why and how the metaverse language education model is growing globally. In this research, the document review method is used based on a qualitative approach. The theoretical framework is formed from world literature and mainly English works, and in the analysis part, from the studies of Turkish academics. The study underlines that the field of language education has made notable developments, particularly in the context of technological advancement. The metaverse language education model could bring some effective solutions for distance education, personalized learning, and visual, engaging, and active learning that does not rely on memorization. This study reveals the indisputable impact of 21st-century innovative technologies on language education, along with the associated risks. It further postulates that more efficacious language education may be attainable in the future by addressing the identified shortcomings. The experience of language education in the metaverse of the Turkish language, which is currently experiencing a period of growth in terms of the number of people learning it, can also provide an opportunity for comparison with other languages and related literature from around the world.
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