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Many universities (such as [[Monash University]]) and mainstream language institutes (such as [[British Council]], [[Confucius Institute]], [[Instituto Cervantes]] and [[Goethe Institut]]) have islands in [[Second Life]] specifically for language learning.
EUROCALL, a Europe-wide professional association that promotes the use of ICT in language learning and teaching, set up a headquarters on EduNation III Island in Second Life in 2007. CALICO, EUROCALL's sister organisation in the USA, set up a headquarters next door to EUROCALL's HQ in 2009. The two associations have set up a joint Virtual Worlds Special Interest Group (VW SIG) to promote language learning and teaching in Second Life:
EUROCALL: http://www.eurocall-languages.org
CALICO: http://www.calico.org
As 3D virtual worlds become more complex in the future, they will offer different opportunities for language education. Already, [[Augmented Reality]] offers a merging of virtual worlds, real life and [[mobile learning]] and it is being explored by language educators as a future path for virtual world language education. <ref>{{cite news |last=LingualGamers |title=Augmented Reality Games |url=http://www.lingualgamers.com/thesis/augmented_reality_games.html |work=Language Learning with New Media and Video Games |date=[[2007-10-09]] |accessdate = 2009-06-22}}</ref>
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