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Since 2007 a series of conferences known as SLanguages have taken place, bringing together practitioners and researchers in the field of language education in Second Life for a 24-hour event to celebrate languages and cultures within the 3D virtual world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slanguages.net/home.php|title=slanguages.net}}</ref>
 
With the decline of second life due to increasing support for open source platforms<ref>Karlov, Maria (2012) "OpenSim gains record-breaking 2,177 regions", http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2012/09/opensim-gains-record-breaking-2177-regions/</ref> many independent language learning grids such as English Grid<ref>{{cite web|url=http://englishgrid.com|title=keating.me Secure Email}}</ref> and Chatterdale<ref>Trombly, Anastasiahave (2012): http://www.hypergridbusiness.com/2012/05/virtual-worlds-offer-variety-less-stress-for-language-learners/</ref> have emerged.
 
==Approaches to language education in virtual worlds==
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=== Virtual Worlds and Artificial Intelligence ===
Immersion brought by virtual worlds is augmented with [[artificial intelligence]] capabilities for language learning. Learners can interact with the agents in the scene using speech and gestures. Dialogue interactions with automatic interlocutors provide a language learner with access to authentic and immersive conversations to role-play and learn via [[task-based language learning]] in a new immersive classroom that uses AI and VR. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-09-07|title=Virtual learning: using AI, immersion to teach Chinese|url=https://apnews.com/article/3babfede5f6e4190ba5cebaa4eaebc81|access-date=2021-05-06|website=AP NEWS}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=A new immersive classroom uses AI and VR to teach Mandarin Chinese|url=https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/07/16/65550/ai-vr-education-immersive-classroom-chinese-ibm/|access-date=2021-05-06|website=MIT Technology Review|language=en}}</ref>
 
===Voice chat===