SSV116: Leveraging AI-Generated Audio In The Metaverse For Enhanced English Listening Skills: An Innovative Approach

CHUA WEI CHUAN Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

Conventional listening tasks often involve synchronous drilling in the classroom setting whereas students would listen to audio clips in workbooks for asynchronous learning. However, the former approach is deemed monotonous by most learners while the latter does not ensure the consistency of audio quality in terms of the speakers’ accents. Hence, researchers have incorporated the elements of Metaverse and Artificial Intelligence (AI) in developing a Google Classroom equipped with AI-generated audio being embedded in a Metaverse. A quasi-experimental study showed that students who employ the following tool of learning exhibit an improvement in their listening scores as well as their learning attitudes pertaining to listening.