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Virtual immersive laboratory for the training of health workers helps in the learning process of Italian as a second language for the foreign learners. Knowledge of the language is important for health workers because only through communication it is possible to build relationships between carer and user. We propose a persistent virtual environment under controlled conditions within the private network of the classroom, shared between teacher and students, which can be implemented at low cost with in a realistic situation. Few example scenarios and use cases are shown.We also introduced a frequently asked question chat-bot avatar as a language training tool to increase the attention of the learner in order to improve her/his second language skill.
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Gorrino, A., De Gasperis, G. (2012). Virtual Laboratory for the Training of Health Workers in Italy. In: Omatu, S., De Paz Santana, J., González, S., Molina, J., Bernardos, A., Rodríguez, J. (eds) Distributed Computing and Artificial Intelligence. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 151. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28765-7_6
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