Virtual Exhibition as Learning Media in Landeskunde Teaching for German as a Foreign Language

Abstract

Due to geographical distance, the German learners in Southeast Asia find difficulties to acquire a real-life experience. For example, the student hardly gets an opportunity to visit the museum in Germany to see the original artwork of historical artefacts or painting from Germans epoch. This study aims to examine the use of the virtual exhibition as learning media in Landeskunde teaching for German as a Foreign Language. The virtual exhibition allows users not only to display artwork in a variety of purpose designed 3D spaces but also to interact with visitors from around the world. Therefore, this study intends to assess and provide an alternative teaching process in order to help the student to learn about how people's lives in particular Germans epoch based on its painting with the help of the virtual exhibition. Based on summarizing the theory and characteristics of virtual exhibition, this study explores a particular virtual exhibition and the appropriate teaching method. Although this research is still in its early stages, there have been promising findings, which indicate that the virtual exhibition has potential to an effective learning media and means in Landeskunde teaching for German as a Foreign Language.