> Second Life has existed for 20 years and it's a fun novelty. Eh. My mother learned English in Second Life by paying an actual company that provided classes i

> Second Life has existed for 20 years and it's a fun novelty. Eh. My mother learned English in Second Life by paying an actual company that provided classes in Second Life. Instead of a boring chapter with some canned dialogue about, say, an airport scenario, they would take the class to a virtual airport, and roleplay there. Having a setting where everyone could interact led to organic conversations and seemed much more effective than the textbook approaches. Not sure I would call it a novelty.