Developing a Learning Material in the 2D and 3D Space to Teach IT Technical Language

In our paper we introduce the IT technical language learning material focusing on the specialized use of the English language in the context of information technology (IT) and computing. This material has been developed in the framework of the 3D virtual library project started in 2013 as part of the Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom) research. The current version of the virtual library has a hypertext or 2D implementation which is freely available in the internet. The advanced 3D presentation of the material uses the 3D features of the MaxWhere Seminar System, arranging and displaying the content of the language learning material in the Fly Podium 3D space. First, we provide a short overview on the virtual library project as an introduction to the IT technical language learning material. In the next section we describe the background and aim of the development of the material, then we present in detail the organization and structure of the 2D and 3D implementation of the learning material. Some inventions and ideas may deserve attention such as the topic map of selected terms, concepts, and texts functioning as a navigational tool, the interactive tests (where the first one is for practice, and the second one is actually a memory game), and the mapping mechanism of the hypertext-based material into the 3D virtual space of the MaxWhere system.