Described as a situation of mutual reliance for the purpose of achieving common goals, positive interdependence constitutes the backbone of collaborative language learning as linguistic interactions unfold in task-based group work. However, in the transition of educational systems to hybrid modalities of learning and teaching, future scenarios of language education demand flexibility and activity diversification to support students’ positive interdependence in remote spaces where isolation and online fatigue might hinder opportunities of language use. On this matter, the present study will suggest procedures for integrating Virtual Reality (VR) in language learning methodologies that blend in-person with online activities to foster students’ positive interdependence in negotiations and discussions of opinions. The aim is to offer teachers’ methodological suggestions to conduct hybrid language learning instruction with VR adopting a Task-Based Language Learning approach. Specifically, examples of task-based language activities conducted on the platform Immerse will be proposed as ways to enable students to learn Italian by socially interacting in VR settings, as they alternate immersive activities with in-person meetings. The presentation will also discuss how this approach can offer students opportunities to train and situate their language skills in socially relevant contexts before applying them to real-world situations. Final remarks will be drawn on the potential of language learning methods blending VR interaction with in-person communication to encourage students of Italian as a foreign language to mutually interdepend to reach task-based goals.