Language learning online : towards best practice

Author(s)

• Felix, Ushi

Bibliographic Information

Language learning online : towards best practice

edited by Ushi Felix

（Language learning and language technology, 3）

Swets & Zeitlinger, c2003

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• An orchestrated version of language learning online / Uschi Felix
• Language learning online : designing towards user acceptability / Dominique Hemard
• Optimising web course design for language learners / Robert Godwin-Jones
• Servers, clients, testing and teaching / Stewart Arneil and Martin Holmes
• Engaging the learner : how to author for best feedback / Paul Bangs
• MOO as a language learning tool / Lesley Shield
• Virtual worlds as arenas for language learning / Patrik Svensson
• Pedagogy on the line : identifying and closing the missing links / Uschi Felix
• Using internet-based audio-graphic and video conferencing for language teaching and learning / Regine Hampel and Eric Baber
• Perspectives on offline and online training initiatives / Graham Davies

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This important and accessible book identifies the key elements in the quest for best practice in online language teaching. The authors, all of them international experts who have made significant contributions to the debate about how to exploit the new technologies, consider online language teaching from three crucial perspectives: design, tools and pedagogy. Their recommendations are such that they can actually be realised in spite of the limitations of today's educational environments. The book demonstrates that the new technologies offer far greater potential for authentic encounters and constructivist learning than even the best classroom simulations; that automated exercise and feedback structures can be individualised and meaningful; and that if we have to teach fully by distance, these ventures no longer need to represent impoverished versions of live classes but can engender a strong sense of community. To achieve this we need to understand what elements constitute good design both in technical and pedagogical terms, to think seriously about providing the best feedback possible, and to have the courage to take the risks associated with letting go of traditional learner/teacher relationships.

Table of Contents

Foreword Contributors INTRODUCTION 1 An orchestrated vision of language learning online Uschi Felix DESIGN 2 Language learning online: designing towards user acceptability Dominique Hemard 3 Optimising web course design for language learners Robert Godwin-Jones TOOLS 4 Servers, clients, testing and teaching Stewart Arneil and Martin Holmes 5 Engaging the learner - how to author for best feedback Paul Bangs 6 MOO as a language learning tool Lesley Shield 7 Virtual worlds as arenas for language learning Patrik Svensson PEDAGOGY 8 Pedagogy on the line: identifying and closing the missing links Uschi Felix 9 Using internet-based audio-graphic and video conferencing for language teaching and learning Regine Hampel and Eric Baber 10 Perspectives on offline and online training initiatives Graham Davies Index

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Details

• NCID: BA64516073
• ISBN:
  • 9026519486
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Lisse ; Tokyo
• Pages/Volumes: x, 214 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : P53.28
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Computer-assisted instruction
  • LCSH : Language and languages -- Study and teaching -- Technological innovations
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA59074985