REVIEW OF DISTANCE EDUCATION AND LANGUAGES: EVOLUTION AND CHANGE Distance Education and Languages: Evolution and Change
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If distance education and face-to-face teaching were once clearly distinct modes of university teaching, that is hardly the case today with online and self-directed components integral to most university language courses. The difference is thus one of degree, not one of kind, and the difficulties faced by distance learners – whether isolation, motivation, opportunity for language practice, or integration of feedback – are in effect a magnification of problems faced by all learners.
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تاریخ انتشار 2005