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Distance Education and Languages : Evolution and Change /

This edited book is the first collection of studies dealing specifically with the teaching of languages at a distance. It contains contributions from language teaching professionals working all over the world in different contexts and at different stages of development, and covers a variety of langu...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Bangeni, Nwabisa (Contribuidor), Baumann, Uwe (Contribuidor), Bondi, Marina (Contribuidor), Coyle, Do (Contribuidor), Davcheva, Leah (Contribuidor), Ding, Alex (Contribuidor), Dreyer, Carisma (Contribuidor), Fay, Richard (Contribuidor), Garrido, Cecilia (Contribuidor), Hampel, Regine (Contribuidor), Hansson, Heidi (Contribuidor), Hauck, Mirjam (Contribuidor), Holmberg, Börje (Contribuidor, Editor ), Hurd, Stella (Contribuidor), Low, Lesley (Contribuidor), Lucas, Sigrun Biesenbach (Contribuidor), Meloni, Christine F. (Contribuidor), Milton, John (Contribuidor), Murphy, Linda (Contribuidor), Nel, Charl (Contribuidor), Poppi, Franca (Contribuidor), Schramm, Andreas (Contribuidor), Shelley, Monica (Contribuidor, Editor ), Solé, Cristina Ros i (Contribuidor), Truman, Mike (Contribuidor), Tudini, Vincenza (Contribuidor), Weasenforth, Donald (Contribuidor), Wennö, Elisabeth (Contribuidor), White, Cynthia J. (Editor ), White, Cynthia (Contribuidor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol ; Blue Ridge Summit : Multilingual Matters, [2005]
Colección:New Perspectives on Language and Education
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Learner Autonomy
  • 1. Autonomy and the Distance Language Learner
  • 2. Critical Reflection and Autonomy: A Study of Distance Learners of French, German and Spanish
  • 3. Theoretical and Practical Issues in the Promotion of Collaborative Learner Autonomy in a Virtual Self-access Centre
  • Part 2: Learner Perspectives and Support
  • 4. Towards a Learner-based Theory of Distance Language Learning: The Concept of the Learner-Context Interface
  • 5. Feedback in Distance Language Learning: Current Practices and New Directions
  • 6. A Framework for Supporting Students Studying English via a Mixed-mode Delivery System
  • Part 3: Development of Intercultural Competence
  • 7. Assessing Intercultural Competence Gain in a German Distance Learning Course for Adults
  • 8. Developing Professional Intercultural Communicative Competence: Reflections on Distance Learning Programmes for Language Educators and Translators/Interpreters in Bulgaria
  • Part 4: Methodology and Course Design
  • 9. Methods: Some Basic Considerations
  • 10. Course Design for the Distance Learner of Spanish: More Challenges than Meet the Eye
  • Part 5: Learning Environments
  • 11. Learner Autonomy and Course Management Software
  • 12. Chatlines for Beginners: Negotiating Conversation at a Distance
  • 13. Making Online Students Connect: Ethnographic Strategies for Developing Online Learning Experiences
  • 14: From Parrots to Puppet Masters: Fostering Creative and Authentic Language Use with Online Tools
  • 15. The Challenges of Implementing Online Tuition in Distance Language Courses: Task Design and Tutor Role
  • Part 6: Language Teacher Development
  • 16. Closing the Distance: Compensatory Strategies in Distance Language Education
  • 17. PLEASE (Primary Language Teacher Education: Autonomy and Self-Evaluation)
  • 18. Exploring Zones of Interactivity in Foreign Language and Bilingual Teacher Education
  • Notes on Contributors
  • Index
  • Subjects