Language Learning Online: Towards Best Practice / Edition 1

ISBN-13: 9789026519482 Publisher: Taylor & Francis Publication date: 01/01/2003 Series: Language Learning and Language Technology Series , #3 Pages: 232 Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d) 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, t