SOME ASPECTS OF DISTANCE EDUCATION IN TEACHING FOREING LANGUAGES

Authors
N.O. Kotlyar
Affiliation
Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia
Issue 18
Pages
61-71

The article deals with the characteristics of distance education. The author consider generally problem in distance education, such as the ratio of teachers to this approach, issues about quality of education and the effectiveness of distance learning in practice. The necessity of distance learning for those learners whose responsibilities preclude attendance in a traditional classroom have been found and substantiated. According to Desmond Keegan discusses four major characteristics of distance learning "separate of teacher and learner", "program is controlled by an organised", "some form of media is used" and "Two-way communication." The article also discusses the positive and negative aspects of distance learning and the possibility of applying this approach to learning foreign languages. 

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Kotlyar, N.O. (2015). Some aspects of distance education in teaching foreign languages. Issues of Applied Linguistics, 18, 61-71.   

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