Distance Education and Foreign Languages. NFLC Occasional Paper [Number 9].

Autor/in	Lambert, Richard D.
Institution	Johns Hopkins Univ., Washington, DC. National Foreign Language Center.
Titel	Distance Education and Foreign Languages. NFLC Occasional Paper [Number 9].
Quelle	(1991), (12 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Change Strategies; Cultural Education; Distance Education; Educational Change; Educational Needs; Elementary Secondary Education; Industry; Language Laboratories; Language Maintenance; Postsecondary Education; Research Needs; Second Language Instruction; Second Languages; Uncommonly Taught Languages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lösungsstrategie; Culture; Education; Kulturelle Bildung; Kulturelle Erziehung; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Bildungsreform; Educational need; Bildungsbedarf; Industrie; Language laboratory; Sprachlabor; Sprachpflege; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Forschungsbedarf; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Second language; Zweitsprache; Minderheitensprache
Abstract	Distance education in second languages in the United States has grown in a piecemeal, uncoordinated fashion, and it remains marginal to both distance education more generally and to the bulk of foreign language instruction throughout the country. One handicap, arising from very limited demand in business for foreign language skills, is lack of innovative development in industry that advances other distance learning. A major national need for adult-oriented, individual language learning facilities remains unmet, particularly materials and facilities for remediation and maintenance of decaying language skills. Within the formal education system, distance education reaches a small fraction of all language learners and has less impact on current instructional practice than might be expected. To remedy this situation, attention must be given to upper-level skills instruction, production of flexible modules of less than full course length, extension into the less commonly taught languages, provision of opportunities rich in cultural context, and adoption of a common research agenda. (Author/MSE)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2004/1/01