Learning Language at a Distance: An Arabic Initiative

: This article describes an Arabic distance‐learning course initiative. The most common distance‐learning formats are reviewed, and justifications for offering such courses are considered. Next, the experience of instructors who have pioneered the field and some basics that need to be taken into acc...

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Published in:Foreign language annals 2001-07, Vol.34 (4), p.347-354
Main Author: Aosh, Mahdi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arabic
Distance Education
Second Language Instruction
Second Language Learning
Uncommonly Taught Languages
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Summary:: This article describes an Arabic distance‐learning course initiative. The most common distance‐learning formats are reviewed, and justifications for offering such courses are considered. Next, the experience of instructors who have pioneered the field and some basics that need to be taken into account when developing distance‐learning courses are presented. The need to adapt pedagogical practices to the distance learning environment is highlighted. Finally, certain constraints—some language‐specific, others specific to the distance‐learning medium—and their impact on the effectiveness of Arabic distance‐learning courses are examined.
ISSN:0015-718X
1944-9720
DOI:10.1111/j.1944-9720.2001.tb02067.x