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Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs) for Distance Language Learning: Shifting Tutor Roles in a Contested Space for Interaction
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Comas-Quinn, Anna; de los Arcos, Beatriz; Mardomingo, Raquel – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2012
This article describes the rationale for pedagogical, technological and organisational choices in the design of a virtual learning environment (VLE) for an upper-intermediate Spanish course with regard to the roles of participants (tutors, moderators and learners). We report on findings from a preliminary evaluation of the interaction between the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Spanish
Task Design for Audiographic Conferencing: Promoting Beginner Oral Interaction in Distance Language Learning
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Rosell-Aguilar, Fernando – Computer Assisted Language Learning, 2005
This paper presents the challenges involved in designing a full set of online tutorial materials for a beginners' Spanish course for distance language learners utilising an online audiographic conferencing VLE for synchronous oral interaction. Although much has been written about task design and task-based learning and teaching (TBLT) in language…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Second Language Learning, Distance Education, Learning Activities