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Peer reviewedWhite, Cynthia – System, 1999
Reports findings from a longitudinal study tracking the expectations, shifts in expectations, and emergent beliefs of novice self-instructed language learners. Investigates how learners experienced and articulated their experience in a distance-learning context. Focused on learner-context interface, tolerance for ambiguity, and locus of control.…
Descriptors: Beliefs, Context Effect, Distance Education, Expectation
Direct linkBown, Jennifer – Foreign Language Annals, 2006
As distance learning and other nontraditional methods of language learning become more popular, it is important to understand the factors that influence learners' ability to succeed in such environments. This paper reports on two factors that have a significant impact on the student experience in a self-instructed language program: locus of…
Descriptors: Student Experience, Distance Education, Learning Strategies, Locus of Control
