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Direct linkRezaei, Saeed; Latifi, Ashkan – Open Learning, 2020
The present mixed-methods research examined the identity and attitude of Iranian English language learners as a result of their participation in an online critical reflective course. The participants were 38 English language students who attended ten online sessions within a five-month English language course. Their online posts underwent…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Self Concept
Gallardo, Matilde; Heiser, Sarah; Arias McLaughlin, Ximena – Open Learning, 2015
In modern language (ML) distance learning programmes, teachers and students use online tools to facilitate, reinforce and support independent learning. This makes it essential for teachers to develop pedagogical expertise in using online communication tools to perform their role. Teachers frequently raise questions of how best to support the needs…
Descriptors: Modern Languages, Language Teachers, Open Universities, Second Language Learning
Fenton-O'Creevy, Mark; van Mourik, Carien – Open Learning, 2016
We report on a case study of high Japanese student failure rates in an online MBA programme. Drawing on interviews, and reviews of exam and assignment scripts we frame the problems faced by these students in terms of a "language as social practice" approach and highlight the students' failure to understand the specific language games…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Business Administration Education, Distance Education, Case Studies
Xiao, Junhong – Open Learning, 2012
Research on the good language learner in the conventional learning context has been high on the agenda of practitioners in the field of English as a second language/English as a foreign language since the mid-1970s. This study, however, focuses on the distance learning context with the aim of constructing an "affective" profile of the…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Self Efficacy, Learning Motivation, Second Language Learning
On the Spot: Using Mobile Devices for Listening and Speaking Practice on a French Language Programme
Demouy, Valerie; Kukulska-Hulme, Agnes – Open Learning, 2010
This paper presents and discusses the initial findings of a mobile language learning project undertaken in the context of an undergraduate distance-learning French language programme at The Open University (UK). The overall objective of the project was to investigate students' experiences when using their own portable devices for additional…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Feedback (Response), Open Universities, French
Hurd, Stella; Xiao, Junhong – Open Learning, 2006
Open and distance learning is experiencing rapid growth throughout the world. China in particular is undergoing a massive expansion of its distance EFL programmes. This global phenomenon challenges all those involved in delivering distance learning materials to examine current practice and the assumptions and expectations that underlie it, with…
Descriptors: Open Universities, Distance Education, Cross Cultural Studies, Foreign Countries
Poon, Anita Y. K. – Open Learning, 2003
It is argued that language learning ought to be interactive. The traditional language classroom provides a favourable interactive situation for language learners. By contrast, the distance education mode is limited in some ways regarding language learning. Necessarily, distance education involves, primarily, self-learning. Face-to-face learning…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Oral Language, Open Universities
