Does Online Language Learning Diminish Interaction between Student and Teacher?

Autor/inn/en	Ng, Christina; Yeung, Alexander Seeshing; Hon, Rachel Yuk Hung
Titel	Does Online Language Learning Diminish Interaction between Student and Teacher?
Quelle	In: Educational Media International, 43 (2006) 3, S.219-232 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0952-3987
Schlagwörter	Web Based Instruction; Online Courses; Teacher Student Relationship; Second Language Learning; Associate Degrees; English (Second Language); Foreign Countries; Questionnaires; Student Attitudes; Statistical Analysis; Language Proficiency; Distance Education; Second Language Instruction; Hong Kong + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Web Based Training; Online course; Online-Kurs; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Zweitsprachenerwerb; English as second language; English; Second Language; Englisch als Zweitsprache; Ausland; Fragebogen; Schülerverhalten; Statistische Analyse; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Distance study; Distance learning; Fernunterricht; Fremdsprachenunterricht; Hongkong
Abstract	Some critics have commented that online courses may discourage teacher-student interaction, which is considered by teachers and researchers as an important element in language learning. A total of 60 associate degree students who attended an online English course in Hong Kong responded to a questionnaire asking them about their effort and interest in learning English, their anxiety about computer applications, their self-monitoring capability, their interactions with the teacher and their peers and their competence in English. Analysis of variance results showed that those students who perceived themselves as more competent had more favourable perceptions of their interaction with the teacher than did those who were less competent, but for all other variables the two groups did not differ. The findings imply that online language learning does not necessarily diminish interaction. Instead, the level of interaction may depend on the learners' sense of competence in the target language. (Contains 2 tables.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10