Does online language learning diminish interaction between student and teacher?

Does online language learning diminish interaction between student and teacher?

• Ng, Christina Division of Continuing Professional Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Yeung, Alexander Seeshing Division of Continuing Professional Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Hon, Rachel Yuk Hung Division of Continuing Professional Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education

Educational Media International, 43(3), 219-232, 2006

Routledge

2006

• F Learning & Teaching
  • FD Application of Communicative Media, IT in Learning & Teaching
• G Curriculum, Teaching & Learning: Specific Disciplines
  • GB English Language

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

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Post-Secondary Education

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.
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• English

Journal Articles

• 09523987

• 10.1080/09523980600641429

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2010-09-08