Internet-Based Real Time Language Education
Towards a Fourth Generation Distance Education
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/cj.v18i3.539-561Keywords:
Distance Education, Generation, Correspondence, Interaction, Computer-Mediated Conferencing (CMC), Real Time Technology, Internet, Web, E-Mail, Virtual Reality, Multimedia, Re-engineering, On-Line, Distributed Learning, Collaborative Learning, SynchronousAbstract
Through the examination of the development of distance education for foreign languages, this article puts forward a theory on the emergence of a fourth generation of distance language education, challenging the generally accepted three-generation theory. It is argued that with the use of Internet-based real time technology distance language learning becomes synchronous for the first time and that the immersion of distance and campus-based education into a new education system is inevitable.
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