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Enriching the distance language learning experience through telematics and multimedia: a case study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Charles Jennings
Affiliation:
CECOMM, Southampton Institute, UK

Abstract

Distance learning can be a lonely business. Distance language learning even more so. Context and communication can be substantially diminished, or completely lost, in the distance learner's world. For the distance language learner this can mean an impoverished learning environment in which (s)he will often founder.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1995

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