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Language learning using multimedia conferencing: the ReLaTe project

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 December 2008

Elizabeth Matthews
Elizabeth Matthews
Affiliation:
University of Exeter
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Abstract

The article provides a description of the ReLaTe (remote language teaching) project, to develop a working demonstrator using a multicast-based conferencing system (Mbone service), for distance foreign language tuition. It covers aspects of technical development for applications over SuperJANET and gives an overview of the trials and evaluation, including how students and teachers adjusted to the system; the advantages and drawbacks of the system; how the system affected learning and teaching in the context of acquisition and delivery of foreign languages. The ReLaTe project is a joint research project between the University of Exeter and University College London, involving the Foreign Language Centre and IT Services (Pallas) at Exeter and the Language Centre and the Department of Computer Science at UCL. The project began in September 1994, with funding from BT and JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) of the Higher Education Council of the UK. mis article covers the work of the project from September 1994 until December 1995.

Type
Research Article
Information
ReCALL , Volume 10 , Issue 2 , November 1998 , pp. 25 - 32
Copyright
Copyright © European Association for Computer Assisted Language Learning 1998

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