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The effectiveness of online teaching in an advanced Spanish language course
Author(s) -
Enkin Elizabeth,
MejíasBikandi Errapel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of applied linguistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.712
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1473-4192
pISSN - 0802-6106
DOI - 10.1111/ijal.12112
Subject(s) - grammar , course (navigation) , computer science , section (typography) , mathematics education , online teaching , face (sociological concept) , online course , massive open online course , online learning , psychology , multimedia , linguistics , engineering , philosophy , aerospace engineering , operating system
Studies on the effectiveness of online language teaching have generally centered on basic or intermediate language courses. The present study examines the effectiveness of an advanced‐level online Spanish grammar course. Two sections of the course are compared: one is offered face‐to‐face, and the other is offered fully online. The goals are both to measure students' achievement in the two sections, and to better understand specific challenges faced by online teaching. The study shows that there was significant improvement (learning) in the online section, and that learning is indeed comparable to that shown in the face‐to‐face section. However, we identify and discuss one specific challenge faced by an online format: the different nature of the interaction between the learner and the learning environment.