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--- Forwarded Message from Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]> ---
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 10:50:04 -0500
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>From: Mike Ledgerwood <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Fwd: Sunday Times article
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Here is an interesting note (from the popular press) about language
learning and technology, written by Graham Davies of EUROCALL
>Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 05:17:44 -0500
>Reply-To: Graham Davies <[log in to unmask]>
>Sender: Members of the European Association for Computer
>Assisted Language Learning <[log in to unmask]>
>From: Graham Davies <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Sunday Times article
>To: [log in to unmask]
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>Dear Colleagues
>
>This issue may have already been debated in EUROCALL - I've been away for a
>while - so apologies if I am raising it again.
>
>Did anyone see the article on learning languages in the Travel section of
>the Sunday Times, 25 March 2001?
>
>http://www.sunday-times.co.uk/news/pages/Sunday-Times/frontpage.html?999
>
>Three approaches to language learning were compared:
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>1. Michel Thomas: mainly audio CD
>2. Berlitz: face-to-face
>3. The Internet: BBC Online
>
>Three students followed a course for eight hours, each using a different
>approach and learning a different language, and then they had to complete a
>series of tasks in the country in which the language is spoken.
>
>The student who used the Internet fared worst, while the student who
>followed Michel Thomas's course did best. Food for thought?
>
>Incidentally, any ideas you have on the Internet as a teaching
>resource/medium for language learners will be welcome. I am currently
>involved in HEFCE's E-Languages initiative - any success stories, failures,
>anecdotal evidence?
>
>Regards
>Graham Davies
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>http://www.camsoftpartners.co.uk
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