--- Forwarded Message from Peter <[log in to unmask]> --- >Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 19:43:42 -0400 >From: Peter <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Survey on the state of distance learning and teaching of modern languages Please excuse cross-postings. Feel free to forward this message to anyone who is more directly involved in distance learning and teaching of modern languages. During the last five years an increasing number of educational institutions have offered distance learning courses in modern languages. The use of new technology has been a major contribution to this new development. Instead of using technology as an enhancement of classroom based languge education, the distance language education (DLE) courses seem to embrace a more revolutionary approach to language education. In order to obtain a better understanding of the state of this new development and its implications for the existing language education, two separate survey on the state of distance learning and teaching of modern languages will be conducted. The findings of the surveys will be summarized and analyzed in form of an article or report, and will be published online. If you are involved in distance learning (student) and teaching (teacher) of modern languages and would be willing to fill out the survey, which will only take less than five minutes, please select the link below that best fits your description in DLE. If you are a faculty member, please check this link: http://dmll.cwru.edu/surveys/DL_FacultySurvey.html If you are a student, please check this link: http://dmll.cwru.edu/surveys/DL_StudentSurvey.html If you have any questions or if you encounter any difficulty when you fill out the survey, please contact me at [log in to unmask] Thank you very much for your great help. Dr. Peter Yang Case Western Reserve University Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 307 Guilford House Cleveland, OH 44120 Email:[log in to unmask] Telephone: 216-368-2234 Fax: 216-368-2216