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>Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2005 13:08:15 -0600
>Subject: Re: Effectiveness of distance language courses
>From: Bob Peckham <[log in to unmask]>
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I imagine that the 

Foreign Service Institute
http://www.state.gov/m/fsi/

has some kind of effectiveness measure for its massive distance foreign
language curriculum.

TBob


On 12/1/05 12:07 AM, "LLTI-Editor" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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>   Dear all, 
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>   Is anyone aware of an approach (approaches) to evaluating effectiveness of
> distance language courses? I'm looking for something that can be used as the
> main theoretical framework for course evaluations in the field of distance
> learning (DL), or if possible, more specifically, DL and language instruction.
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>   Thank you! 
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>   Irshat Madyarov,
>   PhD student in Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Technology,
>   University of South Florida
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Robert D. Peckham, Ph.D
Professor of French
Vice President, American Association of Teachers of French
Director, Muriel Tomlinson Language Resource Center
Director, Globe-Gate Intercultural Web Project
Director, Andy Holt Virtual Library
Department of Modern Foreign Languages
Univ. of Tennessee at Martin / Martin TN 38238
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