Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners
This paper describes an embedded approach to learner support in online English language courses. The support model is based on language acquisition, transactional distance, and self-regulated learning theories. Based on these theories, courses were designed to provide the interaction necessary for...
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International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
2014-01-01
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This paper describes an embedded approach to learner support in online English language courses. The support model is based on language acquisition, transactional distance, and self-regulated learning theories. Based on these theories, courses were designed to provide the interaction necessary for academic English language gains, decrease the transactional distance between the teacher and learner, and assist learners in developing the ability to control the factors that affect their learning; in other words, to be self-regulated learners. The latter is critical for those who lack the autonomy needed for successful distance learning. In this paper, three course activities are described and analyzed to demonstrate how the embedded support model responds to the needs of diverse learners and assists them in achieving identified outcomes. The courses were designed for off-site international students enrolled in traditional English-speaking higher education institutions.
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| spelling | doaj.art-4fdc17a0ae8d476a8583b46e938c90582023-11-17T10:21:08ZengInternational Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)Open Praxis1369-99972304-070X2014-01-0161Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language LearnersMaureen Snow Andrade0Utah Valley University This paper describes an embedded approach to learner support in online English language courses. The support model is based on language acquisition, transactional distance, and self-regulated learning theories. Based on these theories, courses were designed to provide the interaction necessary for academic English language gains, decrease the transactional distance between the teacher and learner, and assist learners in developing the ability to control the factors that affect their learning; in other words, to be self-regulated learners. The latter is critical for those who lack the autonomy needed for successful distance learning. In this paper, three course activities are described and analyzed to demonstrate how the embedded support model responds to the needs of diverse learners and assists them in achieving identified outcomes. The courses were designed for off-site international students enrolled in traditional English-speaking higher education institutions. https://account.openpraxis.org/index.php/up-j-op/article/view/280distance learningEnglish as a second languageESLonline English learningstudent support |
| spellingShingle | Maureen Snow Andrade Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners Open Praxis distance learning English as a second language ESL online English learning student support |
| title | Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners |
| title_full | Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners |
| title_fullStr | Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners |
| title_full_unstemmed | Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners |
| title_short | Course-Embedded Student Support for Online English Language Learners |
| title_sort | course embedded student support for online english language learners |
| topic | distance learning English as a second language ESL online English learning student support |
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