Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand
This paper describes both the positive and negative aspects of learning the Japanese language at a distance as experienced by secondary school students. Among the former students identified flexibility and teacher' objectivity', and among the latter the lack of face-to-face interaction wit...
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| author | Setsuo Otsuka Ken Stevens |
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| description | This paper describes both the positive and negative aspects of learning the Japanese language at a distance as experienced by secondary school students. Among the former students identified flexibility and teacher' objectivity', and among the latter the lack of face-to-face interaction with both teachers and peers. Based on these responses the authors offer some recommendations and discuss the policy implications. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-eed942563d2d48e594a03afa42652b182023-01-03T09:49:50ZengFlexible Learning Association of New ZealandJournal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning1179-76651179-76732012-06-0131Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New ZealandSetsuo Otsuka0Ken Stevens1Victoria University of WellingtonVictoria University of WellingtonThis paper describes both the positive and negative aspects of learning the Japanese language at a distance as experienced by secondary school students. Among the former students identified flexibility and teacher' objectivity', and among the latter the lack of face-to-face interaction with both teachers and peers. Based on these responses the authors offer some recommendations and discuss the policy implications.https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/165distance educatione-learningdistance learninglanguage learningJapanese language |
| spellingShingle | Setsuo Otsuka Ken Stevens Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand Journal of Open, Flexible and Distance Learning distance education e-learning distance learning language learning Japanese language |
| title | Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand |
| title_full | Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand |
| title_fullStr | Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand |
| title_short | Secondary school student Responses to learning the Japanese language at a distance in New Zealand |
| title_sort | secondary school student responses to learning the japanese language at a distance in new zealand |
| topic | distance education e-learning distance learning language learning Japanese language |
| url | https://jofdl.nz/index.php/JOFDL/article/view/165 |
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