SERVICE LEARNING IN DISTANCE EDUCATION: Foreign Language Learning Environments

dc.creator	Muhlise Coşgun OGEYIK
dc.creator	Emre GUVENDIR
dc.date	2009-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:07:33Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:07:33Z
dc.identifier	1302-6488
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/f40e627b97b7450ba327092a38141d97
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11289
dc.description	In general education, in particular foreign language education, can be acknowledged as a lifelong learning process which can be transformed beyond the borders in global sense. Learning a foreign language requires proficiency in four basic skills which are reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Of these skills, speaking and listening are the most daunting tasks for learners and create obstacles when learners of target language do not get the chance of meeting native speakers. Such obstacles can be overwhelmed by integrating certain applications into education process. Service-learning through the internet as a teaching method can be considered one of the most striking one of those applications for foreign language learners. In this paper, the benefits of service-learning are discussed and some suggestions are offered for introducing this method in foreign language settings. By implementing service-learning, it is concluded that learners of any foreign language may get the chance of communicating with native speakers during the course time in foreign language without going abroad. Such an application may also enhance learners to get information about foreign culture by raising awareness of “otherness” and comparing other culture and their own culture. In addition, service-learning as a method of teaching, learning and reflecting combines academic classroom curriculum with meaningful service from the members of learning community and may generate conditions in which lifelong learning will continue.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Anadolu University, Eskisehir
dc.relation	http://tojde.anadolu.edu.tr/tojde33/pdf/notes_for_editor_1.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1302-6488
dc.source	The Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 9-21 (2009)
dc.subject	Service-learning
dc.subject	foreign language education
dc.subject	the internet
dc.subject	culture.
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	SERVICE LEARNING IN DISTANCE EDUCATION: Foreign Language Learning Environments
dc.type	article