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Reyes, Maria
Professor Hugetz
ENGL 1301 1UHP2
18 June 2019
Online Versus Face to Face Language Leaming
[Therd jae two ways to leam in today’s day in age; one ways? face to fice and the others)
‘online. [fd decide which: way of earning 'S best depends on two things. [TR way the teacher
teaches or how the student acts, (What that means, does the student take up for their
“responsibilities, \When|teachers teach online most but not all teachers post all the assignments
online then says that the assignments re due by the end of the semester. |Whea teachers’ teach
face 10 face, they take their time assigning the classwork that they want the students to do, \Whik)
some students believe that online language classes have flexible work, others believe that face to
face classes are a better way to lear,
‘heretare many other ways to eam languages. | People can lem cliferent languages
‘through apps like: Duolingo, |Duoingd, offer many languages but not all guages to their app
users for fre. [The)| make sure that everyonefisleaming. by using their app. Ther arabso
‘websites that offer online language Jeaming like Rosetta Stone. Rosetta stone is not free: like
Duolingo, but Rosetta Stone does offer more languages than Duolingo. \Roseta\ Stone offers
books and CDs for people to watch or listen t0, so their customers can lear easily.| At\Bames
‘and Noble thereyargjlanguage learning books like the for Dummies books, (Th for Dummies
books offer Spanish for Dummies, Sign Language for Dummies, Arabic for Dummies and many
more books that comes with «CD to help with laming \Then]/of course there are\Coleges” that
“oferboth an onine-and fice to fae course to their students. (Cole ge may be more expensive
“than the other ways of leaming a language,|] Faceo fice courses provides a verbal communication between students and the
professor. \Face|to fice courses have many “advantageous over its online’ counterpart” ("The
Impact of Mode of Instructional Delivery on Second Language Teacher Self+Efficacy.", P.241),
‘(One advantage ig that students who are laming foreign languages can meet other students, who
Jarestudying inthe same fil, Therdjarebonds that “Face-to-face instruction may support” for
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» possibly help with job hunting ("The Impact of Mode of Instructional, Delivery on Second
“Language Teacher Sel Eficacy.", P.241) \Leaming \in a fice to face course or in other words @
classroom, students feel ike they “[have] a more relaxed atmosphere than the web-based
students” and the opportunity they have with easy “contact with their peers, whereas web-based
students worked alone” (Lopera Medina, P.101):(Theré rg9professionals who believes “that F2F.
Impact of Mode of Instructional Delivery on Second Language Teacher Self-Efficacy.", P.241).
“[Ifa face to face course stucents re more productive in class and they gain more skill like
“speaking and writing ("Online and Face-to-Face Language Leaming: A Comparative Analysis of
‘Oral Proficiency in Introductory Spanish.", P.106). |The) disadvantage of a fice to fice course's)
‘the waking up to drive to school,
~[Onlind, courses have: many opinions from foreign language professionals than the face to
face courses, [Burk Moneypenny, Dianne, and Rosalie Airich (2076) stated that, “many. foreign
a few does not want to offer credit for the online courses ("Online and Face-to-Face Language
believes that online classes if not the same as the face to fice classes, they have nothing in
common, |Som professionals “believe that fice-to-face coursework is best for introductoryReyes 3
‘enguage levek” so that beginners ‘can know the college ‘Eel of a foreign language leaming class
before the students’ do an cnline"css Then |there ff some foreign language professionals who
believe that the melee language does not matter if the teaching is good ("Onlineand
Face-to-Face Language Learning: A Comparative Analysis of Oral Proficiency in Introductory
Spanish.", P.107)|Online students Jear to be more receptive and gain some skills like listening
and writing skills ("Online and Face-to-Face Language Leaming: A Comparative Analysis of
‘Oral Proficiency in Introductory’ Spanish", "P.106)|Both students and instructors had the same
‘reaction to an online class and that was that they “[enjoyed] the flexibility of being able to log in
‘at their convenience and from any location” and many appreciated that they did not have to
physically come to class ("The Impact of Mode of Instructional Delivery on Second Language
‘Teacher Self+Efficacy.", P. 242), |Studenis| say'that “Online discussion forums:«*[are}-beneficial”>
\Bfficaey.")P/242).\The, students can work on their assignments at any time and have time to get
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Instructional Delvery on Second Language Teacher SelZEficacy.", P. 242), \Online\elass does
“opera Medina (2014) stated that, “The absence ofa learning atmosphere, distant contact among
students,” having to “self-discipline [themselves], isolation [ffom the world], amxiety,..and
cconfision rg some of the reasons students @R@ not motivated (Hara & Kling, 2003; Marcus,