Learning Language on the Web

The following provides a nice article of how people are learning language on the web.

NYTimes Article

From a learning standpoint, here are some research-based reasons that these interfaces might be good in helping people learn a language:

1. Most of the learners are motivated to learn a language.
2. Learners have to engage in retrieval practice, which research shows is a strong support for remembering, and also to test understanding.
3. Learners get feedback on their retrieval-practice efforts.
4. Learners are probably spacing repetitions over time.
5. Learners in their practice are engaged in situations that are contextually similar to the way they might utilize a language--by actually engaging in a conversation.
6. Because they provide a way for learners to overcome the fear of initially speaking to others in a foreign language, learners may be more willing to practice for real, which of course will aid their learning.

Comments

[Apostolos K.]

Interesting article. As someone both in ID/EdTech and in applied linguistics these services are quite intriguing. I used to use JapanesePod101 and ChinesePod but got very little out of it because I never really followed up with written exercises or other types of language production. Definitely something to look into both as a user and as a researcher! :-)

[Vast Talent Elearning]

I saw those website became quite popular recently. While I agreed that it is very useful to beginner, it is nearly impossible for advanced language learner to find proper help in this way because once you reached a certain level of fluency the error is less obvious and it is hard for even native to pick it up( even they knew it is somehow strange).

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Because they provide a way for learners to overcome the fear of initially speaking to others in a foreign language, learners may be more willing to practice for real, which of course will aid their learning.

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Learners in their practice are engaged in situations that are contextually similar to the way they might utilize a language--by actually engaging in a conversation.

[Gaston Cantens]

websites are made for people who love languages. ...Learners get feedback on their retrieval-practice efforts.Thanks.