جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه « based learning » در نشریات گروه « ادبیات و زبان ها »

In addition to suffisticated instructional instruments and resources, the advent of networks such as the internet has caused a revolution in instructional methods and has made it possible to deliver virtual instruction to a wider range of learners across the globe. Based on principles of web-based learning, the present study aimed to explore vitrual instruction of Persian to non-Persian learners through two websites: the Persian Language And Literature Promotion Council (inside Iran) and Virtual Persian (outside Iran). The strengths and weaknesses of these two websites were examined with the aid of a checklist. The ten criteria of the checklist included transparency of the icons, lesson management and feedback mechanism, accessibility, applicability and synchrony, assessment strategies, consolidation of content in memory, lesson plan and the structure of lesson content and display, interaction and cooperation, appearance, and cultural apprpriateness. For each website, ten participants who were familiar with virtual learning were asked to explore the website’s instructional contents and affordances and answer the 36 questions of the checklist. Based on the answers, in the conclusion section strenghths and weaknesses of the websites are discussed and some suggestions are offered for the improvement of virtual instruction of Persian language.

In recent years, computer assisted language learning (CALL) methods have been taking advantage of different types of corpora and concordancing tools in solving lexical, grammatical, stylistic, semantic, and many other different linguistic problems.This paper isan effort to demonstrate the effect of using concordances in English language classes as a tool for self-learning of certain grammatical patterns, namely, verbs and adjectives with different prepositions. Grammatical and lexical studies are among the two most frequent areas which have made use of linguistic corpora. The results reveal the high effectiveness of corpus consultation as a supplement to conventional language learning tools such as grammar textbooks, dictionaries and the like. The results also made clear that the effect of corpus on students’ self-learning increases as their level of language proficiency enhances. The total improvement of the students on using corpora has been gained as 18.4% which is promising inits own status.