The Place of E-Learning in Language Learning

Abstract

The way languages are learned in today's educational environment has changed dramatically due to the incorporation of technology and the introduction of new methods and approaches, such as e-learning. This chapter breaks down aspects that relate e-learning to language acquisition. It explains e-learning, its emergence, its history throughout the years, and its most efficient platforms and systems. Then, it discusses language learning, its importance, and the basic language skills that provide an effective basis for language learning. Next, it discusses the relationship between e-learning and the development of language skills, how to learn languages through e-learning, and its contribution to language acquisition. Further on, it focuses on instructional design, which plays a major role in the success of training programs; discovers some of the most used instructional design models; and digs into the ADDIE model and how to design educational devices through it. Afterwards, it illustrates all of that with an example of an e-learning educational scenario designed using the ADDIE model.