Lillian Isperdon

Over the last decade, online English as a foreign language learning courses have become increasingly popular since teachers and practitioners have realised the benefits of synchronous, videoconferencing-based learning activities for their learners. Not all teachers (especially pre-service teachers) are, however, sufficiently well-versed in implemen...

In recent years, authentic foreign language teaching and learning opportunities offered through videoconferencing (VC) to promote the use of the four macro L2 skills have become a pressing need for EFL teachers. This urgent need prompted the researchers to prepare EFL teachers to use VC tools effectively. To date, few attempts have been made to tra...

The pressing need for training pre-service English as a Foreign Language (EFL) teachers to teach English through synchronous videoconferencing (VC) courses is heightening due to the authentic foreign language learning opportunities offered by the VC medium concerning the practice of all four L2 skills. This need should be emphasised further by the...

Technology-mediated distance language teaching has expanded rapidly over the past two decades and it is now geographically widespread around the world. Importantly, too there has been a shift in viewing distance language teaching programs from a marginal enterprise (e. g., private online language tutoring) to an area for pedagogical innovation enri...