The Science of Education - Chapter 13: The Learning and Teaching of Foreign Languages
narrative. More ambitious writings can be contemplated as the essential part of the work on topics. A new idea about evaluation is that if teachers work to produce transfers of what is being learned, they can ascertain what the learning is and assess progress beyond retention of the content of lessons. When contemplating the role of the media in the improvement of language learning and teaching, it was found that the maximal effect would be achieved when video is used to display learning as it actually takes place, rather than lessons taught by teachers. The role of the computer in language teaching is still being investigated but no similar breakthrough has offered itself. No doubt that the powerful electronic instruments that are being developed will inspire some radical changes in this field, allowing us to take advantage of the attributes of these machines which are altering our lives.
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