Multimedia Language Laboratory and Language Teaching and Learning in Open and Distance Education in Nigeria
Publication Date: 16/11/2018
Author(s): Dr. Abdulmalik Yusuf Ofemile.
Volume/Issue: Volume 1 , Issue 1 (2018)
Abstract:
This paper takes a retrospective look at language teaching and learning in open and distance education with specific reference to the role of the multimedia language laboratory in language education offered in the National Open University of Nigeria. This paper hopes to ginger more research interest and academic discourse in this area. The language laboratory is an indispensable input for effective language teaching and learning and developments in information and communications technology have made it possible to deploy this resource effectively in open and distance education. This paper uses a hybrid methodology to analyse the relationship between the language laboratory and language education through distance learning. The analysis focuses on the core technology involved, the language skills to be developed, learning activities that the laboratory would enable the educator to explore. The paper also outlines implications for present-day language teaching in open and distance learning.
