TITLE:
Blended Learning-Effectiveness and Application in Teaching and Learning Foreign Languages
AUTHORS:
Joel Laffita Rivera
KEYWORDS:
Blended Learning, Spanish as Second Foreign Language, Teaching, Learning, Online Tools, Applied-Didactic, Classroom Management
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Modern Linguistics,
Vol.9 No.2,
April
30,
2019
ABSTRACT: The present research paper is designed to investigate the importance of the application of Blended Learning (BL) in education as a method for teaching and learning Foreign Languages Subjects (FLs) at university level. The study has used the mixed-method approach for the collection of data and its analysis. The study discloses: The research-design; Foreign Language-framework; Teaching and learning-roleplay-reflection and Methodology-schemes. Although the employment of BL is very important in teaching and learning practices; the paper-results concluded that there is a need to provide methodologies and computer training sessions to the FL teachers for effective employment of BL in foreign languages classes. Consequently to this the study aimed to deliver an applicable script through which Spanish language teachers and foreign language teachers obtain pedagogical-and computer knowledge-inputs to setup foreign languages classes through Blended Learning.