Tutor and student perceptions of what makes an effective distance language teacher

Distance Education

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 397-419

  Murphy, L M ^a   Shelley, M A ^a   White, C J ^b   Baumann, U ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

affective; distance language teaching; domains of expertise; systemic and organisational functions; tutor skills and attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860832083     PISSN: 01587919     EISSN: 14750198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01587919.2011.610290     Document Type: Article

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