| Online language tuition has grown in stature over the | | | | can not commit to regular times every week either |
| past 5 years. With the advances in e-based | | | | due to personal or work commitments. Sometimes the |
| technologies such as the various messenger services | | | | learner may simply be too tired to attend a lesson. |
| and faster internet connections, online language lessons | | | | Online language lessons allow the learner to take |
| are now proving to be a very popular alternative to | | | | lessons when they want and where they want. |
| the traditional classroom based or one-to-one language | | | | Access: for those wanting language lessons that may |
| teaching. | | | | live in areas where access to language schools or |
| People learn languages for a variety of reasons. Some | | | | teachers is poor, online language tuition provides them |
| do it for their careers, for travel, interest or simply for | | | | with contact to teachers from all over the world. Many |
| fun. Whatever the reason it is undeniable that learning | | | | people in rural areas may have to travel hours to get |
| a language is becoming increasingly important due to | | | | to a language school, while others such as the disabled |
| globalization. Countries and cultures are being brought | | | | or single parents cannot leave the house easily. Online |
| closer together through transportation technology, | | | | language tuition gives everyone access to lessons. |
| economic migration and the evolution of the | | | | One on One Lessons: some people find group lessons |
| interdependent world economy. Languages are critical | | | | either daunting or frustrating. Many people are too shy |
| for cross cultural communication. | | | | to talk in front of others, so lose out on vital practice. |
| Most people wanting to learn a foreign language will go | | | | Others want too much individual attention but find the |
| to a language school, evening classes or get a private | | | | teacher does not have enough time to address their |
| teacher. This 'traditional' form of language tuition has | | | | needs. Online language tuition provides the learner with |
| long been considered to be the best way to learn a | | | | complete one on one language lessons. |
| language. The main reason for it being so has been | | | | Security: parents may love the idea of their children |
| the interaction with the teacher. | | | | learning a new language yet loath sending them out to |
| Now new advances in technology are stripping away | | | | evening classes or inviting strangers to their homes. |
| that need for physical closeness with a language | | | | Online languages tuition allows parents to give their |
| teacher and are offering modern alternatives to | | | | children language lessons in the security of their own |
| learning a language. | | | | homes and under the supervision. |
| E-learning is the process of learning a language online. | | | | Home Comforts: many of us enjoy our home |
| This means all interaction takes places on the internet | | | | comforts and would prefer to have language lessons |
| without the need for physical proximity. Using | | | | on the sofa with a cup of coffee rather than in a cold |
| webcams, messenger services and other e-based | | | | classroom sat on a hard wooden chair. Being in safe, |
| technologies teachers and students are now able to | | | | comfortable surroundings allows the learner to relax, |
| interact just as effectively and carry out language | | | | concentrate and give 100% to their language lessons. |
| lessons. | | | | All the signs point to online language tuition growing in |
| Traditionalists will accuse the lessons of being | | | | popularity as learners continue to experience the |
| ineffective gimmicks, yet upon closer analysis online | | | | positives it offers them. As with most areas of |
| language tuition could prove to be of great benefit to | | | | personal lives, the shift in recent decades has been |
| learners and teachers. The main benefits online | | | | towards convenience and ease. Language learning is |
| language tuition provides are: | | | | simply the latest area where these two priorities are |
| Flexibilty: many people want to learn languages yet | | | | becoming demanded by users. |