Newcastle University

Publication:

Beyond the fringe: a framework for assessing teach-yourself materials for ab initio English-speaking learners (1993)

Author(s): Jones FR

• : Beyond the fringe: a framework for assessing teach-yourself materials for ab initio English-speaking learners

Abstract: Recent interest in individualized language learning indicates that it is high time the teach-yourself phenomenon were taken seriously. This paper presents a detailed, non-impressionistic assessment checklist for teach-yourself package. Two example research applications are given: a survey of a range of course packages, and an analysis shedding light on the patterns of materials use by an individual learner of Hungarian.

• Short Title: Beyond the fringe: a framework for assessing teach-yourself materials for ab initio English-speaking learners

• Date: 18-07-2002
• Journal: System
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 453-469
• Publisher: Pergamon
• Publication type: Article
• Bibliographic status: Published

• URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0346-251X(93)90057-N
• DOI: 10.1016/0346-251X(93)90057-N
• ISSN (electronic): 1879-3282