首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Besides the functions as a vital entertainment medium, what else can people use a TV as?
Besides the functions as a vital entertainment medium, what else can people use a TV as?
admin
2009-06-24
63
问题
Besides the functions as a vital entertainment medium, what else can people use a TV as?
In an age when television is a vital entertainment medium, more and more people are using it as a study aid. In Britain, the Open University, founded in 1969, encourages home based students to study for Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees using a combination of television and radio programmes and correspondence work, where students send in assignments to their tutors and have them returned after assessment.
The Open University has no formal entrance requirements for its students and is designed particularly for people who have missed out on a formal tertiary education because of lack of money or opportunity in the past. Study programmes may include marketing, and business management; in countries such as Australia and New Zealand, language courses in Spanish, French and Mandarin are also popular. Those who promote the television courses talk of the opportunity it gives for people to learn "in their own place, at their own pace and in their own time".
The TV "open learning" Chinese programme run in Australia and New Zealand was developed by Griffith University in Queensland and Macquarie University in Sydney. Lessons involve a half-hour programme on television followed up by at least 10 hours of study each week. The course is equivalent to a quarter of a year’s full-time study; students get a huge resource pack which includes text and work books, audio tapes and wide range of other materials.
There is no limit on student numbers on the course because students do not have to be accommodated in lecture rooms. They learn at their own speed, have one-on-one correspondence sessions with their tutors and can play back a lesson on video as many tunes as they wish, going over pronunciation repeatedly until they are confident that they have it right.
Susan Sun, tutor and coordinator of the Modern Standard Chinese course at the Auckland Institute of Technology, has been using the Chinese television course for the past three years. She has taught Modern Standard Chinese for the past 10 years, as a first language in China and as a second language in New Zealand.
She says her course has an emphasis on teaching communicative Chinese. "It is designed to serve the needs of busy, self-motivated people such as university students, teachers, those employed in the public service or working in commercial capacities. There is also a strong following from people who have a general interest in Chinese people or Chinese language and culture".
Sun says there is a big demand to learn Mandarin in Australia and New Zealand. "Business people welcome the programme because it allows them to learn the language quickly and put their new-found knowledge into use".
Students studying via the television "open learning" programmes are as close to their tutor as the telephone; a phone hotline is available to all students, 24 hours a day. Contact with tutors can also be made via e-mail or fax and audio tapes of questions and answers are also exchanged, on a regular basis.
The "open learning" method of study is very challenging and to be successful, students need to be motivated. But this has not deterred a number of students on the Chinese course from going on to study for a Bachelor of Arts degree in the language.
选项
答案
through TV, radio or letters
解析
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/jGTd777K
本试题收录于:
公共英语五级笔试题库公共英语(PETS)分类
0
公共英语五级笔试
公共英语(PETS)
相关试题推荐
Inthesecondparagraphtheauthorthinksthat______.TheauthorhasusedAmericanIndianlanguageasanexampletoshowthat
A.OngoingResearchB.ExtensionofUseC.RobotHeroesD.GreaterReliabilityE.FallingDemandF.HiddenDangerA.toomu
Anewsystemofqualitycontrolwasbroughtintoovercomethedefectsinthefirm’sproducts.
APopularityofScienceFictionBAFairlyNewDevelopmentCClassicsofScienceFictionDDifficultyinKeepingaheadofSc
TheGreatNewspaperWarUpuntilabout100yearsago,newspapersintheUnitedStatesappealedonlytothemostseriousreaders.
NewChangesinAmericanLifeOnceitwaspossibletodefinemaleandfemaleroleseasilybythedivisionoflabor.Menworked
AhasremainedapuzzleBlackssufficientevidenceCisauniversityprofessorDwasgeneratedbytheexplosionEwillkillman
HappyBirthdaytoYouThemainproblemindiscussingAmericanpopularcultureisalsooneofitsmaincharacteristics:itw
It’simpolitetocutinwhentwopersonsareholdingaconversation.
Whatdoboththeoriesassumetobetrue?Whatisthebasicdifferencebetweenthetwoclassesoftheories?
随机试题
资料:某公司10月份发生的经济业务如下:(1)企业收到国家投资250000元,款项存入银行。(2)企业收到某公司作为投资投入的新设备一台,该设备所确认的价值为48000元。(3)企业从银行取得借款50000元,期限3个月,所得借款存入银行。(4)仓
1岁男婴,腹胀、便秘、反应低下、少哭多睡11个月来诊。体检:T36.2℃,四肢稍凉,皮肤粗糙。毛发枯黄稀疏。心率68次/分,心音低钝。眼距宽,唇厚舌大,身长70cm,表情呆滞,哭声嘶哑,有脐疝。最可能的诊断是
心室肌细胞动作电位4期内Ca2+逆浓度梯度外运是由何提供能量的
近期发生过心肌梗死的患者,要施行择期手术的适宜时间至少应在病情稳定后
上级人民检察院如果认为下级人民检察院抗诉不当的,可以()
甲、乙拟签订一份货物买卖合同,甲为卖方,乙为买方,标的物为A种货物。在签订合同时甲要求乙提供担保。乙遂找到丙,丙考虑到乙经营情况良好,就同意提供连带责任保证并与甲签订了书面保证合同。买卖合同签订后,甲以不能全部提供合同标的物为由,与乙协商将标的物改为B种货
下列关于流动资产的表述中,正确的有()。
员工满意度属于平衡计分卡中()方面的指标。
His______wastakenaspartoflawsuitbetweenAmericanaviationandYahoo.
Shouldlatechildbirthbeencouraged?Thishasbeenintenselydiscussedforyears.Thefollowingarethesupporters’andopponen
最新回复
(
0
)