The Process of Teaching and
Learning English in Distance Context
Sunu Dwi
Antoro
Johanna B. S. Pantow
Teaching and learning
English in distance context is considered incredible.
Most people thought it is impossible to study English through distance learning
system. How can it be realized since English is a means of communication which
will be gained effectively through face to face practices.
This paper will describe the process of teaching and learning English through
distance learning system in the Open University of Indonesia (UT) especially
the tutorial process. It will provide UT experiences in conducting the process
of teaching and learning English since 1984 up to now. UT faces many problems
in conducting the process itself and it has made many efforts to solve the
problems. In the first five years UT provides face to face tutorial for
students who need help in studying the material in the modules. Moreover UT
also provide tutorial through radio and TV programs. However inrunning the process of the tutorial some students find
difficulties in attending the tutorials both the previous kind of tutorial and
the latest ones. After five years UT introduced new forms of
tutorial such as, correspondence, telephone, and facsimile. Students and
UT still face some problems that both need to improve. In the latest five years
UT has also developed some kinds of supporting aids for students to attend
tutorial such as, teleconference tutorial, and e-mail tutorial. Some
constraints still arise on running both kinds of tutorial. Overall some efforts
of improvement are still needed to prepare better tutorial for better result.
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Antono,
S. D., & Pantow, J. B. S. (2005, March). The
process of teaching and learning in distance context. Paper
presented at LIA International Conference,
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