LEARN FRENCH IN PERSON OR VIRTUALLY?
When we attend an in-person class, we encounter different obstacles that can delay our learning process. One of them is the pace at which we learn, since we must adapt to a group of diverse people with different types and paces of learning. On the other hand, travel involves not only expenses but also time invested (around 2 hours of travel per 1 hour of class). Traffic and weather can also interfere because if we arrive late to class, we begin to lose concentration and other factors that affect our process in class. Also, in an in-person class, if you cannot attend, you lose the hours you have already paid for. Finally, in an in-person class you must have a minimum number of enrollees for your course to open and if this number is not there, you must wait several days or even months for the new cycle to begin, which is why the concern arises about learning French in person or virtual.
Education has been the same for many years but we are precisely in a computer revolution in which more and more digital resources are used to support learning, democratizing access to education. There are different online tools that promote language learning such as MOOCs (massive opening online course) or Massive Open Online Courses that, although they are revolutionizing the global educational landscape and that in a few years have meant a radical change in the way of teaching. in various areas, in the case of languages you can see the explanations but you do not have a teacher to interact with and correct you in real time so you can practice oral production. Additionally, there are applications such as duolingo and memrise, a memorization tool. Also very popular are applications that can be useful when reviewing vocabulary whatever your level, but all of these are still just a support, which despite introducing “gamification” that makes boring tasks more fun, and They add reward elements to them as in games, the logic or grammar of the language is not taught directly, but rather the user assimilates them as he answers the questions.
Virtual classes with OnParle They are characterized precisely by being flexible in schedules and by having a teacher as a guide in real time solving the student's doubts while they learn and work with them not only concerns of the explanations previously seen on video, but also the oral production and phonetic correction that We need so much when learning a language. These are certified teachers and normally, it is the same teacher who accompanies the student throughout the entire process, so that there is support throughout the learning.
The personalization of education is the future of it as it adapts to your needs and objectives, having flexibility in schedules, dates, payment methods, allows us to move faster to achieve our goals. It is time for the institutions to adapt to you and not the other way around, since it is the student who makes the greatest effort and investment, not only in money but in time, which is a really important aspect, since the transportation time (2 hours per class approximately) you could take advantage of it with your family, in your hobbies or simply to rest.
Sources:
https://edge.edx.org/courses/course-v1:UC3Mx+UC3Mx.1x+2016_17_T2/info
http://www.eltiempo.com/vida/educacion/ceo-de-edx-habla-sobre-los-retos-de-los-moocs-y-la-educacion-virtual-145200
https://www.theflippedclassroom.es/los-cuatro-pilares-de-la-clase-invertida/
