A well-designed and -delivered course in any subject area can benefit from a focus on interaction and student contributions. Foreign language courses can be successfully taught online and make more effective use of a teacher’s valuable time. Avoid the managerial teacher-talk of the face-to-face classroom, and find more time for students to produce language and engage in one-on-one discussion with the instructor. Learn more at http://elearning.uaf.edu/go/tt-language.

-- Teaching Tip by Sean Holland, M.A., a UAF instructional designer with a background in foreign language education and motion graphics, is a Google-certified education trainer.