Action Research Journal Reflection Entry for Unit Two
Since I teach a foreign language here in the U.S., I would like to do an action research on the online language familiarization courses because most of our students are not able to attend a physical classroom and they need to learn the target language and culture at their own convenience. So, my research question will be, “What will be the benefits or risks of teaching a foreign language and culture to the students through an online course?”


Education and Technology Topics of Interest
· Distance Education (Online Language Familiarization Course)

Specific technology tools or technology teaching strategies to be explored for my action research
· Access to the internet
· The installation of the software (the target language keyboard)
· The integration of audio/video materials
· Web space

Possible research questions
· What will be the benefits or risks of teaching a foreign language plus culture to the students through an online course?
· How will the students be assessed during and at the end of a course?
· How will the online familiarization course help with the budget?
· What will be costs of mentoring and software development?

Links to peer-reviewed journal
· https://www.itslearning.com/Eurovolt/prickett/portfolio/
· http://www.vpul.upenn.edu/osl/fluency.html
· http://www.ctu.unimi.it/pdf/Ed-Media_2004_letitroll.pdf
· http://eric.ed.gov/
· http://www.ling.pdx.edu/links/course_descriptions.pdf
· http://www.garrettcollege.edu/coned/courses/personal.htm
· http://www.emeraldinsight.com/Insight/menuNavigation.do?hdAction=InsightHome
· http://www.xplanazine.com/

Links to websites
· http://www.au.af.mil/culture/usgov.htm
· http://www.comfsm.fm/~jgourlay/EN120aoutline.htm
· http://comppile.tamucc.edu/wiki/BasicWriting/BestPractices-UsingPeerReview
· http://www.gmu.edu/departments/fld/SPANISH/sp-352a.htm
· http://peacecorpsonline.org/messages/messages/2629/5173.html
· http://www.jmir.org/2003/2/e13/


Link to research journal blog.
· http://www.au.af.mil/culture/usgov.htm
· http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue2/huffaker.html
· http://www.web2weblog.com/50226711/try_mango_fabulous_online_language_courses.php
· http://www.geocities.com/vance_stevens/onlinejo.htm
· http://www.jaltcall.org/journal/articles/1_1_Pinkman.pdf
· http://www.schackne.com/Languageteaching.htm#Link6
· http://internationalstudies.wordpress.com/2008/01/07/chinese-made-easy-capital-region-business-journal/
· http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/cgi-bin/browse.pl?id=200320