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Sunday, June 05, 2005
Shortest distance to a new skill - Kimberly W. Moy, Boston Globe
While some of his classmates struggled to open their e-mail, Dong Chen whizzed through sample English-language lessons during an orientation session at a Chinatown computer lab. He eschewed the lab's flat-screen monitors and fast Internet connections for his own mini-laptop, which he had bought in China. ''It's the shortest way to learn. I want to go faster," said Chen, 42, who emmigrated from Guangzhou province in China last year and has been studying English for eight months. Using a combination of sitcom-like videos, electronic messages between teacher and student, and multiple-choice quizzes that are graded instantly, the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center started a new course late last month for motivated students like Chen. Known as distance learning, such classes have for a number of years offered scheduling flexibility and eliminated the commute for an array of students, from those in corporate training sessions to others in university courses and home-schooling situations.
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