Transnational Collaboration for a German Language Teaching through the Distance Learning System (DLS) in India

Abstract

Teaching a Language through a Distance Teaching Institution (DTI) is one of the modes to reach out to the clientele. Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) in collaboration with the Goethe Institut (German Embassy) in Chennai offers the Certificate Programme in German Language (CGL) to reach out to the aspirants of learning German through the Distance Teaching/Learning mode. This collaboration paved the way for those aspirants - who were denied, for one reason or another, access to face-to-face learning - to pursue learning German amidst other commitments. The present paper describes the profile of the first batch of learners of the CGL Programme (in terms of Age group, Spread of the learners, Urban and Semi-urban divide, Learner access to ICT Facilities for support, Payment of Fees, Qualification etc of the Learners) and draw implications there from the Profile of the first batch of Learners for the providers Collaborators vis -a-vis for Goethe Institut and for the diversified delivery mode of IGNOU.