As opportunities for distance language learning expand, language teachers and learners are presented with a new series of issues, challenges and practical realities. By taking a learner-centred approach to issues and developments within the field, this book provides an overview of distance language learning and explores they ways in which all participnts are adapting their practices in response to the new learning environments. Important themes include the initial experience of distance language learning and the need to develop a practical knowledge of distance learners, as well as learner support, learner autonomy, innovation and the emergence of new constraints associated with distance learning environments.