Further, distance education over the internet makes learning English as a foreign or second language more accessible for Indian learners who have little access to native speakers or natural language in classroom. The need of to find ways of incorporating it in our regular courses and adapting our courses to make room for the best of the available technology.

Courses Designers at the university level in particular should be aware of the available programmes and find ways of integrating them in their regular in such a way that the benefits are maximized and the limitation of the technology are minimized.

Available Programmes
There are a number of programmes available for a variety of purposes. Th growing number of sites offering EFL resources for teachers and student-are newsgroups and listsserves, directories of English language anc qualification courses. A selective and list of interesting sites is mentioned

Online Courses
Edunet English For Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Index: The page of a multi-sectioned site with information for teachers, studen administrators in EFL.

Edunet On-Line English Grammar: An English grammar aimed a students but hea\ ily used by teachers and students alike.

The Virtual English Language Centre: EEL sections for both teachers and  students.

Heinemann 's ELT Web-site: Growing fast with a lot more on it than the titles of their publications.