英语远程网络教育是远程教育的重要内容问题,对英语教育的发展发挥着至关重要的作用。纵览目前我国英语远程网络教育的现状,其总体发展态势良好。但是,在发展过程中还存在着诸多亟需改革的问题。必须指出的是英语远程网络教育的发展与大众媒介有着密切的联系,英语远程网络教育的发展离不开大众媒介作用的发挥。由此可见,如何在大众媒介环境中发展英语远程网络教育,将成为我们必须面对的一项重要课题。一、大众媒介与英语教育发展历程在语言教育过程中,传播媒介发挥了至关重要的辅助作用。我们之所以这么说,理由有三个:一是它 English remote online education is an important content of distance education, and plays an important role in the development of English education. Looking at the current situation of our country’s English long-distance network education, its overall development trend is good. However, there are still many problems in urgent need of reform in the process of development. It must be pointed out that the development of English long-distance network education is closely linked with the mass media. The development of English long-distance network education can not be separated from the role of the mass media. Thus, how to develop English distance education in the mass media environment will become an important issue that we must face. First, the development of mass media and English education in the process of language education, the media has played a crucial supporting role. We say so for three reasons: First, it is