Email Communication and Language Learning at University - An Australian Case Study

TL;DR: The participative process involved in developing this platform and in creating bite-size introductory activities to online tools for language teaching based on the input of online learning experts and users from 25 European countries are described.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present the outcome of an innovative course offered by four universities in three countries: Canada, the United States, and Mexico, which focused on broadening the understanding of indigenous and non-indigenous peoples primarily in relation to identity as it encouraged students to reflect on their own identity while improving their English skills in an interactive and experiential manner.

TL;DR: The aim was to enhance intercultural communication students in the U.S.A. and New Zealand with an experience of actually crossing cultural borders and of handling a popular computer technology to communicate in a virtual environment.

TL;DR: The research seems to indicate that there are important benefits to using a local area network (LAN) as a means of encouraging discussion amongst students.

TL;DR: The authors found that when communicating online, people show fewer inhibitions, display less social anxiety, and reduce their public self-awareness compared to a face-to-face situation, and also tend to be more willing to divulge personal information and more honest and forth coming in presenting their personal viewpoints.

TL;DR: The study identifies the following features of the foreign language generated through the electronic medium, some of which have already been observed in previous studies: greater amount of language; more variety of topics and language functions; higher level of language accuracy; more similarity with oral language; and more student-initiated interactions.