Language Choice and Global Learning Networks: The Pitfall of Lingua Franca Approaches to Classroom Telecomputing

Creator

Dennis Sayers

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Publisher

Arizona State University, University of South Florida

Publication Date

May 1995

Abstract

How can other languages be used in conjunction with English to further intercultural and multilingual learning when teachers and students participate in computer-based global learning networks? Two portraits are presented of multilingual activities in the Orillas and I*EARN learning networks, and are discussed as examples of the principal modalities of communication employed in networking projects between distant classes. ...

Extent

18

Volume

3

Issue

10

Language

English

Media Type

Journals (Periodicals)

Format

Digital Only

Identifier

E11-00039

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Recommended Citation

Sayers, Dennis, "Language Choice and Global Learning Networks: The Pitfall of Lingua Franca Approaches to Classroom Telecomputing" (1995). Education Policy Analysis Archives (EPAA). 288.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/usf_EPAA/288