Extractions: The George Washington University (Washington DC, USA) E-mail, a form of asynchronous computer-mediated communication, has been called "the mother of all Internet applications" (Warschauer, Shetzer, and Meloni, 2000, p.3). Since the evolution of networks, computers can offer foreign language (FL) learners more than drills: "they can be a medium of real communication in the target language, including composing and exchanging messages with other students in the classroom or around the world" (Oxford, 1990, p.79). Indeed, FL teachers are just beginning to sense the impact this medium is having on their profession, through the careful examination and creative integration of this tool into their classes. In a single decade, we have seen many innovative ideas for the use of e-mail in the FL classroom. Because there are so many, it is often difficult to keep track of what these innovations are and how they might benefit the language learner. This article aims to provide an overview of the various uses for e-mail in FL learning. In the first section of this article, we describe the advantages that have been referred to in the literature about the use of e-mail in foreign language learning contexts. Following the explanation of the possible benefits to FL learners, we provide an overview of the different types of contexts and possibilities for communicative interaction through e-mail that have been attempted inside and outside of the FL classroom and then discussed in the literature.
AUEN-Bulletin Info Page annual meetings to discuss matters of importance to the teaching and research ofEuropean Would you like to receive list mail batched in a daily digest? http://maillists.uwa.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/auen-bulletin
Extractions: AUEN-Bulletin Information-sharing network for AUEN members About AUEN-Bulletin English (USA) The AUEN was established in 2003 in response to a need to consider the current state and future development of European studies in Australia and to engage with contemporary Europe as well as its history and culture. Among the questions to be addressed by members of the AUEN are the following: The aim of the AUEN is to further communication and the development of new strategies in teaching and research among scholars in European Studies. To achieve this objective the AUEN will organize an annual meeting of representatives from universities with significant teaching activity in the European Studies area. Each university can send up to two representatives to such a meeting, preferably from different disciplines. The National Europe Centre at the Australian National University will consider applications for travel subsidies, though only a small number of such subsidies will be available and no more than one subsidy will be allocated per institution. The AUEN comprises representatives from Australian universities involved in the teaching of European Languages, European Studies, and courses with a European focus. While emphasis is laid on the European Union and contemporary Europe, broader issues of Europe, its history, cultures and extent are included.
Astronomy Education Review An Essential Email List Collection for Teaching Astronomy 101 The mailinglist provides teaching hints and tips, and announces available teaching http://aer.noao.edu/AERArticle.php?issue=7§ion=6&article=1
Email Discussion Forums Below is a list of selected educational email discussion groups, as well asinstructions for ESPAN-L. Teaching Spanish literature and language list. http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/net/discuss.html
Extractions: Home Book Store Social Justice Store Tell a Friend Choose a Section: Home Teacher's Corner EdChange Research Room FREE Handouts Awareness Quizzes Curriculum Reform Social Justice News Teacher Action Research Awareness Activities Voices! Poetry E-Journal Multicultural Song Index Quips and Quotations Other Sites Join the Listserv Film Reviews Social Justice Store Search: Guide to Educational Email Forums E-mail discussion forums allow groups of folks to arrange conversations on a given topic through e-mail. If you subscribe to a discussion group, known also as "listservs" or "mailing lists" depending on the type of software used to run the forum, you can post one message which is then distributed to other subscribers of the group. Likewise, when other subscribers post messages, you will automatically receive them in your e-mail mailbox. Anybody with an e-mail account may join discussion groups, allowing for large, diverse, worldwide participation for many exising groups. For information on the Multicultural Pavilion's e-mail discussion group, go here Below is a list of selected educational e-mail discussion groups, as well as instructions for subscribing to groups. The list is not nearly a complete one, but instead a collection of groups I have come across or others have suggested. To suggestion an additional group, write
