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Saturday, March 13, 2004
An Online Multimedia Exchange between the U.S. and Spain - Douglas Morgenstern, Adolfo Plasencia, Rafael Seiz; Syllabus
Foreign language students spend much of their time communicating with each other, and with the teacher, who strives to use language tailored to the perceived level of lexical, syntactic and cultural awareness of the class. Study abroad, a potentially transformative immersion experience, is an ideal opportunity for practice in less artificial situations; nevertheless, relatively few students are able to participate in a study abroad program. One solution is to use the Web as a simulated immersive experience, so students can access authentic languages and images. Many educators concentrate on providing paths for students, or equipping them with enabling strategies to find useful paths themselves, through the vast quantity of webpages available (Perez). This solution favors reception, since the learner essentially collects, rearranges and analyzes extant material.
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