Internet and Foreign Language Instruction: A Report from Behind the Front Lines, Part 2: Navigational Tools.

Backer, Jane E.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Internet and Foreign Language Instruction: A Report from Behind the Front Lines, Part 2: Navigational Tools.

Backer, Jane E.

IALL Journal of Language Learning Technologies, v27 n2 p59-65 Spr 1994

Discusses the role of the Internet in foreign-language instruction from the perspective of a French teacher. Topics include Gopher, subject-oriented Gophers, finding e-mail addresses, Veronica and Archie, Wide Information Area Server, Hytelnet, and Mosaic. For those who are new to the Internet, Gopher is the simplest navigational tool to use as it requires no training. (CK)

Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Electronic Mail, Information Networks, Internet, Menu Driven Software, Navigation (Information Systems), Second Language Instruction, Second Language Learning, Teacher Attitudes, Teacher Role

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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