Special Issue Commentary Multilateral Online Exchanges for Language and Culture Learning
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Tim Lewis, The Open University Thierry Chanier, Université Blaise Pascal Bonnie Youngs, Carnegie Mellon University This special issue of Language Learning & Technology gathers five studies that deal with a recent development in CALL: multilateral online exchanges for learning language and culture. Multilateral exchanges reflect the changing reality of language learning in a globalized world where prolonged and intensive contact with one additional culture has given way to more fleeting encounters with multiple cultures, mediated by Web-based communication tools.
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