Third is to expand the collection of resources by developing new ones. Unlike conventional textbook materials, digital domains such as the Internet and the World Wide Web can do all that. They are powerful tools for creating cultural context through image, sound and text, for meaningful language learning, for approaching the learners individually , for meeting their needs and interests , and for boosting students' motivation . The Web creates entirely new educational domains because they are multimedia by design and interactive by nature. The students are immersed in multi-sensory learning environments, which extend far beyond the walls of traditional classrooms, in a virtual universe where the study of languages becomes an interdisciplinary and learner oriented enterprise.
Language studies are encyclopaedic by nature.
For example, the introduction in class of any new film or text involves personal names of the characters, which have deeply rooted cultural, religious, mythological, historical and other meanings. They could be referenced easily through horizontal links to the culture-related sections of the Website. In this way, this expansion of language studies corresponds to current trends in the humanities, which stress critical inquiries across the curriculum. Compared to the conventional learning materials, the advantage of digital multimedia is their flexibility. They allow students to work under no pressure at their own pace, by going back and forth as many times as they need, and by emphasizing one or other mode depending on what their learning preferences and styles are, what their goals, strengths and weaknesses are.