Most of the class listings are for elementary through high school classes, however. Use international e-mail exchange in class projects. This could be as simple as assigning a homework assignment in which students ask their penpals about their opinions on a particular topic, or it could much more complex. Ruth Vilmi at the Helsinki Institute of Technology , for example, has an on-going project in which students from different countries exchange their essays on particular topics. Encourage students to send e-mail feedback as they surf the net.
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Recommend discussion lists for your students who enjoy e-mail and have plenty of time to read and write it. There are specialized discussion lists on every conceivable topic, although the language used in many of them may be too difficult for some students. For this reason, Lloyd Holliday of La Trobe University in Australia and Thomas Robb of Kyoto Sangyo University in Japan have started mailing lists for students of English on topics such as business, current events, movies, and science and technology. You'll want to warn your students, however, that discussion lists can sometimes lead to high volumes of e-mail. Once students have a basic understanding of the Internet, they can begin to use it to actively learn about things they are interested in and to work on assignments for your class and other classes.