CMC would facilitate students' thinking, writing and composition skills. Students would also become familiar with computers and word-processors. I would teach my students not only how to write but also what to value and learn for understanding each other from different cultures. The more students exchange messages, the richer their learning circumstances would become. It will foster cultural awareness.
Students can learn different ways of seeing the world.
Teaching writing for content learning in a foreign language class by using computers would be very challenging to me. However, the participants' presentations and guest specialists provided diverse perspectives on writing and a variety of methods of teaching writing. For example, brainstorming is a wonderful way of motivation and leading students smoothly to a writing process in student work. It was very valuable for me to experience in the process of pre-writing, peer review, rewriting and revising. I was challenged and inspired by these activities.