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Learning Language and Culture Via Public Internet Discussion Forums

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  • © 2009

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  1. Barbara E. Hanna
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  2. Juliana Nooy
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 1-15

  3. Cultural Differences Online

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 17-17
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    2. Culture and Online Communication

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 19-49

    3. Debate or Conversation? French and British Public Internet Discussion

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 50-72

    4. Plus ça change…: Are Online Cultural Differences Fading Over Time?

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 73-82

  4. Language Learners and Intercultural Internet Discussion

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Public Discussion Forums as a Tool for Language Learning

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 85-103

    3. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum: Learners’ Participation Strategies

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 104-118

    4. Face Off: Identity in Online Debate

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 119-134

    5. Towards Intercultural Discussion: Getting Off on the Right Foot(ing)

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 135-154

    6. Using Public Internet Forums to Develop French Argumentation Skills

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 155-181

    7. Forums for Learning: Language, Culture and Identity

      • Barbara E. Hanna, Juliana de Nooy
      Pages 182-189

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 190-221
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About this book

Public Internet discussion forums offer opportunities for intercultural interaction in many languages on a vast range of topics, but are often overlooked by language educators in favour of purpose-built exchanges between learners. The book investigates this untapped pedagogical potential.

About the authors

BARBARA E. HANNA is a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Queensland, Australia. She is particularly interested in teaching French as intercultural communication and has published in the fields of computer mediated communication, intercultural narratives and intercultural communication.
 
JULIANA de NOOY is a Senior Lecturer in French at the University of Queensland, Australia. She teaches across the fields of French language, intercultural communication, and cultural studies, and her research projects focus on questions of identity and difference as they arise in these disciplines.

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