Teacher Resources: Web Guide

Email Resources

Articles

Developing Intercultural Awareness and Writing Skills Through Email Exchange
http://iteslj.org/Articles/Ho-Email.htmlThis paper is based on an international information technology-based collaborative project between pupils from two schools in Singapore and Birmingham (UK). The study offered insights into how information technology can be used as a tool not only to develop pupils' confidence, language skills and creativity, but also to develop their sense of awareness of intercultural concerns, and of their being part of a dynamic, international, global community.

Online Writing Lab, Purdue: Email Etiquette
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_emailett.htmlEmail etiquette refers to a set of dos and don’ts that are recommended by business and communication experts in response to the growing concern that people are not using their email effectively or appropriately. Since email is part of the virtual world of communication, many people communicate in their email messages the same way they do in virtual chat rooms: with much less formality and sometimes too aggressively. Email etiquette offers some guidelines that all writers can use to facilitate better communication between themselves and their readers.

Using E-mail in Foreign Language Teaching: Rationale and Suggestions
http://iteslj.org/Techniques/Meloni-Email.htmlIn a single decade, we have seen many innovative ideas for the use of e-mail in the FL classroom. Because there are so many, it is often difficult to keep track of what these innovations are and how they might benefit the language learner. This article aims to provide an overview of the various uses for e-mail in FL learning. In the first section of this article, we describe the advantages that have been referred to in the literature about the use of e-mail in foreign language learning contexts.

Resources

Resources Email Projects Homepage
http://www.otan.us/webfarm/emailproject/email.htmStudents contributions on a wide range of projects and topics (cookbook, home remedies, folktales, virtual visits, etc.).

ePALS Classroom Exchange
http://www.epals.com/Web site for email keypals in many languages.

ESL Café Web Guide: Email Keypals
http://www.eslcafe.com/search/Email/Ideas for using email in the English classroom.

eTandem
http://www.slf.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/etandem/etindex-en.htmlIn eTandem, you work together with a learning partner from another country.

Intercultural Email Classroom Connections (IECC)
http://www.iecc.org/This service works teacher-to-teacher, linking classrooms around the world.

KeyPals Club (formerly, Mighty Media)
http://www.teaching.com/keypals/Students enter information on a form and sign themselves up for an email partner.

Linguistic Funland
http://www.linguistic-funland.com/addapal.html Students enter information on a form and sign themselves up for an email partner.

Student Lists
http://sl-lists.net/There are 10 Student Lists. They provide a forum for cross-cultural discussion and writing practice in English for college, university and adult students worldwide.