--- Forwarded Message from Carmen Zamanillo <[log in to unmask]> --- >From: Carmen Zamanillo <[log in to unmask]> >To: "[log in to unmask]" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: CMC and language learning - data for a dissertation >Date: Thu, 7 Oct 1999 13:47:54 +0100 ------------------ I am an MA student at Birkbeck College (London) and I am writing my dissertation about computer mediated communication and language learning. I would like to collect data from learners of Spanish or English using MOOs and e-mail to practise and learn the language. I want to examine how these channels affect learners' language, and whether there is any transfer of skills from written to oral fluency. I would like to hear from any teachers of Spanish or English as a foreign language who are regularly using CMC and would let me collect data from their students. As I said, I am interested in the language they produce, so I would not interfere with the course. Ideally, the data would include e-mail exchanges, chat room exchanges and, if possible, spoken interactions. Please e-mail me at [log in to unmask] if you can help me. Thanks Carmen Zamanillo