Nurturing cultural awareness via e-mail exchanges in an English as a Second Language (ESL) reading - writing classroom / Sheela Paramasivam, Kaarthiyainy Supramaniam and Geraldine de Mello

• Main Authors: Paramasivam, Sheela, Supramaniam, Kaarthiyainy, de Mello, Geraldine
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA Cawangan Pahang 2008
• Subjects: Learning. Learning strategies; Higher Education; Foreign study; Technology. Information technology. Internet in higher education
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29846/1/29846.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29846/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

In this era of globalisation, it is necessary for students to be sensitised of towards other cultures around the world, and this could be done in the ESL classroom. This paper shows how modern technology such as email, can become a powerful tool and could be used to bridge language learning and cult...