New technologies are constantly transforming traditional notions of language use and literacy in online communication environments. While previous research has

With the advent of new media and Web 2.0 technologies, language and discourse have taken on new meaning, and the implications of this evolution on the nature of

This collection of research in on-line communication for second language learning inlcudes use of electronic mail, real-time writing and the World Wide Web. It

Recommends that language teachers incorporate discourse and pragmatics in their teaching if they wish to implement a communicative approach in their classrooms.

Investigates the new world of computer conferencing and details how writers use language when their social interaction is exclusively enacted through text on sc