The use of e-mail in foreign language teaching

In this contribution an attempt is made to look at the language learning potential of e-mail. After a few remarks on the importance of New Technologies in our society I will first sketch out what in my opinion should constitute modern language teaching. After a short introduction concerning the functions of a telecommunications system I will have a closer look at the possible uses of telecommunications in the language classroom: enriching traditional classroom work, project work, newsgroups, chatting, distance learning, and e-mail tandem learning are among the most important. My contribution ends with a few general remarks on the educational potential of e-mail.