has anyone noticed an increase in foreign language reading comprehension skills in intensive web users? I think I see this to some extent within my person experience and my experience with students.. I would say that there is probably a good deal of data out there that correlates exposure to foreign languages to gained skill in those languages in teaching environments, i just haven't hit ERIC for this yet. Opinions? It may be that it is more profound here(@VT) because students have an undergraduate language requirement, but I'd be interested in other people's experiences and insights. For me, if I can find more evidence, I might be more likely to make some of the work of my students more language intensive. but other than that, I probably won't have time to explore the implications of this if it is occuring other than in perhaps the political contexts of unification and globalization , so has anyone else noticed this? any citations out there relating to the internet? surely it is possible that this is occuring, and if it does, then it has certain implications for globalization, etc. because it demonstrates perhaps a pluralism as opposed to the more normally assumed functions of imperialist globalization. -- jeremy hunsinger http://www.cddc.vt.edu/jeremy cddc/political science http://www.cddc.vt.edu 526 major williams hall 0130 http://www.dromocracy.com virginia tech -under construction blacksburg, va 24061 540-231-7614 this email was sent from my office