Lang-8
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11139/cj.30.2.293-299Keywords:
Social networking sites, L2 learningAbstract
Lang-8 is a social networking website that helps individual learners to form their own learning community online. On this website, typical learning practices like writing in L2 and giving and receiving linguistic feedback closely pertain to friend making and maintaining activities, so learners can learn and practice new languages in communicative, interactive, meaningful, and authentic ways. In general, feedback is given by native speakers, so learners can learn more natural-sounding language. Lang-8 also makes it possible for learners to meet many types of people from all around the world (not to mention native speakers), giving them the chance to improve their cultural competence.
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