The tangle of knowledge and culture: Humans surfing on the Internet. Chances for self-education in cyberspace

• Izabe Chróst-Jóźwiak, mgr

This article shows how Internet resources can be used in self-education. Increasingly, the cyberspace is used for quick acquisition of new qualifications. Recently, Internet sites offering language courses are becoming more and more popular in cyberspace activity. Rarely, however, do we come across pages that – apart from education – offer something more. This article attempts to describe one innovative site (a special portal) devoted to learning a language, which is a combina- tion of a social community and education. This is a new way of self-educating activity. On one hand, we can study languages, and, on the other hand, we have contact with multi-culture re- sources. Self-education allows for communicating with people of different nationalities: talking with e.g. English, Italian or Spanish people. Each of them, apart from the exchange of language experiences, offers special, individual cultural values. At the same time we can learn and be in touch with multiculturalism. In addition, interactive pages and their attractive design allow formore effective and enjoyable learning in the comfort of people’s own home Thanks to the multilateral impact, involving intellect and emotions, even adults can learn as easy as children.

1. Izabe Chróst-Jóźwiak, mgr

   Pedagog, psychoterapeuta. Pracuje w Młodzieżowym Ośrodku Wychowaw-czym, prowadząc psychoterapię dynamiczną młodzieży pod superwizją. Poza psychoterapią interesuje się światem wirtualnym oraz płynącymi z niego możli-wościami i zagrożeniami dla funkcjonowania człowieka. W wolnych chwilach czyta książki i lubi kulinarne eksperymenty.

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