Abstract
This paper discusses the effective integration of Internet communication into a language classroom. During 1995 academic year, the advanced Japanese course students at The University of Melbourne and native Japanese students at Tohoku University had e-mail and tele-conference communication in Japanese. Based on the shared knowledge gained from articles on Japan's current affairs, the students exchanged their comments via e-mails. On each topic the Melbourne students were required to write a summary of all the e-mails from Japan. The survey on the effectiveness reveals that the real communication opportunities integrated into the course greatly improves the morale of the Australian students towards Japanese language learning.
