It wasn't so long ago, relatively speaking, that the only real way for school children to gain a first-hand appreciation and understanding of foreign cultures, customs and (to an extent) languages was for their school to take part in the exchange student programme. Nowadays, technology empowers us to speak with people on the other side of the planet through video calls that facilitate conversations without boundaries, and in an educational context, can provide students access to people, organisations...(read more)
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