Virtual exchanges provide language learners with a unique opportunity to develop their target
language skills support inter-cultural exchange and afford teacher candidates space to hone
their teaching craft. The research presented in this volume investigates the role of virtual
exchanges as both a teaching tool to support second language acquisition and a space for second
language development. Practitioners obtain guidance on the different types of exchanges that
currently exist and on the outcome of those exchanges so that they can make informed decisions
on whether to include this type of program in their language teaching and learning classrooms.
To this end this edited volume contains chapters that describe individual virtual exchanges
along with results of research done on each exchange to show how the exchange supported
specific second language teaching and learning goals.