



These factors contribute to varying qualities and quantities of participation in the intercultural partnerships. Three case studies of computer-mediated intercultural engagement draw together intriguing correlations between discursive orientation, communicative modality, communicative activity, and emergent interpersonal dynamics. This article develops a conceptual framework for understanding how intercultural communication, mediated by cultural artifacts (i.e., Internet communication tools), creates compelling, problematic, and surprising conditions for additional language learning.
