This article deals with the methodology of computer-assisted simulations for English language teaching, stressing the need for cooperative group approaches to a communication-based problem-solving activity. It argues the case for fluency goals in language teaching, as opposed to a narrow focus on discrete-point language teaching, and provides examples of classroom methodologies based on available simulations.
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Michael Carrier (1991) studied this question.