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Beach boys and Chelsea FC online

A posse of teenagers who hang around hotels looking for works and tips have been given access to a wifi enabled laptop. Adam Salkeld presents a history of their use of this facility - including their hunt for free connections - and how they have gained knowledge of English and Football. This extreme example of self-taught learning via the internet is full of surprise revelations about the rapid progress that unguided learners in Africa can make, when technology is at their fingertips.