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Jim Rogers is a Principal Lecturer in the Intensive English Language Institute at Utah State University where he teaches English as a Second Language (ESL). He taught at the University of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso from 1985–1987 while serving as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer.

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Rogers, J. The internet: Emerging technologies in two west african countries. ETR&D 46, 103–109 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02299766

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