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Many of the problems of foreign language instruction can be traced to the student's physical isolation from native speakers of the target language. Despited its relative unpopularity, synchronous CMC (Computer Mediated Communication) seems set to have a huge impact, espeically in the area of education, in the very near future. This means that a particular Internet communications program, called MOO (Multi-user domain Object Oriented), will be able to be a partial answer to the problems stemming from the isolation of foreign language students. This study attempted to identify the potentiality and limitations of educational application in MOO-based learning community through understanding its special feature especially in foreign language learning. putting an emphasis on providing an authentic learning environment. The students participaing in MOO-based learning can interact with native speakers exchanging synchronous responds with each other, modifying their linguisitc input and output and finally achieving successfully the goal of English learning.