Abstract—It is believed that major account on language diversity
must be taken in learning, and especially in learning using ICT. This
paper’s objective is to exhibit language and communication barriers
in learning, to approach the topic from socioculture and cognitivist
perspectives, and to give exploratory solutions of handling such
barriers. The review is mainly conducted by approaching the journal
Computers & Education, but also an initially broad search was
conducted. The results show that not much attention is paid on
language and communication barriers in an immediate relation to
learning using ICT. The results shows, inter alia, that language and
communication barriers are caused because of not enough account is
taken on both the individual’s background and the technology.
Keywords—communication barriers, cognitive, ICT, language
barriers, learning, socioculture