Transcript Internet for English language learning and teaching

Internet in English
Language Teaching and
Learning
Sonthida Keyuravong
KMUTT
Uses of internet in ELT
WWW
A resource
for
information
E-mail
A tool
for
communication
• Jarvis, The Teacher Trainer (2002)
Internet in English language learning and teaching
WWW
A resource for information
Non-dedicated
web sites
Purposes: information,
entertaining, etc.
Uses: For materials development
and project work
Dedicated
EFL web sites
Purposes: for language learning
Uses:
1. practicing 4 skills &
grammar & vocab
2. online learning
Jarvis, The Teacher Trainer (2002)
WWW: a resource for information
Non-dedicated web sites:
• http://bbc.co.uk/
http://www.discovery.com
• For materials development
1. use info from www as it is & develop
- paper-based exercises
- computer-based exercises
2. use info from WWW and adapt it
• For students to do projects
WWW: a resource for information
Paper-based exercises
Your Favorite movies (Warschauer, et al.Internet for English Teaching (2002)
1. Go to the internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
2. Search for material on your favorite film
3. Read the material and answer the following
questions:
- Who are the leading actor and actress?
- Who is the film’s director?
- What is the date of the film?
- Are there any reviews of this film?
- If so, are they positive or negative? Explain.
- Did this film win any academy award?
- If so, which one(s)?
4. Hand in your answers to these questions along
with the printout of the relevant web pages.
WWW: a resource for information
Computer-based exercises
• Task-based Reading
– Dinosaurs
(from Children Yahoo web site)
• Online course
– http://english.in.th
Technology)
(English for Science and
WWW as a resource for information
Dedicated EFL web sites:
• For practicing English
http://www.uefap.co.uk
http://owl.english.purdue.edu
http://vlc.polyu.edu.hk
• For online learning
http://www.geocities.com/eha
nsonsmi/evo2005/announce.html
Internet in English language learning and teaching
E-mail
A medium for sending and
receiving information
E-mail
Writing projects
Discussion
lists
Chats
• Jarvis, The Teacher Trainer (2002)
E-mail: a tool for communication
E-mail writing projects:
Benefits of E-mail writing
“ E-mail writing clearly create a real purpose and
audience, both of which are sometimes lacking in the
more conventional writing classroom.”
Jarvis, The
Teacher Trainer (2002)
“develop students’ grasp of technology, improved their
command of English, gave them a sense of pride in
their own work and enlarged their awareness of
themselves as members of an international, global
community” Soh and Soon, ELT Journal (1991)
E-mail: a tool for communication
E-mail writing projects:
USES:
•
Electronic pen-pal (E-pal)
•
Submitting and marking HW
•
Language advising (E-consultation)
• Jarvis, The Teacher Trainer (2002)
E-mail: a tool for communication
Discussion lists:
 Example:
http://eslcafe.com/discussion/dh
 Create your own discussion list
Go to Yahoo discussion list and become a
member.
E-mail: a tool for communication
Chats:
 Example:
http://schmooze.hunter.cuny.edu:8888/
Internet for English language learning and teaching
ICT Study Skills
• Training in searching the web
• Managing massive quantity of
information (e.g. saving useful web
pages and putting them in
appropriate-named folders)
• Nettiquettes
Jarvis, The Teacher Trainer (2002)