Chapter 3 Using websites (Part 1: pp )

Using websites in the classroom (pp ) 1.The web is a source of content—ELT as well as authentic materials. 2.Collaborate with your colleagues—share ideas and materials. 3.Explain your learners why you use the Internet.

ELT websites or authentic websites? (pp ) ( authentic materials=“materials that were not originally made for pedagogical purposes”) Both can be used. ELT websites…language practice activities, should be chosen based on the levels of students *one example Randolls’ ESL Cyber Listening Lab Authentic websites…should be chosen to fit students’ levels and interests ….an ideal opportunity to work on “total comprehension”

How to find useful websites The ability to search through Internet content, and quickly and efficiently find suitable resourses=the most underrated but most useful skill for teachers and students. *For teachers: -speed up lesson planning facilitate web use in class For students: -accomplish web-based tasks quickly -the technology enhances learning

Search Engines Google Google, the most well-known search engine, has 12,000,000,000 web pages. --Define your keywords properly Olympic games<Barcelona olympic games 1992<Barcelona olympic games meters women’s gold medal winner --Use of inverted commas “cheap hotels in Taipei”

Lyrics and Music - 4 月 30 日 - [ このページを訳す ] Every morning you greet me, Small and White, Clean and bright. You look happy to meet me.. Blossoms of snow このページを訳す --Song lyrics “Every morning you greet me”

Subject guides (pp ) Yahoo! has 20,000,000,000 pages!Yahoo! --Google is like a telephone directory --Yahoo is like a library Try Yahoo: more<Directory<Entertainment<Music<Artist< Search for Shakira biography *Select the this category option Yahoo results are often more accurate than Google. Why? Because it leads to the first page of a website.

Real language searches (p. 32) Ask Answers.com Ask Kids Ask Kids* *They do not understand questions: they just select the key words from the query (‘when’, ‘Shakira’, ‘born’

Keywords: good for word relationships and lexical areas. Subject searches: refining ideas and contexts. Real language searches: good for question formation. *A timed quiz (1)The birthplace of Penelope Cruz (2)The capital of Iceland (3) The name of the inventor of Karaoke *Can you think of three questions interested to junior high school students? Speicail sites: Internet Movie Database Amazon

Subject- or media-specific sites (p. 33) : *Be careful with copyrights. Google image search Google shopping search AltaVista video and audio search AOL video AOL video Blinx /

Meta search sites (pp ) Dogpile Knowhow Knowhow (new version of “KartOO”) Mamma.

How to evaluate websites (pp ) --Is it accurate? --Is it current? --Is it interesting and stimulating? --Does it work well?