Technology in Language Teaching

English Learning Websites

2008-04-07T11:02:00.001-07:00

You can find a bunch of Website resources for teaching and learning here.

English Learning Websites

Tilt final project

2008-03-19T23:29:00.000-07:00

I am composing the files and writing them to a CD. I have done several last minute check but it seems to me that there are still many errors hidden inside. Gotta put an end to this anyway...
I heard that hitek got some problem with my little game named trucxanh when they try to put it on a CD. If this really affect their final score, it's so miserable for them and embarrassed for me, too.

Now my CD fails in burning!!!! Gotta go out for another one. Bye.

Best of luck to all,

COMMENTS ON THE PRESENTATION (Individual work)

2008-02-01T00:21:00.000-08:00

I have 2 major points about my own presentation:

Performance:

Good

A self-confident presenter
All teaching technologies, which are taught in class, were successfully employed and put into actions

Bad

It was a silly mistake when I started my speech without turning on the speakers.
I made some pronunciation mistakes

Contents:

MS Access, which was intended for individual assessment, is not an ideal choice. Maybe I will not use this software. Instead of this, I will give more time to the students to make presenting products.
I should prepare better input for all the tasks.

ANNOTATED RESOURCES (Individual work)

2008-01-30T23:28:00.000-08:00

2 WEBSITES FOR TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

Dave's ESL Cafe

Idea Cookbook is a collection of hundreds of ideas, offering different interactive approaches to teaching English. A forum is available for looking up teaching activities. Good stuff for students, too. <http://www.eslcafe.com/>

Mes-English

Printable flashcards, worksheets, phonics and games for teaching English. Forums available for further discussion.<http://www.mes-english.com/>

2 WEBSITES FOR LANGUAGE LEARNER

To Learn English

Online placement tests. Downloadable lessons for grammar & vocabulary. Audio and Video lessons based on recent broadcasted news.<http://www.tolearnenglish.com/>

Voice of America Special English Study (For ESL Students)

Voice of America Special English Study (For ESL Students)Basing on a selection of VOA news, software and quizzes are made ready for practice, classified into categories, easy to look up. <http://www.manythings.org/e/voa.html>

WEBQUEST EVALUATION (Group work)

2008-01-29T00:47:00.000-08:00

OPTION3: ESL WEBSITE EXPLORATION

http://pw.vsb.bc.ca/library/eslexp.html#process

Final evaluation

WEBQUEST ASSIGNMENT (Group work)

2008-01-28T23:14:00.000-08:00

CONTENTS

Question 1: What is WebQuest?
Question 2: What are the essential components of a WebQuest?
Question 3: What do short-term and long-term WebQuest focus?
Question 4: What are the benefits of the WebQuest?
Question 5: How to create WebQuest?

Question 1: What is WebQuest?

Webquest is a place where learners can update information or improve their knowledge in language learning

Question 2: What are the essential components of a WebQuest?

Question 3: What do short-term and long-term WebQuest focus?

Short-term webquest: This web helps students acquire general knowledge after a short time.
Long-term webquest: Students can broaden their knowledge of specific skills through a long period.

Question 4: What are the benefits of the WebQuest?

WebQuests will motivate our students by providing them with

A complex and controversial real-world issue

Up-to-date resources on the Web (from experts, current reporting, and/or fringe groups)

Roles and must develop expertise

Results of student work can be posted or sent to real people for feedback and evaluation.

Cooperative learning groups which mirror real-life situations.

By taking on roles, students become experts on a specific aspect of a large and complex topic.

Encouragement from active learning, critical thinking, and problem solving, simulated personae to interact with via e-mail, and a scenario to work within, giving them an audience to create for a goal and focus for student energies and it makes concrete the curricular intentions of the designer.

Innovative way to integrate World Wide Web because it focuses the learners on a tangible and hi-tech task.

WebQuests are rooted in learning theory and good teaching practice

Saves teachers time and effort .

Allows teachers to see at a glance the quality of the webquest through the rating system

Allows teachers to see at a glance the content of the webquest through the Educational description of the tasks and the Year/Grade suitability.

Gives teachers new resources each week via email.

Adopted http://www.webquestdirect.com.au/whysubscribebenefits.asp

Question 5: How to create WebQuest?

Webquest designers should start with something simple and easy then step-by-step move on to more complicated and difficult project

First have a look at this page Catalog of Catalogs of Web Sites for Teachers. Here comes the collection of a large amount of websites for teachers, classified into categories well arranged.
Seconedly, learn how to put things in right order in this website Non-WebQuest 3. Here you will learn what is good or bad for your project
Now it’s time for designing. Select a template , Ctrl + A to select the whole page, paste it into a Word processor then edit it. More sophisticated webquest may require basic or advanced html knowledge.
Publishing time! Find a server with stable connection to host your Webquest page. You will need to contact your administrator for hosting.

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2008-01-28T00:49:00.000-08:00

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TOP 10 CRITERIA FOR EVALUATING A PEDAGOGICAL WEBSITE (Group work)

2008-01-28T00:22:00.000-08:00

Language learner potential (+ feedback, + interactivity)
Design (navigation)
Multimedia quality
Interactivity
Accessibilty
Variety of items
Appropriateness
Variety of items
Purposeauthenticity/ practical
User management (for learning)