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Time | Activity |
8:30-10:00 | Using online newspapers for reading
uncontrolled material
http://www.bostoncitylinks.com/boston_news.html
Multi-newspaper siteshttp://www.nypost.com/ http://www.nytimes.com/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/ Language learning tips and lesson plans with newspapers http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/News/news.htm
English language
learning newspaper sites in Thailandhttp://reading.englishclub.com/news.htm http://www.world-english.org/ http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/index.shtml |
10:20-12:00 | Using online newspapers for exercises - cloze
tests, responding to job advertisements Hot Potatoes - cloze and matching |
Time | Activity |
8:30-10:00 | Using Word for brochures (downloading
templates from
http://office.microsoft.com/templates/) Finding and using online graphics - suggested sites for teachers Microsoft Clip Art site – for
Word and PowerPoint – http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
Lesson planning with WordLanguage -ESL Action Photos at http://www.literacynet.org/esl/minigrants/webactions/ Language Teaching Clipart Library at http://web.uvic.ca/hcmc/clipart/ Clip Art for Foreign Language Instruction at http://www.sla.purdue.edu/fll/JapanProj/FLClipart/ http://clipartconnection.com (search for what you want) http://www.webcreationz.co.uk/imagearchive.php http://www.freeimages.co.uk/ -photos |
10:20-12:00 | Web searching - pluses and minuses Noodle tools - search engine comparison at http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/literacies/information/5locate/adviceengine.html Web quests Content and copyright discussion |
Time | Activity |
8:30-10:00 | Using pictures and video to stimulate story
writing
CNN news at http://www.cnn.com
Copyright-free short films at http://www.archive.org/movies/index.html Create a movie at http://www.dfilm.com/index_movie_start.html Real English online (video and audio) at http://www.real-english.com/learn_english_free.asp |
10:20-12:00 | Online games in English
Action mazes for discussion
The Evil Landlady at
http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary/version_1/examples/landlady.htm
Interesting Things for ESL Students at http://www.manythings.org/Castaway at http://www.halfbakedsoftware.com/quandary/version_1/examples/castaway.htm Hangman, word search, and crosswords at http://www.languagegames.org/ Quia at http://www.quia.com/dir/eng/ The English Maze http://www.englishmaze.com Active learning; role of the teacher |
Time | Activity |
8:30-10:00 | Online ESL websites - how to use at least
two activities by skill and level Michael
Krauss' ESL Independent Study Lab at http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/toppicks.html
Teachers can find good links hereESL Study Hall at http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/eslstudyhall/ ITESL-J student activities at http://a4esl.org ESL Gold at http://www.eslgold.com - for teachers and students Randall's Cyber ESL Lab, http://www.esl-lab.com --focus on listening British
Council English site at http://searchenglish.britishcouncil.org
EL Easton at http://eleaston.com - many links within categories, but little description of each Tereza Neves' page at http://www.geocities.com/tereza_neves/ - lots of Hot Potatoes exercises and links Arlyn Freed's page at http://www.eslhome.com/ ManyThings from Charles Kelly at http://www.manythings.org/ One Stop English from Macmillan at http://www.onestopenglish.com Dave's ESL Cafe at http://eslcafe.com |
10:20-12:00 | Using Hot Potatoes for evaluation and testing - creating multiple choice questions and matching exercises |