SEQI English Teacher Training Project

Schedule for October 20-24

Table of Contents

October 20
October 21
October 22
October 23
October 24

October 20

TimeActivity
8:30-10:00 Using online newspapers for reading uncontrolled material
http://www.bostoncitylinks.com/boston_news.html
http://www.nypost.com/
http://www.nytimes.com/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/
Multi-newspaper sites
http://www.onlinenewspapers.com/
http://www.ipl.org/div/news/
Language learning tips and lesson plans with newspapers
http://www.onestopenglish.com/News/Magazine/News/news.htm
http://reading.englishclub.com/news.htm
http://www.world-english.org/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/newsenglish/witn/index.shtml
English language learning newspaper sites in Thailand
http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/home.htm
http://www.nationmultimedia.com/edu/
10:20-12:00 Using online newspapers for exercises - cloze tests, responding to job advertisements
Hot Potatoes - cloze and matching

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October 21

TimeActivity
8:30-10:00 Using Word for brochures (downloading templates from http://office.microsoft.com/templates/)
brochure-template.doc
newsletter-2coltemplate.doc
newsletter-4coltemplate.doc
Finding and using online graphics - suggested sites for teachers
Microsoft Clip Art site – for Word and PowerPoint – http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
Language -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
Lesson planning with Word
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

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October 22

TimeActivity
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
Interesting Things for ESL Students at http://www.manythings.org/
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

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October 23

TimeActivity
8:30-10:00 Pronunciation web resources high-speed
Okanaga's English Pronunciation at http://international.ouc.bc.ca/pronunciation/
BBC phonics site (for children) at http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/wordsandpictures/phonics.shtml
Diphthong Calculator by Steve Chadwick at http://www.stuff.co.uk/calcul_nd.htm
Jim Duber's Cutting Edge CALL Demos at http://www-writing.berkeley.edu/chorus/call/cuttingedge.html
More pronunciation sites
Accent Tutor Online from SpeechCom is at http://www.speechcom.com/
Animated Alphabet at http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/Pages/se-av-letter-y.html
Minimal pairs and other practice lessons at http://www.manythings.org/pp
EL Easton at eleaston.com/pronunciation
http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/consonants.html
http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/vowels.html
Greetings – reduction - http://eleaston.com/aap/v/red-pr-greet.html
Linking - http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/linking-pat01.html
Reduction - http://eleaston.com/aap/v/red-pattern.html
Stress patterns -http://eleaston.com/pronunciation/stress-pat.html
10:20-12:00 Using songs and lyrics from the web for class activities Song lyrics
http://www.lyricserver.com
www.classiclyrics.net
www.sing365.com (search by artist, song, or phrase)
Karaoke Jukebox at http://www.paddocks64.freeserve.co.uk/Pages/se-kar-qt-songs-jbox.html (needs QuickTime)

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October 24

TimeActivity
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
ESL 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
Teachers can find good links here
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

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Last updated 19 October 2004 by Deborah Healey, deborah.healey at oregonstate.edu