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Using Websites
Dudeney & Hockly (2007)
Some Lingos…
• Do you know these terms?–www
–Html
–WSYWYG
– internet explorer
–search engines
• Are there any other terms that
you know?
Some uses of web pages in the
classroom
• as printed pages, with no
computers
• with one computer with an
Internet connection
• in a computer lab with a set of
networked and connected
computers
Can you?
• Describe a situation when
each use of the web pages
above is advantageous and
not advantageous
ELT websites vs. authentic
websites?
ELT websites Authentic websites
Controlled
language work
Learner’s interests
For certain aspects
of the language
Total
comprehension of
the texts (like in
real life)
To prepare for
exam
Example of ELT Websites
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learninge
nglish
• http://learningenglish.voanews.
com/
• http://learnenglish.britishcounci
l.org/en/
Example of authentic websites
• http://www.bbc.com/
• http://voanews.com/
How to find useful websites?
• Search engines
–www.google.com
–www.bing.com
• Specific keywords
• Phrase search
• Subject guides
–www.yahoo.com
–www.msn.com
–www.about.com
• Real language searches
–www.ask.com
• Specialist websites
–www.imdb.com – for movie
–www.amazon.com – for books
–www.fifa.com – for football
–www.apa.com – for APA
reference style
• Subject- or media-specific
search sites
–http://images.google.com
–http://video.search.yahoo.com
–www.youtube.com
–www.flickr.com
• Meta search
–http://www.dogpile.com
–http://www.kartoo.com
–http://www.mamma.com
Can you add one in each category?
Application in class
• Treasure Hunt
–Use your search skills to find
information
–Make a group of 3
–Find the answers to these
questions!
–You can only use 3 search
engines
Use your search skills to find this
information
• The name of the president of the World Bank
• The capital of Scotland
• The country that won the 1986 FIFA world cup
• The author of Around the World in 80 days
• Nationality of the architect of
‘La Pendrera’
• The director of the movie
Planning lessons using the Internet
• At this stage, you have:
–Set up your objective(s)
–Found some websites
–Evaluated the websites
(remember previous
discussion?)
–Decided the website(s) to use
Planning lessons using the Internet
• Decide the objective(s)
• Plan your session well
• Search the website
• Evaluate the website
• Visit the website and Know the way around
• Next: Consider how will this technology-based
lesson plan will look in comparison with the
traditional lesson plan?
Make a lesson plan
• Parts: warmer-web-what’s next
• Use the computer only as long
as it’s needed
• Time and task
Application
• Level of learners: upper-
intermediate to advanced
• Skills:
–Asking and answering questions
–Reacting to information
–Showing interest
Application
• Topic: movie stars
• Website to use:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/fe
atures/collections/film-
interviews/
• Time: 2 x 45 minutes
Now put yourself as the student!
• Warmer
–A simple class discussion
–A pair work Sample task
sheet
• Web
–Visit the web
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/feat
ures/collections/film-interviews/
–Find the actor you’re interested
in
–Read the task sheet
• What’s next?
–Class report
–Speaking Activity: an interview
–Writing Activity: ‘a day in the life’
–Writing Activity: an interview
–Writing Activity: a biography
Working with lower levels of language
proficiency
• Possible, but limited choice of websites
• Guidelines for choosing websites:
–Simple, clearly presented text
–Non-linguistic data which is easy to interpret (data as chart, etc.)
–Visuals
–ELT websites for beginners
Teaching dos and don’ts
• Always have a backup plan
• Use knowledge of other teachers and of your learners to help with technical side of the lesson
• Few web pages? Save in hard disk
• Don’t let them work alone in class! Pairs or threes are fine as long as there is a turn for everyone
• Layout of computers
• Filtering content