INTERNET-ENGLISH

Special integrated course by Olga Vinyarskaya, Licey 36,

Irkutsk

Why?

Students: Extreme need to

understand special terms. Necessity to be an

experienced PC user. Wish to learn English in

an unusual way. Teacher: Low motivation.

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What for???

To introduce using computer/Internet technologies into ELT process.

To involve students in project and communicative activities.

To motivate students to be active learners.

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Target students

Pre-Intermediate/ Intermediate English. Physics/Maths/ Computing classes. Highly motivated in

computing, but low motivated in English.

Used to experiments. Creative.

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Aim of the course

Students will have been prepared for their successful study

at the University and future professional career;

involved in cross-cultural virtual dialogue;

The problem of students’ being overloaded will have been partially solved.

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Course Objectives Students will have been able: to understand and to use special computer terms in their

speech; to formulate laconic but full definitions using appropriate

words and grammar structures; to make reports at the scientific conferences, participate in

debates to present products of their projects in the proper way;

Skills of oral and written speech of the students will have been developed;

Grammar knowledge will have been systematized; Skills of a PC & Internet user will have been developed.

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Course structure

Unit 8High-tech

Technologies,Are we ready

For them?

Unit 7Internet is a DangerousPlace, isn’t

It?

Unit 6Meet theInternet

Unit 5About the

web

Unit 4www dot

com

Unit 3How itworks

Unit 2How it began

Unit1Computer-

is it a craze?

Course:64 + 24

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Unit

2-3 Lessons

Vocabulary/Terminology/Definitions

Grammar(Theory & drill)

Reading/Follow up

Writing topic/

TranslationRole play

CreativeActivity/For fun/

Competition time

Computeractivity

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Types of activities Listening: spot dictation, formulating the main idea,

matching the names and ideas. Speaking: role-plays, dialogues, argumentative

monologues, speech on the given topic, description; discussions.

Reading: information transfer, jigsaw reading, cloze exercises, outlining and passage completion.

Writing: poems, argumentative essays, humorous stories, making notes and lists of rules & instructions, reports, completing the given passage.

Translating: oral & written translations; rendering.

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Computer – is it a Craze? Role play.

Parents & children are discussing computer games.

Parents: waste of time/bad for your eyes/like a drug/you can’t stop playing it/boring/you’re not doing your homework/why not to go out for a change?

Children: exciting/educational/I learn about computer/my reaction gets faster/important for me/I’m going to become a computer programmer…

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In Your Own Words

Fugue is a poem which define in different ways one and the same word that is the theme and is used many times.

Example: White is a soft breeze or a snowflake on my nose. White is a wedding a shower of love. White is soft, not too rough White is a beautiful colour. Create a small poem defining a computer.

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How it Began The first computers were

very big and slow. In 1943, Britain had a computer called “Colossus”. It worked with electronic tubes – like light bulbs. The first American computer in 1946, “Eniac”, had 18,000 tubes. It weighted 30 tons, and it filled a room of 160 sq. m.

The Eniac computer could do 5000 operations per second.

Think of further development of a computer? What should be the items to change?

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How It Works

1- mouse 4 – warranty 7 - hard disk2- system block 5 – floppy disc 8 - display 3- mouse mat 6 – modem 9 - keyboard

A - a special small mat for a mouse;B - a group of devices forming a network; a special box to keep computer devices;C - guarantee;D - a small flat circular object on which large amounts of information can be stored

to be used by a computer;E - a small flat thing that you can store information from a computer on, that you

can remove and use in other computers;F - an electronic device that temporary presents information in visual forms;G - an assemblage of systematically arranged keys by which a device (computer) is

operated;H - a piece of electronic equipment that allows information to be sent from one

computer to another;I - a small piece of computer equipment which is connected to the computer by a

wire. It is used to control the cursor. You can move the cursor around the screen with it and then use one of the buttons on it to click on icons on the screen. When you click on an icon you instruct the computer to do something.

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For Fun

An anagram is a rearrangement of the letters of one word or phrase to form another word or phrase.

A very simple example is rearranging the letters of “Evil” to get “Vile”.

More advanced examples include rearranging “Clint Eastwood” as “Old West action”.

Try to create as many new words as possible (10 minutes):

Computer Screen monitor Toolbar

Keyboard

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When you switch your computer on… Read the text and give the definitions of: BIOS Imagine you are a computer/floppy

disk/hard dick/CD/key-board/BIOS. Speak of your impressions/functions/actions the moment somebody switches a computer

on.

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For Fun

Create a poster to illustrate one of the proverbs:

You can’t teach a new mouse old tricks. Too many clicks spoil the browser. A user and his leisure time are soon parted. There is no place like http://www.home.com Give a man a fish and you feed him a day;

teach him to use the Net and he won’t use you for weeks.

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Discussion Some people think that schools should spend money on

developing computer technology. Some – this money should be spent on more basic needs. Think of the reasons (fill in the table); find a partner who

shares you opinion; make up a group; create the idea and make the conclusion.

Meet your opponents. Discuss your points of view. Create a common resolution.

Reasons for developing computer technology.

Reasons for spending money on basic needs.

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Role Play

Imagine that you are starting School of Internet Surviving.

What questions, problems or skills would you include in the plan?

What professionals would you invite? How can you advertise it? Prepare a presentation of your school, it

could be any kind of show but interesting enough to make people want to begin their study at once.

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Results

Students think that: the course is interesting, exciting & useful 100% Students continue their PC study at special schools 98% Oral & written speech skills have been improved 100% Students wish to participate in international telecommunication projects 100%

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