Multi-Media in TESOL

Using Websites

Kuei-Min Huang, PhD

Today’s Outline

ELT websites or authentic websites? How to find useful websites? How to evaluate websites?

Websites in the Classroom Good reasons for using websites/internet

in the classroom?1. One of the easiest and least stressful

ways of getting started with technology in the classroom.

2. Large and constantly expanding collection of resources.

3. Flexible use of web pages: printed, projected, and lucky language lab!

How do we find useful websites?

Search Engines: GoogleNote: Be careful with the search engines

we use. Subject guides: Yahoo Directory Real Language searches: Ask

Other useful search engines

http://images.google.com http://video.search.yahoo.com http://www.altavista.com/video http://www.altavista.com/audio/default http://tv.blinkx.com/

How to evaluate websites?1. Accuracy: Who wrote the page? Is this

person an expert in the subject matter? Don’t forget to cross-reference!

2. Currency: Is this material up-to-date?3. Content: Is this site interesting?4. Functionality: Is this site functioning

well? Large files? All links in place?

ELT websites or authentic websites?

ELT websites: websites created for language learning purposes

So… how are they different from normal websites?

Are they good or bad for your students?

ELT websites

Strength Weakness

1. Teaching fit

1. Not authentic

ELT websites or authentic websites?

Authentic websites: websites designed for general public

How do we evaluate them?

Authentic websites

Strength Weakness

1. Real

Practical Session

Exercise on your textbook p.32: sample treasure hunt ( Type up your answer on a word document and e-mail to kuei_min.huang@uch.edu.tw by the end of this class)

Find two web pages for your lesson: 1. ELT website2. Authentic website

Treasure hunt

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 ‘Of Mice and Men’. Nationality of the architect of “La Pedrera’ the director of the movie ‘North by

Northwest’. Denis Island