“Risorse Internet per la lingua, la

cultura e la letteratura inglese”

• Prof. C.M. Bajetta • Università della Valle d’Aosta – Universitée de la Vallée

d’Aoste

The Online Era

• Digital natives / Digital Immigrants

• CALL

• GALL

• “repertoire of authentic material”

• Social networks, participatory culture

• Teaching resources for English language,

literature and culture

The Technology Gap

• Refuse of new technologies

• Undiscriminating “cut and paste”

• Quantity/quality of language resources

• Lack of literature teaching material for

secondary schools

What do teachers need?

• Università della Valle d’Aosta 2004/2006

• (Scienze della Formazione)

• help to make a reasoned choice when looking

for online material

• ready-made classes which could be customized

• “brushing up” and update of digital literacy

The Project

• Selection of very useful online resources

• Indications and suggestions on how to use

them

• News, update materials, lectures

• …… is that enough?

The difference

• Materials provided by other academics

• “ready to teach” lessons:

– PPT + Lesson plan + transcript

• No registration, no subscription

• Collaboration with school teachers

The website

• database of lessons, lectures, contributions

and e-tools

• Search facilities and breadcrumbs

• http://www.readytoteach.it/