Possible use of website in language learning and teaching

1. Using Websites
Dudeney & Hockly (2007)

2. Some Lingos…
• Do you know these terms?
–www
–Html
–WSYWYG
–internet explorer
–search engines
• Are there any other terms that
you know?

3. 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

4. Can you?
• Describe a situation when
each use of the web pages
above is advantageous and
not advantageous

5. 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

6. Example of ELT Websites
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/learninge
nglish
• http://learningenglish.voanews.
com/
• http://learnenglish.britishcounci
l.org/en/

7. Example of authentic websites
• http://www.bbc.com/
• http://voanews.com/

8. How to find useful websites?
• Search engines
–www.google.com
–www.bing.com
•Specific keywords
•Phrase search

9. • Subject guides
–www.yahoo.com
–www.msn.com
–www.about.com
• Real language searches
–www.ask.com

10. • Specialist websites
–www.imdb.com – for movie
–www.amazon.com – for books
–www.fifa.com – for football
–www.apa.com – for APA
reference style

11. • Subject- or media-specific
search sites
–http://images.google.com
–http://video.search.yahoo.com
–www.youtube.com
–www.flickr.com

12. • Meta search
–http://www.dogpile.com
–http://www.kartoo.com
–http://www.mamma.com

13. Can you add one in each category?

14. 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

15. 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’

16. 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

17. 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

18. Make a lesson plan
• Parts: warmer-web-what’s next
• Use the computer only as long
as it’s needed
• Time and task

19. Application
• Level of learners: upper-
intermediate to advanced
• Skills:
–Asking and answering questions
–Reacting to information
–Showing interest

20. Application
• Topic: movie stars
• Website to use:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/fe
atures/collections/film-
interviews/
• Time: 2 x 45 minutes

21. Now put yourself as the student!
• Warmer
–A simple class discussion
–A pair work  Sample task
sheet

22. • 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

23. • What’s next?
–Class report
–Speaking Activity: an interview
–Writing Activity: ‘a day in the life’
–Writing Activity: an interview
–Writing Activity: a biography

24. 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

25. 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