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The actuality of the course paper
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Bog'liq WAYS OF APPLYING INTERNET RESOURCES IN TEACHING ENGLISH TO A2 LEVEL LEARNERS 2 sinf « Tabiiy fanlar » darsligini tuzilishi va taxlilThe actuality of the course paper News web sites - from an idea by Donna Arbuthnot "Students can compare the treatment of a major news story across different sites - all at the click of a mouse. One idea is to compare an American news site with an English news site.
The aim and tasks of the course work "You need to access those sites yourself before you go into the class, and you need to check that the same news items are being reported on both sites. Just compare and contrast the content and style.
The objects of the course work: "It leads on quite well to follow up activities like the students creating their own web site, or you can get them to compare newspapers in their own country in their own language with the American and the English sites.
The theoretical and practical value of the course work Another question you can ask is 'what sentence appears only once on the internet Until a couple of years ago 'I like English food' had only ever been written once, by a boy in Cambodia. These days a few more people have done it, but no one has written the sentence 'I love Welsh food.
The structure of the course work: the course work contains an introduction, two chapters, conclusion and bibliography. It includes 35 pages.
Chapter I Using the internet
1.1. 7 tips for teaching English to beginners
"This approach could be endlessly adapted. Students can research for any variety of projects or situations."
Preparation, planning and management
Internet lessons don't prepare themselves - so it would be wrong to think that using the net in teaching was an easy choice for a teacher. In fact, it calls for just as much, if not more, preparation than a conventional lesson. Here is a check list of key points for preparation, planning and management.
Check everything thoroughly. Check that the computers are working, check that any sites your students may need to access are still there and have the content you expect.
Have back-up material or sites prepared in case something happens to the sites while the class is working. If you are teaching an internet class you need to be flexible so that if there are problems with the technology or content, then the lesson doesn't come to a halt.
Although the web is a new resource, it makes the same demands on the teacher as more traditional teaching resources. And it's important to remember that whatever the resources and material being used - it is still the teacher that does the teaching, not the computer.
Monitor carefully. The same class management skills needed for a conventional lesson are still needed in the internet class.
The range of accessible material on the web is one reason teachers need to plan and monitor carefully. There are software programs available to help filter or block certain types of content, but these do not always work effectively. There is no substitute for the teacher being well-prepared and alert.
Top tips
The internet is a fantastic tool for teachers. It's not the answer to simple teaching or learning, but it is an incredibly motivating resource for both teachers and learners. You can find materials for use in traditional classes, you can access message boards and discussion groups for your own interest, development and to get ideas and activities for lessons, you can use it as a communication tool which allows your students to interact with people around the world in English and you can use it as the basis of lessons with students accessing the internet live during lessons. It's not always easy to use and it does have its problems but it's a motivating and engaging resource for both students and the teachers.
Here are some top tips for teachers using the internet.
Don't be afraid of the technology, it's not difficult to learn to use.
Prepare internet lessons and materials carefully, remember to have alternative material ready in case of technological or other problems
Before using the internet in class, check any sites that you will be asking the students to use.
Finally - have fun and be creative!
If you have any suggestions or tips for using the internet in the class you would like to share on this site, contact us.
In this, and a following article, we'll be looking at the internet and how it can be used by teachers of English as a tool for their own development and as a resource for classroom teaching.
We'll be looking at the advantages of using the web, covering some of the problems and providing a few suggestions for dealing with those difficulties.
This article looks specifically at searching the internet, online teacher development and using the net to increase students' communication practice.
Searching the web
The internet has a lot to offer the teacher. There are authentic resources and materials, places where you can find prepared lesson plans, ideas and worksheets and places where you can share your ideas and thoughts with other teachers around the world.
The difficulty is often in finding what you want. There are several billion pages of content and that number is growing all the time. Therefore one of the most important skills to develop is that of effective searching.
When searching, the important tips to remember are…
Choose your tool
A search directory is good for looking at general topic areas and their contents have been sorted by real people. You can search them as you might search in a library by clicking through the different sections and sub-sections. Yahoo is a search directory.
Search engines list content which has been gathered automatically from the net. There is much more information to choose from and it has not been selected by humans! So it is therefore very important to be careful in your choice of search terms. Google is a search engine.
Refine your searches
If you are looking for exercises or information connected with the present perfect, for example, you could just type 'present perfect' in the search box. This, however would give you many thousands, possibly millions of hits. Some of these would be what you are looking for, but many would be irrelevant. You need to be able to narrow down or refine your search. You can do this a number of ways
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