
The Internet and the Language Classroom
Gavin Dudeney(Author)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 21. September 2000
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-521-78373-6 (ISBN)
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Description
This book includes clear guidance on the practicalities of the Internet as a resource and classroom tool, as well as a range of practical activities grouped by theme and level. The accompanying website extends the content of the book and offers a huge collection of up-to-date links to useful sites and resources.
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'The Internet and the Language Classroom' certainly lives up to the promise on the sub-title: "a practical guide for teachers". Many of the activities can be adapted for the Business English classroom.' BESIG Business Issues Newsletter 'At a time of near-inflationary publication of books about information and communications technology, this title is noteworthy because of its exhaustive list of 54 practical activities for exploiting the internet in foreign language teaching.' Language Teaching JournalMore details
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
ELT/ESL
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
Worked examples or Exercises; 35 Maps; 35 Halftones, unspecified; 25 Line drawings, unspecified
Dimensions
Height: 227 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
309 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-78373-6 (9780521783736)
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Content
CONTENTS; OVERVIEW; INTRODUCTION; 1 Guidelines; 1.0 The World Wide Web; 1.1 Website FAQs; 1.2 Email; 1.3 Email FAQs; 1.4 Searching the Internet; 1.5 Search FAQs; 1.6 The Internet as a resource bank; 1.7 The Internet as a classroom tool; 2 ACTIVITIES; 2.0 Activities by level; 2.0.1 Activities by theme; 2.1 Introduction to the Net I; 2.2 Introduction to the Net II; 2.3 Giving advice; 2.4 I've always wondered; 2.5 A song class;2.6 20th Century News; 2.7 Hall of fame; 2.8 Celebrity dinner party; 2.9 The Weather; 2.10 Strange news; 2.11 Making the news; 2.12 Film reviews; 2.13 Square eyes; 2.14 Eco-tourism; 2.15 A little je ne sais quoi; 2.16 The Same Language; 2.17 A Good Book; 2.18 Ladies and gentlemen... The Beatles; 2.19 Mystery postcards; 2.20 A terrible holiday; 2.21 A new logo; 2.22 Written in the stars; 2.23 People watching; 2.24 Get a job; 2.25 Cooking with kids; 2.26 Playing it safe; 2.27 Olympic games; 2.28 The London sightseeing tour; 2.29 What's the time?; 2.30 Dream holiday; 2.31 A night at the movies; 2.32 Classified ads; 2.33 Finding a flat; 2.34 Suit you; 2.35 A fine day out; 2.36 But is it art?; 2.37 Puzzlemaker; 2.38 Holiday posters; 2.39 Nice day today; 2.40 Disaster area; 2.41 Kids make the News; 2.42 It's a mystery; 2.43 Australian wildlife; 2.44 Theme park; 2.45 Computer detectives; 2.46 Who said that?; 2.47 Waving the flag; 2.48 Dream house; 2.49 Net research; 2.50 What do you think about...?; 2.51 Survival; 2.52 Teen spirit; 2.53 What's in a name?; 2.54 Discoveries and inventions; 2.55 Reviewing a website; 3 PROJECTS; 3.0 Email penpal exchanges; 3.1 Writing projects; 3.2 Webpage projects; 4 ADVANCED NET; 4.0 Browser enhancements; 4.1 Talking to other teachers - mailing lists; 4.2 Listserv FAQs; 4.3 online chat; 4.4 Browser caching; 5 FAQS; 5.0 Connecting to the Internet; 5.1 Internet terminology; 5.2 Selected websites; 5.3 Starting a website review file; 5.4 Publishing student material; Recommended resources; INDEX