Junior
Composition and Conversation, Fall, 2000
3:
Guidelines
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Purpose: to start you on a never-ending
self-learning process through the use of the resources on the Internet
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Learning English should definitely not be limited to your classrooms.
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The Internet offers a variety of English resources, ranging from music,
films, games, comics, news, to grammar rules, writer's handbooks, online
lessons and activities and tests.
Besides exposing you to the variety of good websites, I would like
to introduce you to the
Top 10 Sites on Writing and ESL I selected for college English majors
and teachers.
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Besides these highly selective list, you can also come here to look at
the
many
websites useful for teaching and learning English.
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Or, if you want to be an English teacher and choose a website useful for
the other types of students,
you can choose a website for elementary
school students or for junior
high.
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What to do:
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What are your ways of improving your English?
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Choose a website on teaching/learning English
(writing, speaking, etc.) that can help you achieve some of your goals.
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Answer/discuss the following questions:
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What are this website's functions?
Who are the website's target users? (e.g. Teachers, English
majors in college, the other college students, adults, teenagers).
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What have you learned from this website?
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As a user, do you find this website's graphic
design appealing? Why?
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How about its structure?
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How does a self-learner make use of
the website? (Regular visit? Print the handbook out?
Problem-shooting?)
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Do you find using the Internet easier, or
getting a book to read?
Remember to download
some pages for inclass demonstration.
When doing that, don't forget to keep the
URL (website address) and your date of access.