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UNIT 4: Integrating the Web 

Part two of Using the Web
Teachers and learners should be able to use any teaching resources during lessons in a way that's natural and relevant. Using materials from the Internet is no different. This unit provides you with some practical uses of the Web when teaching English. There are nine sections in this unit: = Exploiting the Web = The Web must be one of the biggest resources available to us. But how can it be successfully used as a teaching resource? Answer the questions below then click on the link to compare them with our answers. ||>  || > This is a never ending answer. Here is a start: However, it is important to choose web resources as carefully as you would any other teaching resources and plan appropriate activities around them. You wouldn't give your students a pile of authentic magazines to read through for a whole lesson nor should you give students unstructured access to the internet. 3. **How good is EFL material on the Web?** This is mixed, as you may have seen from the exercises in //Evaluating and selecting websites,// but there is a lot of good material out there and it is improving. The Web's real use though is as a source of authentic material (and communication). 4. **What topics can you find on the Web?** Is there any that aren’t on the Web? Themes could include: news, foreign culture, popular culture (films, music, showbiz), general areas such as environment, crime, food, health, travel etc.
 * 1) Initial considerations
 * 2) Supporting language skills
 * 3) An example lesson plan
 * 4) Three lesson plans
 * 5) Suggested websites for lesson integration
 * 6) Over to you
 * 7) Other useful websites
 * 8) End of level quiz
 * 9) Reflections
 * Time to stop and think for a while.
 * 1) **What is needed for successful use of the World Wide Web from the point of view of the…?**
 * organisation The school management needs to provide technical and professional support. It's very difficult to start considering using the Web as a teaching tool if the school's servers are not up to the job. In addition, correct software needs to be installed on the computers including the most up to date versions of flash and audio software. Headphones and microphones need to be working properly and webcams need to be installed correctly if they are to be used. The school also needs to provide time for training and to really achieve integration, time needs to be given to integrate this resource into the syllabus.
 * teachers Web literacy, searching skills, knowledge of available resources, methodology, information handling skills, ability to assess student needs and skills, confidence. All these and more. It is also vital for teachers to have a fall back plan should something not work as planned e.g. a technical failure or a particular website isn't available due to maintenance.
 * students Skimming/scanning onscreen, searching, note taking, editing, presentation - all these skills will be necessary. You need to consider if some basic IT skills need to be taught first (although in the majority of cases our students grasp of IT will be better than ours).
 * 1) **How can the Web be used in language teaching?**
 * accessing authentic reading materials
 * using it as a bank of different types of texts/genres
 * taking part in communication projects
 * conducting research projects
 * using it for reference
 * using it for student publishing
 * using it for language exercises

Supporting language skills
Use this wiki to list the exercises we do in class to promote receptive and productive skills and how the Web could be used to support these. This section is split into 3 parts. In part 1, pretend you are a secondary student. Your English is fairly good - about intermediate level. You are going to go through a lesson. Do the steps as if you were a student. In part 2, consider how this lesson works. In part 3, you can comment on this lesson and download the web page it was based on.
 * Receptive skills - listening and reading Listening as well as reading are very important for getting informationas well as the source of authentic one. It trains students to integrate into language, to be in language environment
 * Productive skills - speaking and writing - are skills which are closely connected with listening and reading. It depends on the objectives of the lessons which intergrated skills might be focused on. But productive skills are the final purpose og learning. Practice makes perfct.
 * == An example lesson plan == ||  ||

Once you have looked at all 3 parts, leave your comments leave your comments in the Comments on Film review lesson plan thread in the //Lesson plan// forum.

An example lesson plan

An example lesson plan