Learning English Online

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Learning English Online

• Silvia Monti
• Cultura, cinema e nuove tecnologie
• SILSIS 2005-2006

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Introduction

• The Internet and the teaching of English as a
  Second Language
• What can we do with the Internet?

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Advantages of online language learning

• Skills are easily integrated
• A more authentic learning environment is created
• Students have great control over their learning
• Students appear to be more motivated
• Focus on entertainment
• Computer tutor

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Criteria for using the Internet for second
language practice

• Access
• Interaction
• Feedback

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Interactive procedures

• Multiple choice
• Word replacement
• Matching
• Word ordering
• Fill-in-the-blank
• Cloze test
• Verb-form exercise

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Interactive procedures

• Rewriting of sentences
• Reading and comprehension exercises
• Listening exercises
• Crosswords
• Dictation exercises
• Definition exercises
• Idiom exercises
• Anagrams

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Feedback

• Every exercise is self-correcting
• Assessment during or at the end of the exercise

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Online resources

• Theory
• Practice
• Quizzes
• Listening
• Reading
• Speaking
• Vocabulary and writing

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Online resources

• Dictionaries and reference material
• Online news and magazines
• Idioms and slang