TESOL CALL-IS's List: Online Lessons

These are comprehension questions that go with the Death by PowerPoint video.

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media adult_learners peddagogy online_lessons VSL on 2009-11-28 and saved by 8 people

I have put together a Wiki for my students to use. I have stressed that it is not part of their regular course but is there for them to visit and assist them in learning English.

It goes for 16 weeks (the length of their course) and every week it has sections on Reading/Writing, Grammar, Litsening and Speaking. I also included sectioins on TOEFL, Environmental video and Pronunciation. There are exercises (links) for the students and all in all, it is a fun site to visit. If you want to join the Wiki and make material postings... make yourself at home.

Please keep in mind that I AM in Oman and most of my students are young Omani university girls 18-20 years old. They are not the most liberal minded people and not prone to Adult entertainment. They are great students who are willing and eager to learn and a true pleasure to teach.

Check it out and tell me what you think. Positive and Negative comments are welcome. So, send your students, send your enemies and even your enemy's students. Feel free to post bills on the local Metro, buses and outside your favorite adult beverage establishment.

Gary Harwell
www.teachergary.com

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listening speaking reading writing online_lessons adult_learners collaboration VSL activities on 2009-11-06 and saved by 4 people

a series of GoogleWave tutorials collected by Dafne Gonzalez at the WebheadsWave Wiki.

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writing collaboration online_lessons adult_learners googlewave VSL on 2009-11-06 and saved by 6 people

"# To get familiar with the learning gains that can be achieved by using movies,TV shows, and documentaries as learning tools.
# To implement strategies to approach movies and TV shows as learning tools.
# To maximize the learning gains out of a variety of web tools."

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video online_lessons adult_learners teachers VSL on 2009-10-03 and saved by 11 people

Free! ESL Video uses video from around the Web (e.g. The Daily English Show), and attaches short quizes on the content, pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. You can choose videos by level (beginning to high-intermediate), and track results of student quizzes. You can also make your own quizzes with video you select from the Web!

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video adult_learners online_lessons grammar vocabulary pronunciation listening speaking VSL on 2009-09-15 and saved by 93 people

Another excellent set of exercises by Mauricio Aldana. This one includes Brain Teasers, Assumptions and Context, and Key Questions to Exercise Critical Thinking. The latter looks esp. appropriate for online reading.

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online_lessons adult_learners critical_thinking VSL on 2009-08-15 and saved by 35 people

While it looks a little cluttered to begin with, this is a great site for teachers to find usable, pedagogically defensible materials. You can use lots of free stuff at the site, but for a modest subscription price, you have access to everything Jason Renshaw has built. (He is also sympathetic to teachers in developing countries who may have difficulty coming up with the scratch.) He also has many short videos on the pedagogy of his work and teaching approaches in general.

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online_lessons adult_learners listening speaking reading writing pedagogy VSL on 2009-07-16 and saved by 24 people

One of an extensive series of ipod shows to learn English. Be sure to pull down the menu from >More From: podEnglish to see the full selection. These are unique in being situationally based, rather than simply grammar based.

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online_lessons intermediate_level adult_learners listening speaking VSL on 2009-06-05 and saved by 2 people

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grammar online_lessons young_learners adult_learners VSL on 2009-05-17 and saved by 20 people

This is about social bookmarking with Delicious, but all the commentary applies and many of the functions are the same as here in Diigo.

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teachers online_lessons adult_ed VSL on 2009-04-23 and saved by 202 people

The criteria to get on this list is extremely similar to its companion list [see Best Places Where Students Can Write for an Authentic Audience]:\n\n* The work required to create the learning and/or teaching object would not be that great, and could be finished in a reasonable amount of time - a few days at a maximum and preferably much, much less.\n\n* The creating and posting process is simple - accessible both to my English Language Learner students and to me.\n\n* Posting the piece does not necessarily require any kind of ongoing commitment for communication - once it's up, it might be interesting to check-back after awhile to see if there have been any reactions (if the site is set-up for that kind of involvement), but it's really just a matter of sticking it up there in a place that gets a fair amount of "traffic" and knowing that it's likely others will read it.\n\n* There seems to be some kind of enforced standards for all the content that's posted on the site. In other words, when students explore it to see models of what others have written, it's unlikely they will encounter something that is inappropriate for classroom use.

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activities project-based online_learning tools adult_learners VSL on 2009-04-23 and saved by 25 people

The OpenLearn website gives free access to Open University course materials. This is the LearningSpace, where you'll find hundreds of free study units, each with a discussion forum. Study independently at your own pace or join a group and use the free learning tools to work with others.\n\nLinks to tools and discussion forums in many content areas.\n

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teachers adult_ed content-based VSL on 2009-04-22 and saved by 331 people

Arcade and word games, Web books to read, Comics, etc. Number and word games though not specifically for ESL/EFL look to be useful for young learners.\n--Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

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young_learners games online_learning VSL on 2009-04-18 and saved by 104 people

Part of Susan Gaer's Email Home Page projects, this one for younger learners.\n--Elizabeth Hanson-Smith

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Children create their own commic strip using characters provided from database. Not specifically for ESL/EFL, but is a nice writing activity, and can be in any of several European languages.

William Zimmerman has created a page with his handouts from a workshop, "Creating Comic Strips Online to Encourage Writing, Reading and Storytelling," at the TESOL Denver 2009 conference, at http://www.makebeli efscomix. com/How-to- Play/Educators

--EHS

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young_learners writing activities other_languages VSL on 2009-04-18 and saved by 533 people

From the About page:\n\nMy Pop Studio is a creative play experience that strengthens critical thinking skills about television, music, magazines and online media directed at girls. Users select from four behind-the-scenes opportunities to learn more about mass media:\n\n \nLooks like fun for high school students, and was created by a team at Temple University, School of Communication. Focus is media literacy.\n--EHS

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young_learners writing activities media_literacy VSL on 2009-04-18 and saved by 16 people

Free audio stories/audiobooks for kids. Usually features a holiday-related story on the frontpage, but includes classic English fairytales like Snow White and The Three Little Pigs. Not specifically ESL/EFL, but looks very useful for listening and culture activities.--EHS

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culture literature listening reading activities young_learners VSL on 2009-04-18 and saved by 370 people

PhonicsZone has intro to sounds and letters with stories, music, and games. Oriented to children. Has "zones" for native and EFL speakers. Contributed by Deneise McGowan, CALL-IS.

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phonics speaking online_lessons activities games young_learners VSL on 2009-08-13 and saved by 6 people

A lesson plan for the "1 minute recording" or podcast, from Gladys Baya, a leader of Learning with Computers YG.\n--EHS

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young_learners adult_learners listening speaking lesson_plans VSL on 2009-04-13