Name: CNN Distance Learning Adult Education Menu
http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/
Level and Skill: This site would be quite useful for intermediate to advanced levels.
Interactive: Yes, it is a reference resource
ESL/Non-ESL: This resource is specifically designed for ESL users.
What makes it good?
I think this website is a great TESL resource. The website provides great reading and writing activities for the student. There is a wide selection of articles updated often and there is a good range of interactive activities that are just long enough to challenge but not bore the students. The activites for the most part are simple multiple choice that allow the students to practice word choice and sequencing. However, the last activity allows for writing practice in which the students make an online entry relating to the article. Overall, I think this website is a very useful as an activity for students as well as a valuable resource for the teacher who can easily adapt material from the various activities to work on other skills.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Review #4
Name: Dictionary.com
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Level and Skill: This site would be useful for any level beyond a complete beginner, provided they are given some training on how to use it effectively.
Interactive: Yes, it is a reference resource
ESL/Non-ESL: This resource is not specifically designed for ESL users but is instead for use by all speakers of English.
What makes it good?
This is one of the most comprehensive, free online reference sources I have found. I have used it all the way through high school, university and college. The website offers a range of services and programs ranging from language games to the actual dictionary and thesuarus references. Every word that you look up has a comprehensive list of different meaning the word can have and the interface makes it easy to make a transition between dictionary and thesaurus. Especially handy for ESL students is the list of suggested words that appears when you enter a word misspelled. There is also a small program available called 'CleverKeys' that allows you to just press Ctrl 'L' in any web browser or word processing program and automatically open up a browser page to the reference webpage of that word.
http://dictionary.reference.com/
Level and Skill: This site would be useful for any level beyond a complete beginner, provided they are given some training on how to use it effectively.
Interactive: Yes, it is a reference resource
ESL/Non-ESL: This resource is not specifically designed for ESL users but is instead for use by all speakers of English.
What makes it good?
This is one of the most comprehensive, free online reference sources I have found. I have used it all the way through high school, university and college. The website offers a range of services and programs ranging from language games to the actual dictionary and thesuarus references. Every word that you look up has a comprehensive list of different meaning the word can have and the interface makes it easy to make a transition between dictionary and thesaurus. Especially handy for ESL students is the list of suggested words that appears when you enter a word misspelled. There is also a small program available called 'CleverKeys' that allows you to just press Ctrl 'L' in any web browser or word processing program and automatically open up a browser page to the reference webpage of that word.
Review #3
Name: Rosetta Stone
http://www.rosettastone.com/en/
Level and Skill: This site offers material that is useful mostly for beginners. It offers activities that cover all the language skills.
Interactive: Highly. It is an entirely interactive program.
ESL/Non-ESL: ESL
What makes it good?
The reading and listening activities center around a point and click approach. Writing activities include typing and drag and drop activities. Speaking allows the user to use a microphone to compare their own samples with the pre-recorded ones. All of the activities are easy to use and very straightforward. They are somewhat repetitive by nature; however, the use of photos, real voices, and variety of exercises make this online resource on of the better ones I have seen.
http://www.rosettastone.com/en/
Level and Skill: This site offers material that is useful mostly for beginners. It offers activities that cover all the language skills.
Interactive: Highly. It is an entirely interactive program.
ESL/Non-ESL: ESL
What makes it good?
The reading and listening activities center around a point and click approach. Writing activities include typing and drag and drop activities. Speaking allows the user to use a microphone to compare their own samples with the pre-recorded ones. All of the activities are easy to use and very straightforward. They are somewhat repetitive by nature; however, the use of photos, real voices, and variety of exercises make this online resource on of the better ones I have seen.
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