Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach him to use the Net and he won’t bother you for weeks

- Anonymous

CALL AND THE INTERNET

Why Use the Internet as Materials Resource

The Internet (WWW) has several advantages as a source of teaching materials:

SCOPE How big is the Internet? – HUGE Endless range of topic Pages increases everyday, including the number

of materials specifically designed for ELT Paperless medium, thus, escapes the size

restrictions characteristics of course book

Why Use the Internet as Materials Resource

Topicality Content of WWW can several years old However, much is updated on a regular basis

– monthly, weekly or daily Can get today’s news from several

publications without the need to buy New publications are added every day, some

unavailable in print

Why Use the Internet as Materials Resource

Personalisation Coursebooks are limited by the magnitude of

audience for which they are written Topics sometimes are irrelevant and difficult

to discuss with your class You need alternative topics and texts Internet can greatly simplify the task of finding

them

Internet –Based Activities

What makes a good Internet-based activity?

Ask yourself these Qs: What are you hoping students will get out of

the activity? Why do you want to do this activity on the

Internet rather than through other media? How long do you expect the activity to last:

part of a lesson, several lessons?

Internet –Based Activities

Who are your students going to communicate with: each other, another class etc?

Are you planning on using this activity with more than one class and/or level?

SUGGESTIONS FOR CREATING TASK

Look through your course book, pinpoint activities that did not seem to work well with your class, did not challenge them, did not engage their interest

Analyze the shortcomings of these activities You will then need to experiment Find the site Design activities – no sense in doing activities

that are equally well done offline

EXAMPLE

WHO SAID THAT…? Famous quotations Upper-intermediate and above Talking about famous people http://www.famous-quotations.com Worksheet:

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country

That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind

I cannot believe that God plays dice with the Cosmos

EXAMPLE

SUITS YOU Talking about clothing and fashion Elementary and above Vocabulary connected with clothing and fashion http://www.gap.com or www.diesel.co.uk Worksheet

What is your favorite outfit for work/school? What about for the weekend?

What do you wear when you go out socially? What do you wear around the house

Which of these things would you wear and which wouldn’t you wear?

Flared jeans, a checked shirt, a fur coat, a three-piece suit, high-heeled shoes, boots, striped trousers, a mini-skirt, torn jeans, a bohsia t-shirt, a flowery shirt, pantyhose,