The Role of the Web in ESL/EFL
For Teachers
- Professional Development
- Reading Online
- Online Courses
- Finding Materials
- Creating Materials
- Communicating with One's Students
For Students
- Self-study & Supplementary Materials
- Communicating with Others
- Writing, Presentations, One-way Communicating with Others
- Blogs
- Creating Web Pages in English
- Student Online Projects
Tom's Discussion Questions
- What new developments are changing the web? How will these affect the ESL/EFL teaching situation?
- How is the web changing our notions of community, especially with respect to our students and the people they may be in contact with as they learn?
- How has the web changed the way language programs market themselves and distribute information about themselves, and what implications does that have?
- To what degree has increasing and more sophisticated security kept up with the explosive use of the web to test students, gather and store data, detect plagiarism, etc.?
- In what innovative ways are people using the web to teach English more effectively?
- How can a teacher best use the web to enhance or enrich a reading/writing/listening/speaking class?
- How will the increasing use of video, movies and music on the web change any or all of the above?
- How is the increasing use of weblogs changing public presentation of news and information on the web?
- How have different programs used weblogs effectively and what advantage do they offer over other forms of web production?
Other Questions
- What are some effective ways that you have seen video and sound used on the Web?
- What are some things that you think would be possible, but haven't seen yet?