--- Forwarded Message from "Edith Paillat" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: RE: #7909 ESL materials >Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 09:49:40 +1200 >Thread-Topic: #7909 ESL materials >Thread-Index: AcVbA5LR1wWoYvSfRT2V950uVczBTgAIyH1w >From: "Edith Paillat" <[log in to unmask]> >To: "Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum" <[log in to unmask]> Dear Loida, There are a great number of ESL material available on the WWW, particulary a lot of ideas on http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/index.asp. Your material really depends on the objectives of your course (academic, specific purposes and mainstream), the age group of your students. For independent learning as well as for teaching purposes I would recommend using CD-Roms which also offer interactive exercises for practising listening/reading, writing and speaking.. Student also do the tasks in their own time which is a great motivator - or at least less discouraging - for students of lower levels in the class. It also facilitates the job of the teacher that can monitor their individual progress rather than lecturing them and getting feedback of one student at a time. I would also suggest using videos that are relevant visually - cultural insight, body language, etc..), otherwise it student could miss the listening point by being too distracted with too many pictures.. Anyway teachers recommend their students to use : - Issues in English 1 and 2 from Protea software (OZ accent) - Connected Speech UK and OZ - Ease Listening to Lectures and seminar skills (Warwick.ac.uk) - Study Skill Success from Clarity hk, which includes an authorign software that can allow teachers to create their interactive exercises pretty straight forwardly. These are just examples if you have a few computers available for your students for independent learning, or even better if you have a computer lab. Hope this helps :-) Best regards **************************** Edith Paillat Language Technology Specialist Language Learning Centre Victoria University of Wellington P.O.Box 600, Wellington New Zealand +64 4 463 5792 http://www.vuw.ac.nz/llc/about/projects.aspx --- Forwarded Message from "Loida M. Dumaguin" <[log in to unmask]> --- >Subject: ESL materials >Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:32:01 +0800 >Thread-Topic: ESL materials >Thread-Index: AcVauuSi75Mk/ssXS3K2V7AI1jKZWw== >From: "Loida M. Dumaguin" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> I need some help on materials for our language lab. I'm thinking of videos with authentic interactions and present different varieties of English. I'm also looking for reliable ESL audio materials that you find effective in your own classrooms. Thank you. Loida Manalo-Dumaguin Education Associate Meralco Foundation, Inc. Contact no. 632-0756 loc.272 [log in to unmask] *********************************************** LLTI is a service of IALLT, the International Association for Language Learning, and The Consortium for Language Teaching and Learning (http://consortium.dartmouth.edu). Join IALLT at http://iallt.org. Otmar Foelsche, LLTI-Editor ([log in to unmask]) ***********************************************