This week I was introduced some skill-building websites for reading and writing skills. I’ve bookmarked some of them and added the website http://englishstudydirect.com/OSAC/langacrv.htm (English Study Direct) as well. This is a good website to develop reading and vocabulary skills with activities and reading materials from British Council & BBC, universities and more. I added this web-link at http://tinyurl.com/webskills-rwv where we the participants of this online course can keep it for our own sake. Thanks Robert for this.
In order to deliver a good lesson to students, as a beginning teacher, I have to plan it as detailed as possible and develop the content to match its objectives. This requires much time and effort. I’m on the go of preparing a technology-enhanced lesson plan using the template provided. Frankly speaking, it’s my first experience of planning a lesson with technology. It’s pretty interesting but challenging. :-)
I’ve known lots of useful skill-building websites so far. Therefore, on my Delicious page I’ve tagged them in such categories as listening, speaking, writing, vocabulary/reading, multi-skills, and more. Have a glance at http://www.delicious.com/phuongmainguyen. I really like the website http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/ (Breaking News English) that I can take advantage of it for my off-line classes. This website has thousands of reading lessons on current events that can draw my students’ interests. I’m eager to address these skill-building websites to my students for their own skill development.
Hi Phuong-Mai,
ReplyDeleteIt´s difficult for me to remember your name, thanks a lot for these websites, they are going to be useful for us in order to set and improve technology in our classes, definitely it will help students to develop their skills, specially speaking, I know all skills are important but I think whoever wants to learn another language is because they want to communicate orally (specially) for that reason I think any activity we can formulate is not going to be a waste of time, give your students enough time to do it, set clear activities and help them to understand, with technology you are going to motivate them a lot..I´m sure about that, I´ve noticed your interests about technology, and I would like to encourage you to continue with the process, I know you are an excellent teacher, I can notice when I read your ideas…..Well done.
Marisol
Thanks for giving detailed description on a number of useful websites. I really like the "About ESL " website and I already added it to my delicious list. Also, I like the breaking news website and I may use it as a good resource of authentic reading texts.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that preparing in details is key to good lesson delivery yet I still find it challenging to follow a template to prepare for a lesson.
Cheers!
Hello, Phuong-Mai
ReplyDeleteI thank you for the interesting sites you have shared with us.
I like Breaking News English too as it gives timely and well organised information. Robert asked us why it is so important to have *timely articles*. I suppose it is because the stronger the link with the *current* is, the greater one`s involvement and output is.
I was pleased to read this in your post: “In order to deliver a good lesson to students, as a beginning teacher, I have to plan it as detailed as possible and develop the content to match its objectives. This requires much time and effort.” What did I read? I read a true teacher`s proper attitude who is going to deliver not just a lesson, but a GOOD one, not just a good lesson, but a good lesson TO STUDENTS, etc. All the implicit layer of your post shows your great potentialities. One more good teacher makes the world better.
Any beginning teacher has chances to be a great one. Especially when he is inquisitive and responsible to his students.
Mykola
Hello Phuong,
ReplyDeleteI checked the links that you share us, and I found them very interesting and useful for me. Thanks for that, all they are good resources to work with technology. I agree with you that planning lessons with technology requires much effort and time. But also I think that it worth the effort. Using these materials in class we are going to improve the student’s skills motivating to the language acquisition in a fun way.
Thank for your comments in my blog. It motivated me to follow trying with technology and things like that.
Bye,
Santiago