Chapter 3: Using Websites

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Chapter 3: Using Websites

Type in the name of the book you have read.

Web teaching Dos and Don'ts

In contrast to the main idea, the theme is the message, lesson or moral of the book.

Some tips to find out the theme of the book easier:

• Try to find it while you are reading. It may be stated or implied.
• Think about how the characters reacted to obstacles.
• Think about the important decisions that the characters made.
• Think about the characters growing or changing throughout the book.

Organize the room to easy control of students

It is better let students work in pairs

Save websites in the hard disk

It is good to get help from other teachers

Always have a backup

Working with lower levels of language proficiency

Websites specialized for students audience

Use easy domain websites

Take notes while you read the book. Write here your favorite quotes from the book.

Planning lessons using the internet

Take notes while you read the book. Type here the resources, books, or websites that the author mentioned and you want to check out later.

Use popular pages

Use quality websites

Visit the website before students

Using Websites

Who is the author of the book? Type in his/her name.

Computer lab activities

Printing pages and using multimedia

Web resources

How to evaluate websites

Functionality

Content

Currency

Accuracy

The main idea is what the book is mostly about.

Some tips to find out the main idea of a book easier:

• Read the title.
• Look for the text features.
• Figure out if you are reading a fiction or a non fiction book.
• Think about some examples that support this idea.

How to find useful websites

Type the names of the book characters. Start with the main character.

Draw arrows to represent the relationship between them and if it is possible write on them what they represent for each other (if they are relatives, friends, lovers, enemies etc.)

Real language searchers

Word banks for students

What are the characteristics that best describe the character? Type them here.

Subject guides

Search engines

ELT websites or Authentic websites?

What is the reason why the author wrote the book?

ELT websites

Focused on teachers and students

Content focused on language learning

Interactive for classes

Authentic websites

Real content

Not for academic purposes

Ideal to keep interest and motivation