Using WWW Resources to Integrate

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Using WWW Resources to Integrate Foreign
Languages and Cultures



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Overview

• Resources/tools
• Reasons for using or not using WWW
• Criteria for selecting WWW material
• Ways of using WWW
• Types of web-based activities
• Already-made web-sites with activities

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Online Resources and Tools

• Non-interactive
• Search engines
• Web-sites
• Interactive
• E-mail
• Online chats
• Discussion board
• Videoconference

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Non-interactive Resources and Tools

• Search Engines
• AltaVista
• Yahoo (lang specific)
• Excite (lang specific)
• Lycos (lang specific)
• Language engines
• and more

• Web-sites
• Travel sites
• Language resources centers/universities
• Personal homepages (see my homepage)

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Travel Web-sites.com

• CityNet (excite.com)
• DiscoverSpain
• CiberCentro (Latin America)
• Lonely Planet (map and travel guide)
• Virtual French Tourist http//globegate.utm.edu/fr
  ench/vftourist/vftourist.france.html
• VirtualTourist (click on the map)

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Ideas of Using Travel Sites

• Countries project
• Trip to (airfare, hotel, must see activities,
  accommodations, cultural events, etc.)
• Studying in (school, classes, host family,
  etc.)
• and more

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Language Resources Centers and Universities

• LANIC from University of Texas
  http//lanic.utexas.edu/las.html
• The French Connection http//www.anu.edu.au/french
  /french.html
• German Studies Trails on the Internet
  http//www.uncg.edu80/lixlpurc/german.html

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Language Resources Centers and Universities
(cont.)

• Electronic Resources for Classicists from
  University of California, Irvine
  http//www.tlg.uci.edu/tlg/index/resources.html
• Recourses for Foreign Languages teachers (all
  levels) http//users.erols.com/jbrennan/flteachers
  .htm

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Reasons for Using or Not UsingWeb-sites

• Input and output
• Authentic language
• Culture integration
• Not found elsewhere
• Multimedia
• Learner-centered
• Cheap
• and more

• Not willing to spend time
• No access to the Internet
• Not enough time to carry out activities
• and more

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Criteria for Selecting WWW Material

• Quality of input/authenticity
• Topic interest
• Linguistic features
• Cultural impact
• Time consuming
• and more

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What Makes A Good Web-based Activity/Project?

• Clear directions
• Appropriate level
• Appealing topics
• Accurate and interesting information
• In the target language
• Updated and stable links
• Higher-order thinking skills

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What Makes A Good Web-based Activity/Project?
(cont.)

• Student-centered
• Course related
• Well-guided activities
• Follow-up activities
• Accountability for learners
• Clear evaluation criteria
• Feedback from the instructor

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How to Use WWW?

• By general topics
• Music, Art, Food, Travel, etc.
• By specific topics
• Los Incas, Medio Ambiente
• By themes of the text you are using
• Escritores de Chile
• Already made WWW from teachers
• and more

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How to Use WWW? (cont.)

• Grammar by Quia
• Vocabulary by Quia
• Listening--music sites
• Writing--chatrooms
• Bulletin board by Schoolnotes.com
• Online discussion forum by Forums_at_Burin.net

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Connect to National Standards Five Cs

• Communication
• Cultures
• Comparisons
• Connections
• Communities

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What Types of Writing Activities Can you Write?

• Specific questions
• Reading comprehension
• Cultural understanding
• Open-ended questions
• Pre-activities at personal level
• Interactive activities
• Post-activities

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Where are good web-sites and activities?

• Taller Hispano by Jean W. LeLoup
  http//www.cortland.edu/www/flteach/usafa/taller.h
  tml
• Teaching French with Technology by AATF
  http//aatf.utsa.edu/technology/default.htm
• Culture on the Net by AATG http//www.uncg.edu/li
  xlpurc/publications/AATG96.html

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Where are good web-sites and activities? (cont.)

• Spanish, French, Italian, German, Latin, ESL,
  etc. by Lewis Johnson http//www.clta.net/lessons/
  
• Foreign Language Web-based Activities (Spanish,
  French, German, ESL) by Mark Davis
  http//mdavies.for.ilstu.edu/class/see-projects.ht
  m