The Internet

This book opens up new opportunities for language learning, with the WorldWide Web providing access to material on almost any topic. It gives detailedexamples of classroom activities that exploit these opportunities, includingsearching on the Web, evaluating Web pages, creating language learning material,and communicating using the Internet. A companion Website(www.oup.com/elt/rbt.internet) will provide regular updates to the informationand ideas in the book.

Foreword

1

(2)

The authors and series editor

3

(2)

Introduction

5

(10)

How to use this book

15

(4)

Core Internet skills

19

(31)

Introduction

19

(1)

Searching and sorting

19

(5)

It all depends

24

(2)

Desperately seeking...

26

(3)

Starspotting

29

(3)

Where did I put it?

32

(2)

Evaluating

33

(1)

And the award goes to...

34

(2)

Electric news

36

(2)

Style check

38

(2)

With a pinch of salt

40

(3)

Communicating

42

(1)

Lurking detectives

43

(3)

Electronic holidays

46

(1)

Post it

47

(1)

That's telling them!

48

(2)

Focus on language

50

(16)

Introduction

50

(1)

Word focus

51

(1)

Word treasures

51

(1)

Tough questions, cross words

52

(1)

Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you...

53

(2)

Holiday essentials

55

(1)

Just the job

56

(2)

I do!

58

(1)

Grammar focus

59

(1)

Electronic error-checking

59

(2)

Jembled tuxt

61

(1)

Email to myself

62

(1)

Consequences

63

(2)

Last question please

65

(1)

Focus on language skills

66

(33)

Introduction

66

(1)

Writing focus

67

(1)

Home on the Net

67

(2)

Valentine's Day

69

(1)

The play's the thing

70

(1)

Alternative school guide

71

(2)

`The Truth is out there'

73

(1)

What the critics say

74

(1)

Reading focus

75

(1)

Virtual kitchen

75

(2)

Step by step

77

(1)

Academia

78

(1)

Play it again, Sam

79

(1)

Listening focus

80

(1)

Breaking news

80

(1)

Audiobooks

81

(1)

Listen and link

82

(1)

Listen and look

83

(1)

Speaking focus

84

(1)

Fingers crossed

84

(1)

Knock, knock. Who's there?

85

(1)

All in the stars

86

(1)

Desert Island Discs

87

(2)

Integrated skills focus

89

(1)

Once upon a time

89

(1)

Salute the flag

90

(1)

Coming to a theatre near you Intermediate and above

91

(1)

Translation focus

92

(1)

Not so automatic

92

(1)

TranSearch

93

(1)

Cognitive translation

94

(1)

Made to measure

95

(1)

Simulatianeous interpreters

96

(3)

Appendices

99

(34)

Appendix A Glossary of Internet terms

99

(6)

Appendix B The Web

105

(6)

B1 Surfing the Web

105

(1)

B2 Working offline

106

(1)

B3 Searching for information on the Web

107

(1)

B4 Writing Web pages

108

(1)

B5 Putting pages on the Web

109

(2)

Appendix C Using computers for communication

111

(4)

C1 Email

111

(1)

C2 Discussion lists

112

(1)

C3 Text-conferencing: Internet Relay Chat

113

(1)

C4 MOOs

113

(1)

C5 Audio- and video-conferencing

114

(1)

C6 Bulletin Board Systems

114

(1)

Appendix D Internet resources

115

(6)

D1 English Language Teaching resources

115

(3)

D2 Internet services

118

(1)

D3 Software

119

(2)

Appendix E Activity links

121

(11)

Appendix F Bibliography

132

(1)

Other titles in the Resource Books for Teachers series

133

(2)

Index

135

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