Multimedia and English

Terms of Multimedia and English Language Teaching

1. What is CALL? Computer Assisted Language Learning

2. What is NBLT? Network-based Language Teaching

3. What is CMC? Computer-Mediated Communication

4. What is CLT? Communicative language Teaching

5. What is CBI? Content-based Instruction

6. What is ATBI? Authentic-text beased instrution

7. What is TBLT? Task-based Language Teaching

CMC example:

Discussion Forum, Dave's ESL Cafe - http://eslcafe.com/

Virtual Chat, Active World - http://www.activeworlds.com/

Authentic-text based instruction example:

Authentic readings, Mighty Books - http://www.mightybook.com/story_books.html

Asynchronous CMC examples:

E-mail, Bulletin Board Systme, chat board

http://www.keypal.com/

http://www.epals.com/

Synchronous CMC example:

Web caht, MOO(multiuser object-oriented domain), WOO(Web-enhanced MOO), Virtual Chat, Messenger, Video conferencing

http://www.lively.com/html/landing.html

http://www.pandorabots.com/

Content-area tasks example:

It's fun to Read Magic - http://www.starfall.com/n/level-b/magic/load.htm?f

It's fun to Read Music - http://www.starfall.com/

BBC school - http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/

Nasa for students - http://www.nasa.gov/home/index.html

Online treasure hunt - http://www.museummania.com/treasure.htm

WebQuest - http://eprentice.sdsu.edu/j03op/ulle/wq/picnic

Others

The village of Huwazzit http://www.baboonfex.com/

British Council -Get Writing http://www.britischouncil.org/kids-get-writing.htm

NOVA Online http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/

Sites ALIVE http://www.sitesalive.com/

This page is also for anyone who is interested in anything about in the English Language. If you have a compulsive mind about your English grammar, listening, speaking or simply would like to improve your English in any form,this has many excellent links to meet your requirements.

Listening and Speaking

*NPR
This i believehttp://www.npr.org/series/4538138/this-i-believe

*Real American English
http://esl.about.com/bl_englishbaby.htm

*yappr -very Funny!
http://en.yappr.com/welcome/Welcome3.action
Videos: http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action
News: http://en.yappr.com/welcome/VideoList.action?tab=FFA6C0C3-2EAA-4B75-B356-03884EDDD988

*CNN Student News
http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/?iref=allsearch

*Voice of America News (by Prof. Wooseob Jeong)http://ohmyreading.com/

Writing
http://thefuturebuzz.com/2008/12/03/how-to-overcome-writers-block/

*Writing Source
You can see student writing models here;
http://thewritesource.com/studentmodels/#one

American Dramas
*Desperate Housewives
http://abc.go.com/shows/desperate-housewives/episode-guide

Games
*ESL Fun Games
http://www.eslgamesworld.com/members/games/grammar/index.html

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