My topic is about IT-enhanced teaching and learning of English listening
1. ABOUT
url: http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm
This site is sponsored by About, Inc., a part of The New York Times Company. Contact information can be found at http://ourstory.about.com/contact.htm . Students, educaters of English and researchers in teaching and learning English are among the target audiences.And the purpose of the site is clearly stated as "offer practical advice and solutions for every day life. Wherever you land on the new About.com, you'll find other content that is relevant to your interests." There are links to other sites and they work well. this is a comprehensive site which is not only for English learners but also for those who have interests in other fields like business and so on. The site is not regularly updated. there are links summarizing updates. I found that the site is clearly laid out and easy to maneuver. The site map is provided and readers are directed clearly. I think this site is more educational than commercial or political and because of the variety of ideas it collected, it's not a biased site.
2. ENGLISH LISTENING PARADISE
url: http://www.lifepop.com/view.aspx?castid=47324
This is a personal website sponsored by Roamer. Contact information is provided as
tesl@tom.com. The target audiences are those who want to improve their English listening
ability, especially junior high students . The purpose of the site is clearly stated as
"This website is trying to provide you as much the listening material as possible. " So
this site is educational.There are no links to other sites. This site is exclusively for english listening rather than comprehensive. Some of the materials are collected from other resources and some are made by the author. So the quality of the materials is good enough for target audiences. The site is regularly updated. But no links are provided to summarize updates.The organization of the site is succinct. because of the sources of the materials, I think the site is objective.
3.ENGLISH CORNER
url: http://www.cycnet.com/englishcorner/listening/index.htm
This site is sponsored by Cycnet.com. Contact information is provided as english@cycnet.com. The target audiences are those who want to improve their listening ability. The site does not state its purpose. links to other related sites are provided and they work well. This is designed especially for English learning. Many downloads of listening materials are provided, which is very convinient.No site map is provided. The listening materials and directions for improving listening ability provided are from VOA,movies and some other published resoureces, so i think the quality of these materials are good for English learners and objective.
4. THE TEACHING ENGLISH
url: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/listen/listen_frame.shtmlThis site is sponsored by both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the British Council, both of which receive funding from the UK government for their work. The project is non-commercial and as such all content and material on the site is and will always be free to access. The materials on this site are designed for non-native speaker teachers of English working predominantly in secondary education in state schools around the world. The site is designed to help teachers of English exchange their thoughts, ideas and materials and to provide materials, activities and ideas for teaching. Also, many links to English teaching are available and they work well. The content is well designed and no site map are provided.
5.TEACHING TODAY
url: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/tiparchive.phtml1/7
This is a site sponsored by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the Educational and Professional Publishing Group of The McGraw-Hill Companies. This site is designed especially for teachers. It provides them with teaching tips, web-resources of teaching materials and some research articles for references, which is very helpful for teachers in their daily teaching. This site is very neatly organized and a site map is provided. The content is not regularly renewed. No obvious bias can be found in the content.
6. OHIO ESL
url: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/listening.html
This site is owned by Ohio University. Target audiences are teachers. Contact information is provided as mcvicker@ohiou.edu. There are no stated purpose of this site. The site is neatly organized. some research articles in pedagogy and lesson plan for teaching listening can also be found. The external links work well. Contents are neatly organized and not regularly renewed.
7. THE STANDARDS SITE
url: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/rosereview/
This site is sponsored by the U.K. government to provide instructions for English teachers. Some personal ideas on teaching English are provided which can help English teachers from various angles. Different views are presented and no obvious bias can be found, so this site is objective. And the date is showed for the latest updates and the content is not regularly renewed. Many links related to teaching are provided and they work well. The content is neatly presented.
1. ABOUT
url: http://esl.about.com/od/englishlistening/English_Listening_Skills_and_ActivitiesEffective_Listening_Practice.htm
This site is sponsored by About, Inc., a part of The New York Times Company. Contact information can be found at http://ourstory.about.com/contact.htm . Students, educaters of English and researchers in teaching and learning English are among the target audiences.And the purpose of the site is clearly stated as "offer practical advice and solutions for every day life. Wherever you land on the new About.com, you'll find other content that is relevant to your interests." There are links to other sites and they work well. this is a comprehensive site which is not only for English learners but also for those who have interests in other fields like business and so on. The site is not regularly updated. there are links summarizing updates. I found that the site is clearly laid out and easy to maneuver. The site map is provided and readers are directed clearly. I think this site is more educational than commercial or political and because of the variety of ideas it collected, it's not a biased site.
2. ENGLISH LISTENING PARADISE
url: http://www.lifepop.com/view.aspx?castid=47324
This is a personal website sponsored by Roamer. Contact information is provided as
tesl@tom.com. The target audiences are those who want to improve their English listening
ability, especially junior high students . The purpose of the site is clearly stated as
"This website is trying to provide you as much the listening material as possible. " So
this site is educational.There are no links to other sites. This site is exclusively for english listening rather than comprehensive. Some of the materials are collected from other resources and some are made by the author. So the quality of the materials is good enough for target audiences. The site is regularly updated. But no links are provided to summarize updates.The organization of the site is succinct. because of the sources of the materials, I think the site is objective.
3.ENGLISH CORNER
url: http://www.cycnet.com/englishcorner/listening/index.htm
This site is sponsored by Cycnet.com. Contact information is provided as english@cycnet.com. The target audiences are those who want to improve their listening ability. The site does not state its purpose. links to other related sites are provided and they work well. This is designed especially for English learning. Many downloads of listening materials are provided, which is very convinient.No site map is provided. The listening materials and directions for improving listening ability provided are from VOA,movies and some other published resoureces, so i think the quality of these materials are good for English learners and objective.
4. THE TEACHING ENGLISH
url: http://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/think/listen/listen_frame.shtmlThis site is sponsored by both the British Broadcasting Corporation and the British Council, both of which receive funding from the UK government for their work. The project is non-commercial and as such all content and material on the site is and will always be free to access. The materials on this site are designed for non-native speaker teachers of English working predominantly in secondary education in state schools around the world. The site is designed to help teachers of English exchange their thoughts, ideas and materials and to provide materials, activities and ideas for teaching. Also, many links to English teaching are available and they work well. The content is well designed and no site map are provided.
5.TEACHING TODAY
url: http://www.glencoe.com/sec/teachingtoday/tiparchive.phtml1/7
This is a site sponsored by Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the Educational and Professional Publishing Group of The McGraw-Hill Companies. This site is designed especially for teachers. It provides them with teaching tips, web-resources of teaching materials and some research articles for references, which is very helpful for teachers in their daily teaching. This site is very neatly organized and a site map is provided. The content is not regularly renewed. No obvious bias can be found in the content.
6. OHIO ESL
url: http://www.ohiou.edu/esl/teacher/listening.html
This site is owned by Ohio University. Target audiences are teachers. Contact information is provided as mcvicker@ohiou.edu. There are no stated purpose of this site. The site is neatly organized. some research articles in pedagogy and lesson plan for teaching listening can also be found. The external links work well. Contents are neatly organized and not regularly renewed.
7. THE STANDARDS SITE
url: http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/rosereview/
This site is sponsored by the U.K. government to provide instructions for English teachers. Some personal ideas on teaching English are provided which can help English teachers from various angles. Different views are presented and no obvious bias can be found, so this site is objective. And the date is showed for the latest updates and the content is not regularly renewed. Many links related to teaching are provided and they work well. The content is neatly presented.
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