Week 1 (January 11th -17th )
Moderators for this week:
Joanna joannarodiki@hotmail.com
Sandra sandrogers123@yahoo.com
Hello everyone. Welcome on board!!!
Get ready to start exploring Internet use in a classroom with young EFL learners.
During this week's session, you will:
Remember, before you start working with us, you will need to open a Yahoo account.
It is very simple. Just follow the procedure at Yahoo.com
Why don't you introduce yourself to the group moderators and the other participants?
Send your introduction by email to: Internet4younglearners@yahoogroups.com
Be sure to:
Start reading:
1. Go through two relevant presentations prepared by Joanna, one of our moderators.
Using the Computer in the Young EFL learner Language Classroom.
2. Visit the following links for:
A Guide to Using the Internet to teach young learners
3. Click here to be directed to a list of useful websites for those teaching young EFL learners.
4. If you have the time you can have a look at ELT notebook, a very interesting site with a variety of ideas and tips on what to do with young learners.
Start thinking about what you could do with your kids - take into consideration their age, abilities and likes and prepare a lesson for them using Internet-based activities.
Create a page with the URLof the activity and a brief description of the activity, classroom organization, supplementary material used if any, and problems that you think are likely to occur. Add a few comments on how you plan to handle them.
This activity will be presented to the rest of the group during week 5.
All you have to do is upload it to our activity wiki at http://internet4ylactivities.pbworks.com right after you prepare it.
This wiki will be a source you will be able to visit whenever you need to.