ELT CONFERENCE 2007

Using the Internet for Reading
 & Vocabulary Development

Christine Bauer-Ramazani
Saint Michael's College
Colchester, Vermont, U.S.A.

URL for this presentation: http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/present/ELT-Conf-Bogota-07/Using_Internet/rdg_voc.htm 
 

1. Using the Internet for Reading: Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Web Sites--ESL Teaching Learning Resources for Reading (http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_reading.htm)

Content & Schema Development through Reading: Resources for reading

• Online literature/books/stories

• Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/

• Biography Magazine: http://www.biography.com

• Folktales/proverbs/famous quotations

  • Commonly-used Proverbs: http://www.manythings.org/proverbs/

• Reading & Listening

  • VOA—Voice of America Special English: http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/

  • BBC Learning English: Watch and Listen: http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/multimedia/

  • Song Lyrics: http://www.songlyrics.com/ and http://www.google.com/Top/Arts/Music/Lyrics/

• News and Magazines

  • The New York Times Learning Network: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

  • CNN Learning Resources: http://literacynet.org/cnnsf/archives.html

  • Breaking News English: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/index.html

Using Technology for Reading Development

• Strategies for Reading Comprehension

  • i-Lighter: free download at http://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Applications-Addons/Mozilla-Extensions/i-Lighter-extension.shtml

  • Timed Readings http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/watkins/learning_companion/1e/students/timed_reading.html

  • Graphic Organizers

    • for Character and Story: http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/GO/character_story.htm

    • for Vocabulary Development and Concept: http://www.educationoasis.com/curriculum/GO/vocab_dev.htm
       

• Reading Comprehension Exercises

  • ESL Independent Study Lab--Reading: http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/toppicks/reading.html

5. Resources for vocabulary: Christine's Links to Useful TESL/CALL Web Sites--ESL Teaching Learning Resources for Vocabulary (http://academics.smcvt.edu/cbauer-ramazani/Links/esl_vocabulary.htm)