Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i35Bwgm19575; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 07:58:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 07:58:42 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <003301c41a16$1eb50900$6fafa78e@5a2e4> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Barbara Dorsett" <barbsesl@worldpath.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10200] Website Search Request X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1615 Lines: 28 Hello, colleagues! I'm passing on a request for help with a website search from our ESOL staff at our adult learning center. Here's the situation: our center has a computer lab in a separate building from where our ESOL classes are held. There are anywhere from 10-16 students in our classes, and the lab can only accomodate 6. We are NOT looking for lesson plan ideas or teacher-led activities. We are looking for sites that students can use independently to improve their English skills. There are computer proctors available to assist the students with computer skills. We would like to find some sites where, after an intial introduction, the students can work on their skills outside of class time, and at their own pace. One of our teachers found a site that was almost ideal. It had a dictation to listen to and you could type in what you heard. The program would then give feedback, telling you which words had mistakes in them. This program was interactive, self-correcting, with good audio, but had one problem. In creating sentences that gave practice in distinguishing T and TH, the program would come up with sentences that would be confusing for beginning students, such as: "Ether either makes Thor sink or swim," and "Thad sadly thinks about free trees." If you have discovered a better interactive, self-correcting site that students use independently, after an intial introduction, please let us know by posting on this listserv. Thank you very much in advance for your help! Barbara Dorsett, ESOL Coordinator/Instructor Dover Adult Learning Center 22 Atkinson Street Dover, NH 03820
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