Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j9OMVnG24878; Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2005 18:31:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20051024222925.65305.qmail@web31210.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Irshat Madyarov <irshat@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:3824] search engine for ESL/EFL learners X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 820 Lines: 26 This is kind of follow-up on the recent discussion on search engines. I've been trying to find search engines that can sort out search results by English profeciency levels (e.g., vocabulary and syntactical complexity). If such a tool exists, beginning and lower-intermediate English learners could use the Internet just about as effectively as native speakers of English and be exposed to authentic language learning environments. So far, I haven't found anything that resembles that kind of tool. Do you think it's technically possible to create such a tool. How feasible would it be from the pedagogical standpoint? Irshat Madyarov, Doctoral student University of South Florida __________________________________ Yahoo! FareChase: Search multiple travel sites in one click. http://farechase.yahoo.com
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