http://www.voanews.com/english/2007-02-10-voa7.cfm
Want to get to the world of “Voice of America” you listen to everyday? Get to this website and you will not suffer the regrets of not having being able to listen some programme by your radio because of your class schedule or because of the poor messages sent to your radio. Here you can here the latest news by the formats of Mp3, real player or windows media player.
In this website, you can hear the voices from the U.S.A. and you can compare the standpoints with other news report and check whether they are objective as they claim. It is interesting to have the latest information about the world.
2007年2月11日星期日
V. ELLO - enjoy listening
http://www.elllo.org/
This is an interesting website for both improving English learning and the world knowledge about various activities. It includes games of listening comprehension, travelogues for different places, cooking, interview and songs.
It also includes various listening comprehension practice with test items in it. So it is a website for entertainment, knowledge and test preparation.
This is an interesting website for both improving English learning and the world knowledge about various activities. It includes games of listening comprehension, travelogues for different places, cooking, interview and songs.
It also includes various listening comprehension practice with test items in it. So it is a website for entertainment, knowledge and test preparation.
VI. Economist - a world of news from a different perspective
http://www.economist.com/index.html
If you would like to explore the native English speakers’ world, if you would like to know what they native speakers are reading for news, this is a good choice for you. And more importantly, you can get interesting information about how foreign people look at China from their own perspectives and about how they interpret the news happening in their own country, like the Hurricane in America, like the election in Iraqi.
You will learn more about the updated English usages, about what idiomatic English like and also you can broaden your world view.
And more importantly, to improve your English listening and speaking, here you can find audios of interviews and news :)
If you would like to explore the native English speakers’ world, if you would like to know what they native speakers are reading for news, this is a good choice for you. And more importantly, you can get interesting information about how foreign people look at China from their own perspectives and about how they interpret the news happening in their own country, like the Hurricane in America, like the election in Iraqi.
You will learn more about the updated English usages, about what idiomatic English like and also you can broaden your world view.
And more importantly, to improve your English listening and speaking, here you can find audios of interviews and news :)
VII. BBC homepage
http://news.bbc.co.uk
Do you want to surf the world of BBC? This is the homepage of it –where you can listen to the radio programmes you would like to choose everyday, and more excitingly, it has the audios for listeners. You are not listening for sake of boring practices, but for information about the world, and for entertainment of life. The news comes to you with vivid pictures and narration from South Africa to Singapore, from Hawaii to Bali. You will never feel disappointed if you surf this website and you may think of throwing away your old tapes and news stories that are already out of date.
Do you want to surf the world of BBC? This is the homepage of it –where you can listen to the radio programmes you would like to choose everyday, and more excitingly, it has the audios for listeners. You are not listening for sake of boring practices, but for information about the world, and for entertainment of life. The news comes to you with vivid pictures and narration from South Africa to Singapore, from Hawaii to Bali. You will never feel disappointed if you surf this website and you may think of throwing away your old tapes and news stories that are already out of date.
2007年2月4日星期日
Distractions in the Classroom – A Problem faced by Teachers
When I read the article, I find that the situation is so strikingly similar in the classroom with internet facilitated. Students just cannot help surfing the internet, reading all the latest stories of their favorite stars, chatting or writing mails to their friends. It seems that people are so addicted to their laptop and internet that they often feel restless without their laptops.
I often feel sorry for the teachers in the this kind of situation. They prepare well for the class and expect students’ cooperation, but some students seem to be so indulged in their laptop that they have no extra attention for the lecture.
As teachers, we may face the same situation sooner or later. I have no definite confidence that I can handle the problem easily. Anyhow, I will try the following methods: making public announcements on when the students are allowed to be on themselves; making the class more student-centred to force the students to solve problems by internet; prohibiting them to use laptop if the lecture is significant and more theory-based.
I often feel sorry for the teachers in the this kind of situation. They prepare well for the class and expect students’ cooperation, but some students seem to be so indulged in their laptop that they have no extra attention for the lecture.
As teachers, we may face the same situation sooner or later. I have no definite confidence that I can handle the problem easily. Anyhow, I will try the following methods: making public announcements on when the students are allowed to be on themselves; making the class more student-centred to force the students to solve problems by internet; prohibiting them to use laptop if the lecture is significant and more theory-based.
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