Internet for
English Teaching
Mark Warschauer
Heidi Shetzer
Christine Meloni
By special arrangement with Teachers of English to Speakers of
Other Languages (TESOL ) and the three co-authors, the Office of
English Language Programs has published an edition of Internet
for English Teaching. This edition is distributed through Public
Affairs offices of American Embassies.
Preface to this edition
I n around the mid-1990's,
when we first started integrating the Internet into our instruction
and research, the Internet was just being introduced into many countries
around the world. Today, the Internet is truly a global phenomenon,
with more than half a billion users around the world, only one-third
of whom are in North America. And indeed, Internet use is growing
fastest outside the United States and Europe, in countries such
as China, Brazil, and Egypt.
It is thus extremely timely that the Office of English Language
Programs of the U.S. Department of State is now republishing our
book, Internet for English Teaching. Pedagogical use of the Internet,
like the Internet itself, is now a global phenomenon, bringing together
students and teachers from around the world. We hope that the republication
and worldwide distribution of this book will help bring together,
and give voice to, the many talented teachers around the world who
are using the Internet in the English classroom. Indeed, we have
tried our best to highlight positive examples and models by many
teachers throughout the world.
Whether you consider yourself a beginner, intermediate, or advanced
user of the Internet for teaching, we hope you will find something
of value in this book. We also hope that you will get in contact
with us and share your own ideas about the use of the Internet in
the classroom. Working together we can promote and share a vision
of using technology and English in the service of cross-cultural
understanding and human development.
Mark Warschauer
http://www.gse.uci.edu/markw
markw@uci.edu
University of California, Irvine
Heidi Shetzer Helfand
http://www.expertcity.com
heidi@expertcity.com
Expertcity, Inc.
Christine Meloni
http://home.gwu.edu/~meloni/
meloni@gwu.edu
The George Washington University
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Contents
- Getting Started
- Resources for Teachers
- Student Communication and Collaboration
- Student Research
- Student Publishing
- Distance Education
- Putting It All Together
- Researching On-Line Language Learning
Supplement: How to Make Web Pages
References
Appendix A: Index of Internet Addresses
Appendix B: Books for Further Reading
Appendix C: Journals for Further Reading
Appendix D: Glossary
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