THE THINKING BEHIND THE WEB LESSONS

The primary advantage of brow er ba ed !e on is that it provides the interaction of a language learning computer program and still allows the teaching staff to tailor the lessons to the needs of the learners. In addition, the lessons can be used both in the lab and at home. Finally, a side benefit is that they provide a public service since anyone in the world can use them. The purpose of this presentation is to briefly explain some of the thinking that underlies each of the Web Lesson activity types. In some cases, references are provided. W"ITING E ay Organi#ation and "eferen$e Writing activities are based on a general to specific organi!ation pattern. "ore specifically, students see how the thesis statement, topic sentences, supporting sentences, and supporting details fit together. They also see how transition signals and reference words help relate coherence. #shima, $lice and %ogue, $nn. &'(()*+ Introduction to academic writing &,nd -d.*. Longman. "E%DING "apid!y "e$ogni#ing &orm .ased on the principle that good readers are /uick and precise. 0uick, rapid identification of forms helps good readers to improve the 1bottom2up3 reading that supports 1top2down3 reading. -skey, 4avid -. &'(56* Theoretical foundations. In 4ubin, -skey, and 7rabe &-d* Teaching second language reading for academic purposes. &pp.82,8*. $ddison2Wesley+ 9eading "$. :toller, Fredricka. &'(56* 9eading Lab+ 4eveloping Low2Level 9eading :kills. In 4ubin, -skey, and 7rabe &-d* Teaching second language reading for academic purposes. &pp.82,8*. $ddison2Wesley+ 9eading "$. 'hra e "eading :ince good readers see groups of words as apposed to individual words, the logical progression from the rapid form recognition exercises mentioned above is to phrase reading. This exercise provides a text delivered in a column of phrases that scroll at a speed selected by the learner. The learner reads as fast as possible and then answers easy true;false type /uestions. -skey, 4avid -. &'(56* Theoretical foundations. In 4ubin, -skey, and 7rabe &-d* Teaching second language reading for academic purposes. &pp.82,8*. $ddison2Wesley+ 9eading "$. "eading "ate While <hrase 9eading prepares a learner to read a regular text in phrases, the 9eading 9ate activity gives them a chance to practice reading a full width text in phrases. Like <hrase 9eading, this text scrolls at a chosen rate and is followed by easy true;false /uestions.

(!o e "eading (omprehen ion This lesson is designed to have more difficult texts and /uestions. For this reason the multiple choice /uestions are next to the passage. (ro word The pu!!les are grouped according to level of difficulty. The clue for each word is a definition followed by a sentence with a gap to represent the target word. The sentence helps the learner understand and remember how the word is used. (on$entration This lesson lets two learners compete to find synonyms or antonyms. These are organi!ed by level of difficulty. Working together and competing both seem good for language learning. G"%))%" )a*e a Ba *et The movement of a ball going into the basket makes this lesson more amusing than a simple multiple choice exercise. These are simple grammar items. They are mixed, so students can=t >ust follow the pattern after working out the first few. &!ame These grammar items are in a short context 2 often a little story. Lighting a torch makes the multiple choice format a little more interesting. Word Order Drag and Drop This lesson is based on the idea that understanding constituents of various si!es helps learners with all communication. The learner looks at explanations of components, sees them fly together to make sentences, and finally drags them from a stack on top of the page and arranges them into a sentence. Ba i$ (!a+ e :ometimes the complexity of a sentence makes it opa/ue even when learners understand every word. This lesson helps learners to identify the basic clause, so they can see what the main message is. Then they can work out the additional information that has been added. Senten$e (ombining The big advantage of this lesson is it allows learners to write sentences and get feedback. They >ust have to be careful to get every letter and every bit of punctuation correct. -very attempt has been made to include every possible correct response in the ?ava:cript code. LE%"NE" TO LE%"NE" LESSONS , These are like the regular Web Lessons except that the content came from students. Their work for class has received a little extra editing, but the content is completely theirs. There are several reasons for doing this. #ne is that students seem to like the idea of publishing their work. $lso, some students might relate better to things written my students than they would to things written by teachers or professional authors. Finally, students have more reason to be accurate if they know that a large number of people will see their work. HT)L EDITO"S

&ront 'age is called a 1What @ou :ee Is What @ou 7et3 %T"L editor. It lets you create a page much the way you would a Word 4ocument. The program adds all of the code to make it work on the Web. Anfortunately editors of this type use more code than is necessary to get the desired result, resulting in a page that loads more slowly than necessary. It also includes very little 4ynamic %T"L. Te-t'ad is an %T"L editor that makes it convenient to write or edit code. It can add little bocks of code, but it can=t write code the way Front <age does. &ront 'age and Te-t 'ad together make a great team. $n editor like Front <age can be used for bothersome but simple tasks like making tables and adding simple links. It is also good for flying words. Text <ad can be used for working with the code itself. Web De ign "e o+r$e webreferen$e.$om+ This is a web site for budding web masters. They provide a lot of code that anyone can take and play around with. Dynami$ HT)L by She!!ey 'ower + This is a great book that provides examples of what can be done. If you can understand the code used, you can adapt it for other purposes. The enclosed B4 has wonderful samples of useful code &I47 .##C:+ Bhicago IL*. The /avaS$ript Bib!e by Danny Goodman+ This book describes ?ava:cript in great detail, giving helpful examples of what one can do with ?ava:cript. The enclosed B4 has wonderful samples of useful code &%ungry "inds+ D@ D@*. Web '+b!i hing with HT)L 0 by La+ra Lemay+ This is one of those 1teach yourself in a week3 books. It is very thorough and easy to follow &:ams.net+ Indianapolis, Indiana*. ?ohn 4enstaedt &Last revised :eptember ,EEF* To the Web Lessons -FL Welcome <age
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