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Using the Internet in Teaching Foreign Languages
Comment Intégrer Internet dans l'Enseignement des Langues Etrangères

Multimedia et langues etrangères 27-28 mars 1998
L'Université de Technologie de Compiegne
Comment Intégrer Internet dans L'Enseignement des Langues Etrangères
Using the Internet in Teaching Foreign Languages
Linda Thalman

This is the outline of my talk given in Compiegne. Many thanks to the organizers of the conference and the participants.

Introduction

Premise: Internet technology should be and will be part of the classroom

Premise: Good pedagogy must be used with the Internet

Premise: Equipment, bandwidth, and training of the teachers will be the major hurdles

"Technology will not replace teachers... teachers who use technology will probably replace teachers who do not." as Ray Clifford of the Defense Langue Institute put it, and as cited in "The Internet in the Classroom: A Valuable Tool and Resource for ESL/EFL Teachers, by Christine Meloni.

Steps to Integrating and Using Internet

• Getting equipment and knowing how to use it, including typing/keyboard skills
• Electronic mail: personal/professional emailing and joining email forums
• Exploring the Web
• Developing materials and projects to use with the Internet
• Collaborating with colleagues locally, regionally and/or internationally
• Training students for computer literacy
• Implementing projects using the Internet
• Evaluating your projects

EMAIL

Lists for Teachers of English
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/emailteach.html

Lists for Teachers of French
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/emailfr.html

Keypals and Penpals
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/keypals.html

E-Mail Keypals for Language Fluency
by Tom Robb
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/~trobb/keypals.html

CyberESL - Email and Beyond
by Tom Robb (PCI Coordinator), Deborah Healey and Ron Corio
http://oregonstate.edu/~healeyd/pci/cyberesl.html

WEB STARTING POINTS

Volterre-Fr English and French Language Resources
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/

Internet Projects from Around the World
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/inetpro.html

Liens Web pour les Profs et Etudiants
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/liensweb.html

Web Links for Teachers of English
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/weblinktch.html

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Electronic Publications
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/electronic.html

Books For Teaching Languages Using the Internet
http://www.wfi.fr/volterre/biblio.html

PITFALLS - DANGERS - DOWNSIDE OF THE INTERNET

• Starting off too ambitiously
• Not allowing enough time
• Becoming addicted to email and/or surfing
• Equipment/Network problems you "can't seem to solve"
• Lost files - no backups!
• No budget
• You will LOVE it and never teach the same way again !!!

See also: http://www.utc.fr/~untele/

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